9.03m

Moby ID: 62414

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9.03m is a short, experimental game in remembrance of the victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami caused by the Tōhoku earthquake. The game is played from a first-person view and takes place on Baker Beach in San Francisco (USA) where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore. The player can move around freely and can locate the silhouettes of people. When approaching them, they transform into an object found in the debris. The player gets to view it up close and needs to locate the shape of a butterfly on it by rotating it. When clicked, a brief message is displayed about its meaning or origin. Afterwards, a path of white dots leads to the next silhouette where the process is repeated.

Half of all received royalties for the game go to Aid For Japan, a charity that helps children who lost their parents in the tsunami. The other half goes to Redr, a charity that helps in disaster scenarios.

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4 People

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Butterfly
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Average score: 80% (based on 1 ratings)

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Average score: 3.2 out of 5 (based on 5 ratings with 1 reviews)

Very short, very touching

The Good
I like the idea that a game was developed to raise money for a cause such as this and that it tried to paint little stories to make the whole event more personal was a stroke of artistic genius.

This is a very, very short game. It lasts maybe fifteen minutes at the most and there's very little action in it. The player follows a butterfly to an object, examines it, releases a butterfly that goes to another object and so-on. It doesn't sound like much but the pacing and the subdued colour palette are entirely appropriate. It's very moody and atmospheric and I found it genuinely touching.

There's no deeply solemn doom-laden music here, the music is restricted to a few chords on a piano - soft, gentle and entirely in keeping with the colour choice and the 'feel' of the whole piece.

The Bad
I can't think of a negative comment. If pushed I'd say there's no replay value, that's not what it was meant for.

The Bottom Line
I'm not an emotional guy but this moved me. It's short and it's elegantly done. I probably won't play it a second time but I'm pleased I gave it a try

Windows · by piltdown_man (232892) · 2019

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Game added by Sciere.

Game added December 30, 2013. Last modified July 17, 2023.