Benches
A game about public benches. An open letter to the municipality of Rotterdam, and to all strangers I did and did not meet here.
Font used: NotCourierSans
Part of a series of urban game poems, together with Crossings
Known issues:
- currently does not work for Firefox on Ubuntu, Chrome and Safari on iOS.
| Updated | 25 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Author | thijsoid |
| Made with | Godot |
| Tags | artgame, Experimental, field-recording, game-poem, Godot, Hand-drawn, Mouse only, Touch-Friendly |
| Code license | MIT License |
| Links | GitHub |
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benches-download.zip 37 MB
Development log
- Rotterdam Unconference AnnouncementOct 10, 2025



Comments
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love these ambiences and the sound of the buttons which sound like they could be in the recordings themselves. i enjoyed trying to put the people as close together as physically possible
Thank you! I like to think the button sounds are like shy footsteps around the different benches.
This was delightful to play! I really loved the way that this game highlighted these locations and objects that would otherwise go completely unnoticed. The stick figure characters added a subtle touch of personality to every scene and made me wonder about the narrative of these characters in my head - really a thoughtful game. And, I loved the audio in this game a lot! <3
What a sweet comment, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)