Endless Climb is a platformer released in April 2022 for PC that tasks players with ascending toward an unreachable goal. The game has since evolved into a narrative experience called Sisyphus - The Walk Down, developed by Play It Faster Games. This illustrated companion piece reframes the endless climb through the lens of acceptance, drawing inspiration from Camus' essay on Sisyphus and focusing on the descent rather than the perpetual push upward. The shift suggests the original concept has transformed into something more contemplative, exploring philosophical themes about futility and meaning through its gameplay loop.
via Pocket Gamer
Albert Camus famously told us to imagine Sisyphus happy. What gets forgotten is that Camus was always more interested in the walk back down than the pushing, and that's the bit Sisyphus - The Walk Down is named after. It's an illustrated narrative piece from Play It Faster Games,…