We Follow The Fickle Path
A sister is One, and one may be lost.
A sister of Many, will always have sisters.
Made by Sean, Michael, and IAN for Game Off 2021.
Spanish (Latin America) translation by David Pérez.
French translation by IAN.
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars (30 total ratings) |
Authors | SweetHeart Squad, Sean, IAN MARTIN, Michael |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Made with | PixiJS, Clip Studio Paint, Aseprite |
Tags | 2D, Atmospheric, Black and White, Coming Of Age, Female Protagonist, Furry, Hand-drawn, Multiple Endings, Singleplayer, Story Rich |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English, Spanish; Latin America, French |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Touchscreen |
Accessibility | Color-blind friendly |
Links | Source code |
Development log
- French translation added! / Traduction française ajoutée !Dec 23, 2022
- Spanish translation + mobile supportFeb 09, 2022
Comments
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I may be biased because I love stories about personified insects, but this game was COOL!! I'll definitely be replaying it to try out the different dialogue options. The art, writing, and sound design all meshed to make a very immersive atmosphere
Hey! Great visuals and sound! But i sadly cannot fully enjoy the story because of this weird problem. Parts of text are disapering. It seems that rightmost parts of text is affected, and i tried fullscreen mode, but it did nothing.
Here is what it looks like - https://imgur.com/5k3MRlO
Hey there! Sorry to hear you're having issues; I was able to reproduce the bug, but it seems to be specific to certain device + browser combinations. We don't have a fix yet, but if you don't want to wait you should be able to try on another browser.
edit: I believe the bug's been fixed. lmk if you try again and still have issues!
It works now. Thank you very much!
Beautiful visuals and narrative :)
Full Play No Commentary
You are an amazing writer! Keep it up. The artwork is spectacular.
wow...just...wow.
such a sadly and wonderful game.
the art stile and the music just makes it better!
good job,i'm really impressed.
tyty
Wow, I'm blown away. I loved the writing, it created such a gripping atmosphere and captured a lot of emotion at the same time
This was incredible. i may play more of it another time, but just finishing it once was enough of a profound experience to understand the great merit of this game. i don't know a lot about ants but i really loved the worldbuilding of this insect world, their semi-religious society and how some things seem to be inspired by actual ant behavior, but their emotions and thoughts about those things are represented in a human form. The people who made this have great talent and this is a damn masterpiece!
Art is a word that can describe multiple (or a single) medium(s) put together to form a piece and/or display of feeling. A Masterpice is this interactive novel, which is made up of art + the creative collective minds of Sean, Michael, and IAN + Myrmecology (for those who dont know what that is, it is a branch of entomology studying the science of ants). this is all then placed in the setting of a sentient life style of an ant colony, and finding your own path and, in a semi-direct way, dealing with the loss of family (or friends). A beautifully created game/interactive fiction for people to enjoy and take morals from, though some may be physically absent, remebering them is how you keep them alive, and to move on, because you are still alive, and its not your fault. I recommend this interactive novel!
wonderful
Pretty neat. I wonder though, how many endings are there?
To watch a little sister is science, to become a little sister is art. What a journey.
Let's Play - WE FOLLOW THE FICKLE PATH (1) - A story about ants and sisterhood - YouTube
Let's Play - WE FOLLOW THE FICKLE PATH (2) - The Roly Polies - YouTube
Let's Play - WE FOLLOW THE FICKLE PATH (3) - The Lost Sister - YouTube
Let's Play - WE FOLLOW THE FICKLE PATH (4) - The Frog & Sister Superior Ending - YouTube
Really great work! We enjoyed it so much that we created a 4-videos-playthrough with unique voice acting. Best wishes!
Thanks for playing, this was a delight to watch!
Hey, I attempted a walk-through of your game. Kudos to you for making such an aesthetically pleasing game.
Hey, thanks for sharing!
I did notice you seemed to get stuck towards the end, so wanted to point out you can always progress those scenes by interacting with the campfire.
The atmosphere of the game is wonderful, but a lot of text stuff.
wow, the esthethic and atmosphere of this game its amazing!!!! Well done :)
amazing style !! 🐜💯