There's a good chance the creator won't see this, but this is probably one of the best games I've ever committed time too, it really gave me that weighty sad feeling at the end, i got the happy ending, but honestly i personally felt rather incomplete, can the author confirm that Nika gets an actual happy ending? I know by the lore that she's not quite human, but this lowk hurt my feelings, Thank you for this experience, Thank you
Nifty little game. I am not from a former Soviet nation but I have visited them. I think your portrayal of the architecture and mood surrounding these places to be very authentic. The story was well written and hits on a note that most people who exist 'beyond the pale' will relate to.
A beautiful game with IMMACULATE vibe and scenery. Very nostalgic and beautiful. However, I could've sworn that I saw Cheburashka in the background lol
This woke up a lot of childhood memories. Thank you for making this game!!
Really like this game. A lot of work has been put into this many locations and the variety of gameplay mechanics is what makes it interesting to me. I got happy ending, I will look forward to any video or walkthroughs to discover other endings. I also really liked the dialogues that develops characters bit by bit and have deeper meanings. My respect, developer team, thanks for the game
Every time I download a game on itch I always hope I will like it as much as I do this one. There were few games better than this but I kind of always want them to be as good as this game and they almost never are so basically thanks for ruining my expectation of this website.
the browser version is the most recent version! some of the translations are of earlier versions; the downloadable englishversion should also be of the most recent version, but not all translations have the extra content from the 1.01 update!
all translations are fanmade, unfortunately i can't sponsor them, so the translators might not have been able to translate the added content
what a fantastic game! I didn't get every ending (i assume there are multiple, but i played once and got "true ending"), but it was such a curious experience. beautiful scenery, especially the nostalgic furniture. i resonated with the main character and i loved how the characters described their feelings/choices they made.
*also i played using controller on PC, worked smoothly (just a side note :P)
At first I thought it was all an allegory for how inhumane and devoid of life generative AI is... but having reached the end (happy ending, by the way), I'm not so sure anymore. Still, I enjoyed the experience.
It seems like the happy ending is just merging with the rest of society rather than sticking to your own identity. Being true to yourself isolates you from everyone else, makes everything feel cold and distant. It's a constant battle to stay alive and caring in such a cold existence, but it's the only way to be yourself and not what others want you to be. You could extrapolate that to AI- how most of society now relies on it, has integrated with it, despite it being a facade, a crutch designed to deprive people of knowledge and skill. The tapes could represent how AI is corrupting the past, taking IPs and happy memories and distorting them until they're unrecognizable. About the allure AI has when everyone you know and love is enthralled with it, like with the piano scene at the end. It takes beautiful melodies and plays them perfectly, indistinctly, without a humans touch at all, and as generically as possible.
There are parts of this game that hint at Lera being a trans woman, though, which leads to a different interpretation of the game. Her tomboyish style, her experiencing social rejection from others that view her as "gross", her hating her own reflection, etc would make sense when combined with the theme. Or maybe it's related to her nostalgia for the USSR and the economic prosperity it brought, considering how all of the rooms are covered in propaganda posters of the time and her desire to build massive, brutalist, utopian megastructures common to the time. Even the offhand comment to the little girl that she couldn't be a cosmonaut because "space isn't profitable."
It could also just be about nostalgia as a concept, how it can feel like a warm retreat from everyday life and suck you in and make you want to bask in it forever, but you can't live in the past. You have to return to the present at some point, no matter how cold and lonely and depressing that present is.
All of these themes could be present in the story, whichever one resonates with you most is what you can assume it's about. All stories are about what we decide them to be about, after all, and that's dictated by the emotions we feel while playing it, not "logically decoding" the "real" meaning the author "intended" for people to take away from it.
Never said it explicitly did. Just that you can interpret various parts of the game as being about the experience of being a trans woman. Things like Lera being repulsed by her own reflection, or other children her age calling her gross and weird, or the way she styles herself. Even broader things like her listlessness and depression at the state of the world, the way she walks through life like a corpse, it's something a lot of trans people can relate to. If you don't interpret it that way then that's fine, different people will get different things out of media.
So, this game came highly recommended by a friend and I quite enjoyed it. A few things though. I am a HUGE fan of Silent Hill and so I'm used to psychoanalyzing everything presented to me but it only just occurred to me that the story being told might be the story as is. I bring this up to ask, do I take the story at face value or do I dive deeper into the potential metaphors?
There's nothing to "analyze" in stories, no meaningful "lore" to desire learning. Stories are about what they make you feel, what resonates with you most and how it does. What things jump out at you? What do you relate to and why? What captures your attention? What does it make you *feel*?
If you want an example, this game really articulates what it feels like to be a social outcast. To be someone who feels nostalgic for decades past that will never come to pass again. Lera is clearly nostalgic for the USSR, between her dream of creating brutalist, utopian megastructures, the propaganda posters throughout the apartments, her childhood dream to be a cosmonaut until the world deemed space travel "unprofitable" and moved on. You can also read it as Lera being a trans woman, outcast from the rest of society, treated coldly by everyone around her unless she abandons who she is and integrates herself into the flesh of everyone else, and detransitions.
it's very beautyfull game . I make also same adventure games with rpg maker mv and i want to have same item screen like you. I mean only the icon and item information. But cant. Yep Item give so many useless information . How u do it ?
I dont think ive ever been more terrified of what is inside of me as much as this game made me. A masterpiece, completely horrifying while being so so so beautiful
i last played this game a year ago, and now its snowing again and i think i must do another play through. The theming and writing has stuck with me, and im excited to see what else this creator has done. Thank you!
This game was bittersweet while also extremely unsettling. The style, dialogue, and characters are all so engaging, leaving me wanting more. Absolutely loved this game!
absolutely adore this game !! def one of my new favs. just a question, are we supposed to be unable to unlock the door with the six digit lock combination? because when I try to unlock it, I can't type anything. I am playing the game on browser so that might be it, but i'm just wondering ^^
I love this game! I just wanted to ask, when I run the game on whisky (I have a Mac and use whisky to play windows games), it just... doesn't load the game? I can hear the music, and if I press the enter key I can hear the music shift, but the screen itself just does not load. whisky usually works with my other games, so I was just wondering if there was any fix for this. thank you!
ADORO ESTO DIOS MIO 10/10 CAPTO TODA MI ATENCION POR TODAS LAS METAFORAS Y SIGNIFICADOS, AME TODOS LOS FINALES (solo llevo uno) SOY LITERALMENTE ELLA, QUIERO SER PARTE DE ALGO QUE ME QUIERAC OMO SOY
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The fact that there is no way to save Nika has ruined my day. Fantastic game, though! ^^
Gostei muito
when I start the political vhs the games freeze (italian version)
There's a good chance the creator won't see this, but this is probably one of the best games I've ever committed time too, it really gave me that weighty sad feeling at the end, i got the happy ending, but honestly i personally felt rather incomplete, can the author confirm that Nika gets an actual happy ending? I know by the lore that she's not quite human, but this lowk hurt my feelings, Thank you for this experience, Thank you
Es una puta obra de arte me hizo hasta llorar
really fun, scary and interesting!
One of the best story/narratives i have ever played in a while. It was really enjoyable and worth the pain.
It's beautiful lads
Great game
Nifty little game. I am not from a former Soviet nation but I have visited them. I think your portrayal of the architecture and mood surrounding these places to be very authentic. The story was well written and hits on a note that most people who exist 'beyond the pale' will relate to.
Is Flesh, Blood & Concrete coming to Steam?
Its a beautiful game but not for me, . Love the aesthetic and charm though keep it up !
BEAUTIFULLL surprisingly runs well on mobile
A beautiful game with IMMACULATE vibe and scenery. Very nostalgic and beautiful. However, I could've sworn that I saw Cheburashka in the background lol
This woke up a lot of childhood memories. Thank you for making this game!!
Omgg yess!! I watched a vinny pooh cartoon on the vhs tape in game lol. Brought me so much joy. :)
Really like this game. A lot of work has been put into this many locations and the variety of gameplay mechanics is what makes it interesting to me. I got happy ending, I will look forward to any video or walkthroughs to discover other endings. I also really liked the dialogues that develops characters bit by bit and have deeper meanings. My respect, developer team, thanks for the game
Every time I download a game on itch I always hope I will like it as much as I do this one. There were few games better than this but I kind of always want them to be as good as this game and they almost never are so basically thanks for ruining my expectation of this website.
im stuck at the rooftop, i cant do anything, not even talk to the kid what do i do?
if i remember correctly u go down to ur car after that
yes but i cant, the door wont open??
did u click on ur keyboard
i was tyrna pirate a game and this gam kept showing up instgead and it was tryna takre my credit csawrd infiomatuioin
what
What genre is this game
Why is the browser version so different from the downloadable ones??? Whole ass different extra intro and cutscenes
the browser version is the most recent version! some of the translations are of earlier versions; the downloadable englishversion should also be of the most recent version, but not all translations have the extra content from the 1.01 update!
all translations are fanmade, unfortunately i can't sponsor them, so the translators might not have been able to translate the added content
what a fantastic game! I didn't get every ending (i assume there are multiple, but i played once and got "true ending"), but it was such a curious experience. beautiful scenery, especially the nostalgic furniture. i resonated with the main character and i loved how the characters described their feelings/choices they made.
*also i played using controller on PC, worked smoothly (just a side note :P)
At first I thought it was all an allegory for how inhumane and devoid of life generative AI is... but having reached the end (happy ending, by the way), I'm not so sure anymore. Still, I enjoyed the experience.
It seems like the happy ending is just merging with the rest of society rather than sticking to your own identity. Being true to yourself isolates you from everyone else, makes everything feel cold and distant. It's a constant battle to stay alive and caring in such a cold existence, but it's the only way to be yourself and not what others want you to be.
You could extrapolate that to AI- how most of society now relies on it, has integrated with it, despite it being a facade, a crutch designed to deprive people of knowledge and skill. The tapes could represent how AI is corrupting the past, taking IPs and happy memories and distorting them until they're unrecognizable. About the allure AI has when everyone you know and love is enthralled with it, like with the piano scene at the end. It takes beautiful melodies and plays them perfectly, indistinctly, without a humans touch at all, and as generically as possible.
There are parts of this game that hint at Lera being a trans woman, though, which leads to a different interpretation of the game. Her tomboyish style, her experiencing social rejection from others that view her as "gross", her hating her own reflection, etc would make sense when combined with the theme. Or maybe it's related to her nostalgia for the USSR and the economic prosperity it brought, considering how all of the rooms are covered in propaganda posters of the time and her desire to build massive, brutalist, utopian megastructures common to the time. Even the offhand comment to the little girl that she couldn't be a cosmonaut because "space isn't profitable."
It could also just be about nostalgia as a concept, how it can feel like a warm retreat from everyday life and suck you in and make you want to bask in it forever, but you can't live in the past. You have to return to the present at some point, no matter how cold and lonely and depressing that present is.
All of these themes could be present in the story, whichever one resonates with you most is what you can assume it's about. All stories are about what we decide them to be about, after all, and that's dictated by the emotions we feel while playing it, not "logically decoding" the "real" meaning the author "intended" for people to take away from it.
I am so confused lol. Where in the game did it reference Lera being trans??
Never said it explicitly did. Just that you can interpret various parts of the game as being about the experience of being a trans woman. Things like Lera being repulsed by her own reflection, or other children her age calling her gross and weird, or the way she styles herself. Even broader things like her listlessness and depression at the state of the world, the way she walks through life like a corpse, it's something a lot of trans people can relate to. If you don't interpret it that way then that's fine, different people will get different things out of media.
i got the happy ending but im still so confused what was even happening lma
this game is so fucking wonderful
So, this game came highly recommended by a friend and I quite enjoyed it. A few things though. I am a HUGE fan of Silent Hill and so I'm used to psychoanalyzing everything presented to me but it only just occurred to me that the story being told might be the story as is. I bring this up to ask, do I take the story at face value or do I dive deeper into the potential metaphors?
There's nothing to "analyze" in stories, no meaningful "lore" to desire learning. Stories are about what they make you feel, what resonates with you most and how it does. What things jump out at you? What do you relate to and why? What captures your attention? What does it make you *feel*?
If you want an example, this game really articulates what it feels like to be a social outcast. To be someone who feels nostalgic for decades past that will never come to pass again. Lera is clearly nostalgic for the USSR, between her dream of creating brutalist, utopian megastructures, the propaganda posters throughout the apartments, her childhood dream to be a cosmonaut until the world deemed space travel "unprofitable" and moved on. You can also read it as Lera being a trans woman, outcast from the rest of society, treated coldly by everyone around her unless she abandons who she is and integrates herself into the flesh of everyone else, and detransitions.
1 of the best games i ever played
I got the true ending first!
I want the protagonist to see theircat please let me leave I don't want to be part of The FleshanymoreI don't think I have the heart to try getting any of the others
I think I'm going to go lie down
it's very beautyfull game . I make also same adventure games with rpg maker mv and i want to have same item screen like you. I mean only the icon and item information. But cant. Yep Item give so many useless information . How u do it ?
I dont think ive ever been more terrified of what is inside of me as much as this game made me. A masterpiece, completely horrifying while being so so so beautiful
It’s definitely a good game to me!
i last played this game a year ago, and now its snowing again and i think i must do another play through. The theming and writing has stuck with me, and im excited to see what else this creator has done. Thank you!
This game was bittersweet while also extremely unsettling. The style, dialogue, and characters are all so engaging, leaving me wanting more. Absolutely loved this game!
absolutely adore this game !! def one of my new favs. just a question, are we supposed to be unable to unlock the door with the six digit lock combination? because when I try to unlock it, I can't type anything. I am playing the game on browser so that might be it, but i'm just wondering ^^
You have to press Escape to delete the word "Passkey." It messed with me too, but its possible to get in there.
same experience!! i'm a bit upset that i can't go back to try typing it :(
I love this game! I just wanted to ask, when I run the game on whisky (I have a Mac and use whisky to play windows games), it just... doesn't load the game? I can hear the music, and if I press the enter key I can hear the music shift, but the screen itself just does not load. whisky usually works with my other games, so I was just wondering if there was any fix for this. thank you!
wow, this is so beautifully made. The VHS tapes had me speechless. Everything in this game was done so well.
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ADORO ESTO DIOS MIO 10/10 CAPTO TODA MI ATENCION POR TODAS LAS METAFORAS Y SIGNIFICADOS, AME TODOS LOS FINALES (solo llevo uno) SOY LITERALMENTE ELLA, QUIERO SER PARTE DE ALGO QUE ME QUIERAC OMO SOY
omg i loved this, the soundtracks, art and philosophy were great thank you for making thisss