Nineteen
This is pretty different. I heard about the tragic suicide of Aaron Swartz last spring and made this game in ten hours. It loops around a lot; there’s some debate over what the ending of the game is, I guess…
20 August 2014
Nineteen is a video game developed by Elizabeth Sampat, released 20 August 2014 on Web browser.
What Nineteen is
Nineteen was developed by Elizabeth Sampat and released in 2014. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Twine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This is pretty different. I heard about the tragic suicide of Aaron Swartz last spring and made this game in ten hours. It loops around a lot; there’s some debate over what the ending of the game is, I guess, but my point is that there’s not an ending. When I was twelve, I tried to kill myself. I’ve dealt with depression my whole life, but that was the last time I succumbed to suicidal ideation. It’s been nineteen years. This game discusses a lot of things pretty frankly— completed suicide attempts of friends, being rushed to the ER, using Christianity to prop up my self-discipline for a while, my fears for my children. You can argue whether or not this is a GAME, I guess, but it’s…
What it launched against
Nineteen launched on 20 August 2014, within three weeks of Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Destiny and Metro Redux.
Released around the same time: Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Destiny, Metro Redux.
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When did Nineteen come out?
Nineteen was released on 20 August 2014 for Web browser.