Guide Holden Caulfield through his role as the Catcher in the Rye, stopping young children from running off a cliff in this video game-shaped parody of the novel by J. D. Salinger. But beware! The more kids you catch, the craftier they get, and the more Holden takes time for himself.
I originally created this in my Junior year of high school for a literature class; we were to make a "creative response" to Catcher, and I decided to make mine a video game because I needed practice. After some time of just sitting on my hard drive, I decided I'd polish it up a bit and add in some of the features I scrapped for time. I feel like Holden himself would think of me as a phony for all this.
The game itself is best described as a ludonarrative-driven high score chasing arcade game. I know it's weird, but I don't know how else to put it.
Download:
https://iotasoftarts.itch.io/life-is-not-a-game