Cute little management game that's still in early access - title is a bit of a misnomer (doesn't have any madness mechanics, in fact I'd call this game fairly sane). It does what you want it to, and from what I understand, it does it better than all the other things like it (don't fact check that). The one thing that's missing is t̵̢̨̧̛̮̲͓͎͙̺̼͓̜̬̻̥͙͇̻̩̱̼̬̲͑͋̓̊͊̾̒͐̀͌̈̕ḧ̷̨̡̢̢͉̫͕͈̹͎̠̺̘̼̩͖̗̟́̃̎͗͊̑̆̆́̾͐̎̒̑̇̈́̍̽͋͌̚̕̚͘͝͠e̴̢̨͖̙̥͙̦͙͖͍̫̘͔͚͍͉͍̺̍̊̆̈̀̍̾̉̈́̒͊͊̏̾̐̊̀̋͐̓̋̇̉́̓͘̚͝͝ ̸̨̦̥̣̼̊̃̊͋̒̓͗͑͊̑͊̋̓̏̀̊́͘̚͜͜͝á̸̡̳̼̜̱͙͎͓̮̺̭̺̮̟̝͓̥̻̺̳̥͔͐̌̏́̂̇͋̉̎̈́̄͌͗͊̉̀͌̀̚͜͠͝b̴̨͇̪͓̟̖̭͚̗̞̰̮̗̙̺̲͉͚͊̾̑̈́i̷̡̧̹͎͎̩̗̫͚̖͓͇͚̻͕̊͊̐̒͘l̶̢̧̮͇͔̤̖̭̲̜̙̺̦̙̥̳̳̾͋̏̿̑̿̇̋̐̂̀̋̾͐͆̎̈́͛̿̈́͑̇̿̍͊̊̆̕i̶̡̨̡̲̹̹̩̺͙̗̩̗̳͕̮̔͗̀̊̐̐͊̀̍̀͜͜͠t̵̢̮͑́̈́̏̔̑͗̂͊́̕̚y̴̧̨̨͓̦̺͎̙̞̭͖̳͙̭̻̺̩̰̦̝͖͋͐̊̑͆̉́̈́ͅͅ ̵̡͎̭̞̰̰̗͈̭̜̘̹̪̫͙̠̞͓̠̠̺̟̘͎̙̞̭̮̦̓͒̋̎̍̊̃̔̄̀̀̚̚̚͜͝ṱ̷̨̣͍̱̞̺̟͉͙̞̜̯̬̟̩̝̥̙̯̘̿͗͒̊̆̉͒̆̃̇͑́̀̑̅͗̂̊͊̈̽̕͜͜͜͜͝ͅơ̷̡̡̧̨̞̠͔̥̰̯͇̩̖̮̬̘͕̱̩̮̯̂͌͛̐͊̈́̌́̇͂̔̽̌̚͠ͅͅ ̴͔͓̺͈̳͙̋́̌̍̇̀͌̿̎̑̍̇̿̽̑̈́̾͊̔̾̂̇͘̕͝͝͠ͅh̷̛̛̬̥̜̬͊̉̆̂͒͜a̴̠͔̞̯̱̱͂̐̄̉̀̌͊̌̔̀͐̓̓̂̓̀̏̈́̽͊̎͌́̌̈́͊͘͘̚͝r̸͇̻̙͇̭̙͇̰͇̞̘̦̮̦̖̭̍͂ͅͅv̸̧̡̪̥̼͔͚̹̤̤͍̟͔͓̊̾͛͆͋̔̏͂́̀́̌͂̈͗̕͝ë̶̢͉̳̝͕͓̣̮̦͓̮̖̮̪͔̮̮̤̱̟̲͖̫̣̮̭̩́̓̃̒̃͋͛̇͌̽̅̾͌̍̆̍̈́̏̀͆̎̍̀̈́͘͘̚͜͝ś̷̨̢̛̛̖̦̱͔͖͉̤̹̹̼͇̗̻̭̺̳͚̼̥̮̰͔̱̳̬̠͇̗̊̔̒̒̃̋͑͂̃̾̄͛̅̂̾͆̌̿͌̀͘̚̚͘͠͝t̴̢̡̡̛̛͕̭̱͔͎̼̮̘̣͖̭̲̖̪̞̩̠̅̈̀̔̈͒͗̆͛͒̑͒͋͗̚ ̶̛̜̫̑̏̄̽́̍́̏͝͝t̵̡̡͎͓̣͍̟̼̝̣͍̥͚̪̪̱̹͙̼̦̳͓̮̘̟̥̤͗̽̽̓̐̋̈́̍̍͂̃͂̃̉̿̾͊̈̆̋͜͠͠͝͝h̶̨̟̱̖̠͙̙͍͕̠͈̦̯͓̲̱͖̯̜̖̳̟̬̦̟̹͉̼̓̃̀̏̉͛̉͋͒͆̒͑́̀̆̊̕̚͜ͅé̵͇͍̰̌̆̊̋̈́̈̅̓̐̊̄͘͝ ̷̛̖̗̞̟͇̠̝̳̼̬̖́́͌̈̀̈́̆̋͊̅̌̓͂͗͐͗̑̑̿̽̕̚͝f̸̛̫̺̻̝̹͙͈͉͈̠̺͓̦̯̣̯̓̽͌̐̅́͆̅͊͌͗̾̊̓̎̊̚̚͜͝͠l̵͖̫̞͍̆̕ë̷̢̢̧̡̨͎̼̭̼̝̳̙͙̠͓͇̟̖̾̌̉̌̃̽̃̍̐͒̍̐͘̚͜͜ͅs̴̡̨̛̼͙̣̗͉̻͚̭̜͖̣̦̱̱̞̺̬̻̞̪̯͎̦̰̟̩̫̏̄͆͒̈́̈́̆̆̔͋̈́͗̽͊́̓̓̋̅̇̃͑̊̔͘ͅḩ̸̛͖̦̗̻̞͍͉̣̦̽͗̊̀̔͂̓̆̐̂̏́͋̆̅̋͘͝ͅ ̷̨̢̧̨͉̻̯͉͈̦̱̖̜̖̙̼̜̥̦̦͍̲͈̪̬͖̘͎́̄̀̏͆̏̎͠o̷̙̹͈̺̞̫̯̫̼͙̯͓̙̣̙͎̤̯̰̞̼̞͊̀͂́͆̈́̓̎͒̔̏̾͑́̏͘͜͜͝f̴̢̛̼̯̬̼̬̟̬̝̳̲͙͌̐̂͐̄̾̎̎͝ ̴͖͖̖͚͖͚͕̲͖̟̆̑̈̇͂ỷ̸͕̜͚̤̘̜͖̱̟͙̤̬̙̰͒̀͋̇̒̈́̅̊̆̈́́̌̌̄̃͆̒́͝͝͠͝õ̶̰̮͍̺̳̻͊̃̎̔͆̒͘̕͝u̷̡̱͓͖̠̙̱̘̯͚͔̲͎̱͔͊̿́́̇͂͂͌̍̅̂́̅̃̄̂̎͂͑̓̓̂̃̏̚ͅr̴̩͋̀͗ ̶̧̢̨͉̞̳̻̖̳̙̪͖̯̇̾͒͋̓͌̅̄̏̉͘ͅc̷̡͈̙̲̫̬̻̦̊̇̑̑̂͆̉̅͗͐͝ơ̶̡̢̡̯͕͍͓̞̲̭̹̞̺͉̬͈̟͉̩̯̥̙͈̬̭͛̓̓̽̈̾̔̇̔̀̋͜m̷̫̣̬̜͊̒ṕ̷̯̖͓̌̔̃͗͋̈́̀̓̒̇̄͑̈́̓͠e̷̢͖͙͈͕̪̱̬̠͎͎͉̞̯͎̠̹̞̝̟̘̟̥̺̹̺̫͒̑̄͑̆̄͊́̏͐͗̊̏̓͋̈̊̈́̎̀͘͘͘t̶̢̡̡̛̯̘̝͇̖̤̳̱͙̥̫̱̯̟̬̥̞̠̠̫̹̂̓͛͊̈́̓̑̊͒̋͑̽̏́͑̔͛͗͒̏̿͐͒í̷̗̻̫͚̟̠̘̦̖̫͍̞͍̪̫̱̣̩̬̜̱̰̳̾̇͑̃̄͆͒̔̑̀̋͋͑͆̏̋̑̀̽̈͛̎̀̀̋̕̕͘͘ͅt̷̢̧̼͚̭̼̰̞̫̥̜̻̩̞̗͔̯̰̹͕͖̱͔̹͖̳̭̩͖̑͂̑̂̉ͅō̷̢̺͈̖̭͖͖̓͐͜ͅr̷̛̲̝̞̀̑͗̓͊̿̈͂̃͑̐́͆͒͗̌̀̐̊͠͝s̷̢̨̧̤̜͚̳̜̲̫͕̥̦̐͂̆͗̆͒̄͑̍̈́͋͐̑͋͋́͝͝͝͝͠ ̶̡̛̛̲̜̟̝̤͔̑͋̐̊͒͑̾͛̑͊̂̊̓͐̇͛̓́͗̈́̄͐́̚͝͝ḇ̴̧̧̨̡̩͎̣̮͓̙̤͔̠̗͙͕̼̹̣̓̀̀̚͘͜͠ͅl̴̡̨̨̛̠͍͍̮͈̲̰̗̦̭̬̳̝̦̳̪̱͎̱͓̼̪̖̰̎̏͆̈̏̉̍̈́̎̂͆̂͒͑̽̋̅̀̎͑̍̕͜͝ö̵̢͍̙̬̗̼̮͈͍͇͍̩̮̫͕̻̥̞̖̟́̏̅̿̋̇̚ǫ̵͚̠̦͓̹̪̝̪͙̈́̆̃́̿̏̔̐̄́̒̏̏̔͊́̈́̏̀̋̊͑̽͐̈́͝͝d̵̢̛̼̠̉̈́̅̃̏̆͌̆̂͗͠͠ ̴̢̧̧̛̟͎̯̣̩͕͙̯̬̮̥͚̝̮̀͐̈́̇̈̎͆͐̉̍͐̚͝M̵̡̨̜̝̬͙͉̭͔͍͙̩͔̱͍̬̲̹̚Ǫ̵̢͚͔͇̭̟͖̰̺̬͚̺̱̳̼̦̺̩͈̹̩͔̣̒̀̊͛̿̉͌͗͜ͅR̴̡̛͚͖͈̤͓̯̙̭͎̆̂͘͠ͅȨ̸̨̝̖͖̗̠̞̗̮̲͇̲̺̳̠̮͎͎͇͓̝̺̾ͅͅ ̶̢̛͓̲̪̬̹̖͓̦̠͈̦̺̈́̋̉̈́̈́̂̅͐̿̔̊́̎͊͋͊͐͘͜B̸̨̦̻̦͍̤̜̳̗͉̳͖̺̝̤̖̺̿͊̾́͂̓̇̈̃L̵̢̳̭̝̜̺̘̺͈͙̭̺̠̗͎̦͍̺͓̊̃̅͜͜͜͠Ő̶͚͖̽̐͆̇̇͒͂̕̚͝Ǫ̷̨͍̰̝͇̰̮̬̮̮̩̝͎̹͍̩̮͂̒̈́͂́̆̏͘ͅD̶̨̢̳͙̝͔̪͓̦͚̺̭̭̗̺̻̭͈̥̼͙͌̈́́̋̓̂̌ ̸̛̘̦̼͍͔̠͙̜͍̯̪̦̠͖͎̘͉̟͕͋̑̐͐̏͒̋̅̈́̀̐́̐̅̓͋͜M̷̨̨̡̪̜̺̭̗̲͙̠̲̭̥̲̼͎̼̥͚̹̗̏̍̅͋̅́̔̒̍̃̍̽̽̒͐̀́̃̄̄͌̂͋͛̊͘͜͜Ǫ̷͈̱͎͚̗̥͑R̵̳̺͓̯̬͕̦̥̪̮̙̳͇̟͈̳͊̈́͛̒E̷̡̡̨̛̬̙̱̲̺̲̮͚̗̝͎̱̲̭͔͙̘̯̪͖͋̄̂̊̈͋̿̇̈̈̓͛͜͜͠͝ͅ ̴̨̗̖̪̯̮̩̙̼̼̳̳̙̹̰͙̜̪̲̟̘̣̳̞͙̈͋͗̈̇̽̈̂̈́͒̈̎͒͌̍͊͗̎̈́̂͘͘͠B̸̨̹͙̭̦͙̤̥͙̂̿̊̏̄́̈́̎́̍̐̕L̵̹̥͕̞̰̙̜̼̻̮͕̭͖̼̠̻̜̮̭͉̼̳̜̞̟͖̈́͑̿̈́Ơ̸̢̧̡̛̹̹̖̯̬̤̻͇͕̼͔͉̪͙̜̻̖̫̦͊̀̽̂̌̾͛̀̐̉͐̈̇̓̈́͗̇͛̍͘̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͝O̵̬̫̙͎̺̥͓͈͖͖̮̗̯̻̲̝͛͆͌̇͗͘ͅD̷̺̠̩̩̰̹͓͚͖̮̞͇͌̊̅ ̴̡̡̧̛̣̜̯͎̖͎̱̠̻̩̗͖̘̩̹̗̹̤̞͍̫̜͇̱̫͌́͌̋̐͐͂̐̄̽̋̎̽̂̆́͛̎̓͐̕̕͘F̵̢̧͓͓̯̟̜͚͕͕̱̞̮̘̜̼͌̈̓̀͗̂͋̓͗̀̏̀̃̅̈́ͅǑ̵͓̤͉̹̮̰̯͕̟̙̌̉͌͋͂́͆͆̇͂̊̓͂̏̈̅͋̃̄̚Ŗ̵̙̗̝̩̰̱̳̈́̌̄̈́͜ ̷͈͚͗̒͊́̇̒̉̔̌̍́͆͋̔̈͠͝T̴͕̦̻̩̫̺͎̗͖̹̲̠̩̟̥̙̦̲̘̪͚̾́͆̾̈́͘̕͜͠H̷̨̛̙͖͔͒̃́̈́̈́̃̊̾͌̚͜Ȩ̶͒͝ ̷̧̻̭̠̟͖̦̲̠̭̫͕̩͕̞͚̩͇̙̩͕̱̣̤͉̐́̉̂̅̄̌̐̇́͗̓̒̀̓̽̈́̓̓̈̈̊͐̈́̋͑̚͜͠͝B̸̨̡̻͙̝̱̮̞̭͚̭̥͕͎͍̫̃̎͆͐̀̐͐́̋͑̆̅̽̄̈̚͘͠L̸̛͈̠͔̖͍͐͂͊̓̇̆̒̊̽͌̇̕͘͝͝Ò̸̧͚͎̟͙̤̘̼̙̍̅͋͒̉ͅǪ̷̧̧̛̝̭͔̩̻̙̙̫͎͍͉̞̣̖̥̤̺́͆̃̋̇̆̿̆̏͘͘̚͜ͅḎ̶͎͆̍͌̓̉̈́̇̅͂̀̒͝ ̴̨̗̺͚̱͔͉̲͙͓͙͎̲̭̱̫̦̬̬͔͚̗̱̙̓̂̂́̈́̓̃͂̕͜G̴̨͉̳͈̣̩͇̱̜̺͈̥̪̺̻̹̻̘̾̾́͛̿̉̈́͒͐́̾͆̀͐͘̚͝͠Ò̷̢̨̧̦̠̲̰̹̝̫̯̻̮͈͖̠̜̰̣̮͎̲̩̹̞̭̗͍̩̆͑̑̋̇͋̈̓͐̆͛̾̽̉͂̊̎̃̍͌̔̏͝ͅD̴̨̹̮̰̫͎̪̭̤̗̃͒̅

Fun and creative puzzle game that fall juuuuust short of greatness. A game that will make you ask "what is the question?" instead of "what is the answer?" - not an easy balancing act (and one that the game does stumble during), but when the tight rope is as thick and hard as the one in TRI: Of Friendship and Madness, you can't help but hop back on even after you've fallen.

-1 one star because the last puzzle had WAY too much bloom going on. I mean, really, it's like they took the bloom dial and cranked that motherfucker up to 11.

Oh while we're on the subject of incredibly minor nitpicks, it'd be cool if there were other options aside from unlimited FPS or 30 FPS. I had to choose betwen my PC sounding like a turbo jet as it renders TRI: Of Friendship and Madness at 470 fps or being a console player. "This game would be great for Switch". Fuck you, don't make me beta test the 30 fps mode. Assholes.

A strong concept that often struggles to get out of it's own way. The idea here is wonderful; you're initially drawn into the mystery, but the open ended nature of the game means the delivery of the narrative can feel clunky and confusing. At least it felt that way for me. I have ideas of What's Really Going On in Immortality, but to test or prove those ideas would require sitting through a dozen or so hours of stuff that doesn't really matter. Maybe that isn't the biggest hurdle. Immortality is well acted and, I think, well written. At least the dialogue keeps you interested (again I can't really comment on the overarching story). But we live in a world where I can type "Immortality important scenes" into Youtube and get everything I'm searching for directly in front of my stupid face.

Really it's a failing of mechanics more than anything. You're encouraged, I think, to click on everything that'll lead you to a new clip, so you're constantly pausing, searching, then jumping to a new clip. If you want to continue watching the scene you were just watching, you have to navigate through a menu of all the clips you were just watching. This navigation can take upwards of 5 seconds, and when you're jumping upwards of 20 times per clip, it really takes up a long ass time. It's frustrating because there are very simple things that could've been done to prevent this: give the player an option to disable the auto jump, indicate to the player if they're going to jump to a clip they already have, make it easier to go backwards to the clip you were just in. Instead, Immortality feels like a game that doesn't want you to be fully explored. I got to the end credits with an Idea of What's Going On, but to really get the full picture I'll have to force myself through impervious mechanics (or I can just watch a 10 minute youtube video). And mAyBe ThAt'S tHe PoInT and I simply don't understand art, to which I'd counter by saying see me in the streets.