Iron Lung (2022)
Summary
Iron Lung is a short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon. It was developed and published by David Szymanski in 2022.
David Szymanski is a good fellow, he makes interesting stuff and I intend to play more of his stuff in the future.
Review
Good stuff, I enjoyed. Not too much to talk about, given how short the thing is. But I must say, as I've said before, I greatly appreciate a svelte focused experience. I like when a game has an idea, we explore the idea, and then we go home. I wouldn't say that the setup quite scared me. I'm too interested in the aesthetics and the idea to really get got by it. I greatly enjoy the open ocean and the unknowns lurking within. Enjoyed the ending, it couldn't have concluded any other way, really.
Do think it's bewildering that this got a movie. I don't see how that could happen without expanding the scope. Particularly that the thing is two hours! I demand the 90 minute movie, I demand it. If you wanna go past that point, you gotta prove to me that there is no other way to do your film. Just seems odd. Expanding in any direction feels like a mistake. I don't want to know any more about the setting. It's a perfect little dollop of a treat. You're Running Man'd, sent down into the depths, and you're inevitably harassed and harangued by the foul shit therein. What else is there to see? Dunno. I liked what was there, don't think expansion is really needed. May at some point watch just out of curiosity. I'd like to in some way support my boy Szymanski. I've got no familiarity with Markiplier so no idea as to what his sensibilities may be.