It is now nine years old, and so of course it’s received a 9th anniversary update. It has been “updated for modern operating systems”, with menu, HUD and UI fixes, and Mac and Linux ports. Lovely. Here’s the original release trailer: The trailer contains the quote, “Tells a better story in 13 minutes than most games do in 13 hours.” It’s credited to cheeky RPS fanzine PC Gamer, though, so you probably can’t trust whoever wrote that. Here’s what else they wrote: I agree with all of that, except the Scott Pilgrim reference, which feels a little dated. It uses montage to tell an incredible amount of story in its short 13 minutes. It uses it to fill in character backstory with stylish, funny jumpcuts. It uses it to tell a linear story while still letting players navigate its levels in ways that they choose, without ramming them in to a dead-end. To celebrate the update, TFOL is 50% off from Itch.io or Steam, costing £2/$2.50/€50. But if you own it, you might be excited to know that Brendon Chung, 30 Flights’ developer, is now working on a new game, Skin Deep.
