CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
"CHANGE" is an independent game produced by a team of talented developers, with the artists and writers, drawn from professional and non-professionals alike. The developers have chosen to focus on the game's core themes in hope of creating a new and entertaining experience.
As an independent title, it doesn't have to satisfy society's superficial expectations.
The game has three protagonists, with a great deal of dialogue and story progression between them. Some examples of these relationships are as follows:
1) The chosen one;
The protagonist is the only one who can clean up all the trash from the world. His/Her companions will try to convince him/her to betray his/her ideals.
2) The commoner;
They have their own ideas about the world, and do not have the desire to become a chosen one. They have to chase after the protagonist as they try to avoid discovery.
3) The helper;
They have the desire to help out. However, they may have a lot of respect for the chosen one's ideals. If chosen, they may become a chosen one.
- Game Mechanics:
The game is a survival experience. This means that in order for the protagonist to survive, he/she must do everything they can. Only by completing objectives will he/she unlock new locations, activities, and quests. As such, the player must be prepared to kill creatures, solve puzzles, and fight bandits all in order to proceed.
While not required, a HUD with key information is displayed. This includes text about relevant items, locations, and progression.
Simple map-based item pick-up is implemented. He/She may grab as many items as they wish. Additionally, you may attach it to a character if you wish. Once attached, these objects will follow the player, in addition to acting as ammunition for weapons the player currently has equipped.
Weapons may be purchased, upgraded, or crafted. Upgrades allow for the weapon to perform better or to be more useful. Crafting allows a character to specialize and improve in a single area, while doing less damage in other areas.
Weapons and items may also be assigned a purpose. For example, a character may be a long range sniper, or a melee character who takes advantage of the player's projectile weaponry.
While no specific amount of character progression is required, more progression unlocks more dialogue, better items, and more people
You are homeless.
And there are dark forces on the streets.
Help people you meet. Craft weapons and tools. Build shelters. Hunt. Cook. Survive.
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What makes this game different:
We designed Change to be an escape from the world in which we live. It wants you to escape into it. Our hope is that you will come back from your experience in Change with a new perspective on the world.
Artists:
“Change was designed by a creative team of four people with three backgrounds. Derek Rucka is a development artist who worked in animation. Santiago Riquelme is a graphic designer and art director from Argentina. Connor King is a musician and composer. Ben Hilderbrand is a lead designer who worked on EA's newest games."
About Change:
CHANGE is a game in which you make the rules. You learn what you need to learn as you need to learn it.
You know how to kill. You know how to love.
You will craft a life for yourself, in this city.
2011-12-22 23:59:35
Played it for about an hour. As being in a rough situation I shouldn't judge too much. But still the game is not fun to play. Because there is no 'click and play' attitude.
2011-12-22 23:26:14
Is a game that if you don't let you play it more than 10 mins, you'll get hooked by it. Most of the features you find in games are implemented, except shooting which feels flat and arcade-like. Most of the features made the game seem fun though but later on you can easily see where it's lacking.
I think changing the aim-style to a rolling system would make it feel more like a zombie game than this.
I'm afraid I can't rate it any higher than 5/10.
2011-12-22 23:10:30
I actually enjoyed it a fair bit. The story was pretty scary and I think the atmosphere is awesome. There are some issues with the game. It's very buggy. The graphics are pretty flat and the controls are very awkward. But overall I liked it.
2011-12-22 23:10:27
Just about done. It's a very very quite interesting game, kinda Lovecraftian. Sadly, the game is very very buggy and doesn't have the joy of actually living
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CHANGE is about a homeless man who's mugged and left unconscious in a snowstorm. When the cold weather hits, though, his life will change forever. In CHANGE, you are homeless and can't leave the city. All you can do is survive. Objectives are broken down in CHANGE into missions, not goals. This helps with the game's difficulty. Because of the episodic nature of CHANGE, you also don't have a definite end goal. And that might be a good thing. Nintendo World ReportChange could take years to finish, according to Thad Komarek. "That's the number one thing I think people think about: 'Are you going to finish this game?'" he says. "I don't know if I'm going to finish it! But I know that's what I want to do. I want to make people care about this world, this world of where a person's life could be easily changed in a matter of seconds."CNET
"Change" Review - The Indie Game Bible » Interactive has finally found a hero worthy of CHANGE.
We spent a few hours with this game, and honestly, it is my new favorite on the App Store right now. While the graphics and the looping music might be off-putting to some, the game is different and unique in a good way. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but it is definitely something you have to try out.
Gamespot
Game "CHANGE" Review » Fortunately, while it lacks polish and depth, CHANGE is a purposeful and, occasionally, challenging experience that challenges your perspective on poverty.
If there's one thing I learned from my time with CHANGE, it's that the homeless are the best people on the planet. Sure, they're all assholes sometimes, but every one of them is a loving, honest, kind person. I don't just mean to say that they're kind -- they're kind in a way that's on par with the strongest characters in some of my favorite films. They're not just smiling. These characters genuinely care about their friends and their situations. I don't say that to say that they're somehow noble or better than anyone else. They're not. It's just that they've gone through something that I'd like to think most of us would survive. They're not victims or suffering from a disease, but neither are they any sort of sociopathic thrill-seekers. They're just men in pain, struggling to

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