{"id":7259,"date":"2023-04-28T21:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T01:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2023-08-14T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:36:13","slug":"sisyphus-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=7259","title":{"rendered":"Sisyphus Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sisyphus-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sisyphus-2-1024x576.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sisyphus-2-1024x576.gif 1024w, https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sisyphus-2-300x169.gif 300w, https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sisyphus-2-768x432.gif 768w, https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sisyphus-2-1536x864.gif 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s supposed to be a gif. I don&#8217;t know if it plays on here. I hope it does. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think there&#8217;s too many games in the world. I think there&#8217;s too many games that are commentaries on that fact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, I&#8217;m in a class where I have to make games. And I exist to please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sisyphus game is a game akin to cookie clicker, as there is no end in sight. But, boy, do you want to keep clicking. Every tap inches Sisyphus forward, but every so often fate sends him backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You get drachmas for every significant distance you travel, and those can get you new characters and balls to push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-5.44.58-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-5.44.58-PM-1024x443.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-5.44.58-PM-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-5.44.58-PM-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-5.44.58-PM-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-5.44.58-PM-1536x664.png 1536w, https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-5.44.58-PM-2048x886.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s supposed to be a gif. I don&#8217;t know if it plays on here. I hope it does. I think there&#8217;s too many games in the world. I think there&#8217;s too many games that are commentaries on that fact. Even so, I&#8217;m in a class where I have to make games. And I exist to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=7259\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sisyphus Game&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design-studio-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7262,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions\/7262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}