Ever Wished You Could Start Life Over? Let's Play: Alter Ego

On a more on topic note, oh my glob yes this is most beauteous I will await with glee because yaaaaaaaaay

I mean, hmmm. Seems like a text adventure, can we have accompanying pictures as well?
That reminds me that I should finish reading the Galatea LP.

Good idea, Soli-chan. I hadn't thought of that.





Fight your way out, Lloddy! Make sure your mommy can never have children again! Her attention must be directed to you and you alone!



Because year-old babies can play violin and do ballet. By that logic, they should also begin college at the ripe age of five.

And with that, we're brought to the game's usual interface:



Every time you select an option, it brings you to another scenario, and you're given more choices to make. Depending on these choices, your life proceeds differently! Each icon represents a different kind of scenario -- social, mental, etc.

Since this screen stays about the same the whole time, I probably won't screenshot it that much.



Lloddy is sad because nobody is paying attention to her.



We will not stand for Lloddy being ignored!





Isn't being a baby fun?

The most fun as a baby is ''You have found your arm!"

I want it!



Get it get it get it









Shout your victory, Lloddy! Shout it to the gods above!





For some added fun, take a look at what came up when I searched "baby reaching for rattle" on google images:


Notice anything unusual?

It was the Big Bird plushie, wasn't it?

I mean, a plushie isn't a rattle.

The name is really growing on me. <3

What did you say about Lloddy's nose?!



Lloddy doesn't like people talking smack about her nose.

You're going to regret that.







VICTORY

Man, life as a baby sure is great. We get to spit all over everyone and demand attention.

I'm headed to bed for the night. Too tired to keep typing...

as a person that loves babies
this
this thread is
oh my god i'm overloading babies BABIES EVERYWHERE

What should we do?

Look, touch and empty that shit!

Empty the thingy~! Gee I sure do love making life difficult for text adventure parents!

NOPE







Let's take a look at our stats:





And it would appear that our family hates us and our muscles are atrophying.



Sensitive we are not.

That's what you get for listening to me random strangers on the internet!

Clearly the best way to raise a child.

Mitchi, shush! Don't give the television producers any ideas.

I played this game online. I ended up pretty much forever alone in terms of romance, but I made it through the whole thing. Died in my chair of old age. Also I was a teacher until my last breath. DEDICATION.

What the heck is television?

Everyone's too busy on their IPhones and IPads on Facebook and Twitter these days.

all i remember from playing this is wanting to go out shopping at the end
falling off a step
and dying

and i was just SO MAD
I WOULD NEVER TRIP, NOT EVEN AS AN OLD PEOPLE.

Normally Lloddy would raise Hell, but we should probably try to fix our relationship with our family.













Grandparent favoritism get!

You'd be surprised, there is a reason breaking your hip is a stereotype for the elderly. My grandma did it, her brother did it. My other grandma broke her wrist from falling.

Oooh, an Alter Ego LP! These are always either incredibly heartwarming or incredibly depressing... as others have mentioned, this game does not pull its punches. At all.

Can't wait to see what happens with Lloddy!

Remember kids, if stranger comes in van and offers you candy, you go running toward that shit

Edit: Anyway good luck! My romances usually fail in this game |D

I just played this game and I... I am not sure what to think.

I was a bitch my whole life but in the end it was pretty good :) I had a hard time with romance but I got married just before hitting old age, had a decent job, was super healthy and smart...

...and then I died happily of old age on my way shopping.

*plays and finishes*
*sits back in awe*

A lot heavier than I thought it would be, though. I'm feeling all kinds of philosophical right now.
My person was a standup individual, with an even better family. My parents rocked.
The part with the woman making of your nose? I screamed bloody murder when she held me and my mother snatched me away and gave the woman a death stare.
I'm a little jealous of my avatar's upbringing.

So, I played this game for a couple of hours, but I just kinda closed it; is there any way to save your progress or to play in window mode?

Search 'Alter Ego' on google and it should be one of the options. There's and option to play in browser and it asks if you want to save a couple of times when you move to the next stage. Choose yes and it will ask for an email. Then you can save your progress anytime you want.

Ah! This game is adorable! I'm not usually a fan of these types of games, but it's interesting. Enough that I'm sure I'll play another round when I'm done.

i don't like the
the questions that are skipable once you hit puberty
man, i don't like those

ssssoooo wweeeeiiirrdddd
I mean, YEAH IT'S LIFE, but man.

EDIT: I just started up a new game in the browser version and I have a physical score of 9.
9.
also

i'm so precious

Awwww, th-e's th-o pre-th-iou-th!
ten points if you get the reference. I would post a youtube link but I'm on the ipod and i am lazy

This game.
I played it two times already and I was never able to have a successful relationship:

First time I played it: I dated this guy for a few years, we got in a steady relationship, we went to to live together, and then he left me at the altar. Then I dated a man whose wife had died and he still kept all of her things, he was a fun loving guy... and then I died of old age!

Second time I played it: I dated this guy, we got in a steady relationship and then he told me that I reminded him of his mother and he left me. Then I dated this man, discovered he was divorced and had a son, impressed his son who approved of me, we got in a steady relationship and then I discovered that he was married! O.O (The game told me: "You just discovered that he is a married man. Do you want to continue this relationship?" Me: No.) And so I dumped him, I think. Then I dated a man just like the one I dated in my first playthrough before dying, we got in a steady relationship, we went to live together, everything was perfect and then he left me at the altar.

Time to keep taking parenting advice from strangers on the internet!
Sorry it's been so long. I lost the file and had to replay everything. It's not that it took a long time, I just didn't have the motivation to do it...

Life as a baby sure is great. We get food and shelter, attentive parents, and we get to cry and spit up as much as we want. Yep, this is the life.



OH MERCIFUL HEAVENS ABOVE



PERSONAL BUBBLE BREACH IN SECTOR FIVE



DEPLOYING ARM CANNONS





I take it back guys, life as a baby is terrifying. Does everything want to kill us?



Uh oh.



I have a really bad feeling about this.

Adventurous
Move towards pantry
TIME TO EAT

Adventurous!
Move towards Pantry!

This can only end well.

Curious but cautious
Move towards pantry

Curious but cautious...
Move towards pantry.

Truthfully, Lloddy has never been a cautious baby. And besides, this is the pantry! Where food is stored! Of course it's completely safe!



Maple syrup?!



Get in my mouth, delicious brown nectar of the Gods!





…Oh.
Maybe that wasn't maple syrup after all.





On one hand, Lloddy was overly curious and should not be putting random objects down her gullet. On the other, maybe her parents should store their easy-to-open poisonous liquids somewhere other than in the pantry at baby-level.

Thankfully, though, we pull through, and our parents are overjoyed. Phew, guys, maybe being a baby is more difficult than I thought...

Soon afterwards Lloddy has recovered enough to go out on a nice shopping trip with her mommy.



Ooh, a nice lady! Lloddy needs some friends.



But what sort of question should we ask her?