Fail Fail Succeed

PuzzleIndie

<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">A Puzzle Game About Failure</h2>A puzzle platformer about turning failure into progress, inspired by the developer's struggles with cycles of manic highs and depressive lows.<picture><source srcset="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/a77fb2d9c2382ecd2b5de908a380ebc3.webp?t=1782569211"><img src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/a77fb2d9c2382ecd2b5de908a380ebc3.poster.avif?t=1782569211" class="bb_img" alt="The main player character next to the text &quot;this is you&quot;" width=1170 height=187 /></picture>You’re trapped inside a dream-like dimension, with no clear way out.<picture><source srcset="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/0fe7923836b3dd654d69f15a6cc2fb9a.webp?t=1782569211"><img src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/0fe7923836b3dd654d69f15a6cc2fb9a.poster.avif?t=1782569211" class="bb_img" alt="A pixel art dog next to the text &quot;This is your dog&quot;" width=1170 height=187 /></picture>She wants to guide you forward. But, the path ahead is full of deadly traps… and your only real ability? To fail.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/64e1229c950154d3ecd59ec4954aa862.poster.avif?t=1782569211" aria-label="The player character picks up a floating orb, the proceeds to die on a set of spikes, leaving a stone head block behind. Proceeds to respawn and jump across the spikes, using the stone head block." width=1170 height=264 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/64e1229c950154d3ecd59ec4954aa862.webm?t=1782569211" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/64e1229c950154d3ecd59ec4954aa862.mp4?t=1782569211" type="video/mp4"></video>Fortunately for you, there are mysterious orbs that let you leave a fragment of yourself behind. What remains will become barriers against hazards or platforms paving your way forward.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/6af3858ed7be64201746180e6dafa182.poster.avif?t=1782569211" aria-label="Player character dying to a laser, leaving an ice head block behind. Player character returns, moves the ice head block a little. Then picks up a floating orb, and dies to the laser again, this time leaving a cloud head block behind. Player character returns again, and bounces off of the cloud head block, off screen." width=1170 height=264 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/6af3858ed7be64201746180e6dafa182.webm?t=1782569211" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/6af3858ed7be64201746180e6dafa182.mp4?t=1782569211" type="video/mp4"></video>Fail and fail again, until you succeed. Persistence and clever thinking is the only way out of this place.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/8fe9504ceb988c326d9083882496f6a9.poster.avif?t=1782569211" aria-label="Player character running up to dog, giving them a pet and a hearts appear." width=1170 height=264 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/8fe9504ceb988c326d9083882496f6a9.webm?t=1782569211" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/8fe9504ceb988c326d9083882496f6a9.mp4?t=1782569211" type="video/mp4"></video><h2 class="bb_tag" >Key Features</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Logic-Driven Puzzles With 40+ handcrafted levels, every puzzle has a solution grounded in consistent logical systems. Put your creative problem solving to the test, and discover all the ways to fail! </li><li>Fail To Succeed Failure isn't optional. Embrace failure to learn, uncover and overcome whatever stands in your way. Fail, reflect on the new possibilities, adapt, and try again. </li><li>Fast Resets Did you fail too much? Fear not! With fast resets, the game encourages you to experiment with failure, to learn, and try again. </li><li>Narrative Without Words No spoken or written dialogue. Meaning is implicitly told though visuals and game play. </li><li>Dog(s)! Choose between multiple dogs to be your guide, source of comfort and motivation, in an otherwise bleak world. Is your dog missing from the game? Contact us and we will try to remedy that! </li></ul><img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3816180/extras/cbc4c35eaa10b9be3f5a454d46aa1f4e.avif?t=1782569211" alt="A number of pixel art dogs over the text &quot;and many more&quot;" width=1200 height=192 /><h2 class="bb_tag" >Background</h2>Originally conceived while a student, Fail Fail Succeed grew from feelings of being stuck in a cycle of manic highs and depressive lows. The mechanics were designed as metaphors for those struggles: failure as an inevitable outcome, but traces of progress being left behind. In a bleak world of exhausting repetition, small comforts in the companionship of a loyal pup often became a guiding light.Fail Fail Succeed is developed by a single developer. What began as a small weekend project, slowly grew after positive feedback, was further developed for Gotland Game Conference and Swedish Game Awards, and is now finally coming to Steam for everyone to play!

Developer: The Notlanders

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