Sometimes, Flash-based games catch our collective attention thanks to an innovation so simple it's puzzling that it took a designer so long to put it into practice. That's the case with Awkward Silence Games' One Chance, a simple, side-scrolling adventure title that puts you in the shoes of Dr. Pilgrim. The good doctor has invented a cure for cancer that -- oops! -- will kill every living thing on Earth in six days.
Here's the twist: After you beat the game, you're stuck with the ending you get on your first playthrough (so long as you play along with the limitations of the platform and don't go deleting your browser cache). You don't get a second chance. Hence the name.
There's only a handful of decisions you can make during the last six days on Earth, but each one has an impact on your final, final destination. Choose wisely! Wait, what are you doing? No, don't do that! You'll regret it forever!
Reader Comments (55)
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:12PM TMlord95 said
I guess I kinda won, but i'll never know if there is a better ending.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:12PM TJF said
By one chance, they mean it will not just leave cookies to stop you, but record your IP address. They reeaally doesn't want you to play again.
It was really fun, but I expected it to be more twisty...
It was really fun, but I expected it to be more twisty...
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:29PM The Aquacharger said
@TJF
That's not true, I've so far have had two different endings.
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That's not true, I've so far have had two different endings.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:39PM Archerboy said
@TJF
You just have to go to the Flash Manager and delete the temp file. It's not IP based. And yeah, it was good, but not very twisty or very exciting.
And people have been bashing it for "copying" http://armorgames.com/play/6244/every-day-the-same-dream
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You just have to go to the Flash Manager and delete the temp file. It's not IP based. And yeah, it was good, but not very twisty or very exciting.
And people have been bashing it for "copying" http://armorgames.com/play/6244/every-day-the-same-dream
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 7:46AM glassfin said
@TJF
it's not really fun. it's a game about pressing the right arrow and space bar to make choices you don't know you're making before you press that space bar. almost all of the game is just filler time for you to look at the spiced up with texture retro graphics. not something I'd like to do with my last days.
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it's not really fun. it's a game about pressing the right arrow and space bar to make choices you don't know you're making before you press that space bar. almost all of the game is just filler time for you to look at the spiced up with texture retro graphics. not something I'd like to do with my last days.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:12PM The Cole Train said
This game is incredibly unique and innovative. I love it :D
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:18PM The Aquacharger said
All you have to do is right click and unallow Underground.newgrounds to store data hit refresh and you can replay.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:20PM Capgun said
Well.
That was depressing.
That was depressing.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:22PM skelbono said
Died with my daughter at the park on the last day...obviously i took a wrong turn somewhere and going to work everyday isnt the right answer.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:33PM blueskyv201 said
@skelbono
Actually . . . if you come in on the last day as well, you find the cure and you can save yourself and your daughter . . . and then sit awkwardly in the park with her.
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Actually . . . if you come in on the last day as well, you find the cure and you can save yourself and your daughter . . . and then sit awkwardly in the park with her.
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 12:43AM BklynEnigma said
@blueskyv201 - Ah. I guess that's where I did my wrong turn. I worked everyday (except the 2nd day...went to work, but went to the rooftop, to see someone jump off and kill himself), and on the last day, it said you had one chance...figured it was the end, so I went to the park, and just...died peacefully. -_-
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Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:24PM Poor Tom said
That was terrible. I'm glad I can't play it again.
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 12:53AM maveric101 said
@Poor Tom
seriously. i found it extremely boring. it wouldn't ever be on joystiq if it weren't for the "one play" thing. there are so few things to interact with. no to mention how freaking SLOW the guy moves.
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seriously. i found it extremely boring. it wouldn't ever be on joystiq if it weren't for the "one play" thing. there are so few things to interact with. no to mention how freaking SLOW the guy moves.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:28PM MrVee PSN Vampah said
"Light Rain"?
lol
lol
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:33PM gatotsu911 said
"Sometimes, Flash-based games catch our collective attention thanks to an innovation so simple it's puzzling that it took a designer so long to put it into practice."
I think there might actually be another reason why this particular "innovation" has never been put into practice...
I think there might actually be another reason why this particular "innovation" has never been put into practice...
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:33PM superfrog1993 said
I went to the park and died alone after unleashing a virus that destroyed all life on earth. Fun stuff.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:36PM Roto13 said
I remember playing a flash based platformer that did a similar thing. If you died, you'd stay dead and you couldn't restart. I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, though.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:36PM Rabite said
I've wanted to see a game that would do this. It doesn't seem very smart to do this on a console though. People might get a wee bit agitated.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:38PM MystileArmor said
*SPOILERS*?
I so lost at that game. I nailed the chick from the office, hung out at the park all day, every day and totally didn't cure nothing.
I so lost at that game. I nailed the chick from the office, hung out at the park all day, every day and totally didn't cure nothing.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:48PM The Aquacharger said
@MystileArmor
I did the same thing, except last day I figured I'd try to jump off the building and was forced to work while my daguther died in the hallway.
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I did the same thing, except last day I figured I'd try to jump off the building and was forced to work while my daguther died in the hallway.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:54PM The Aquacharger said
@MystileArmor
Well for the first few days I tried banging my wife but I realised she wasn't putting out so I saw an opprotunity I couldn't resist.
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Well for the first few days I tried banging my wife but I realised she wasn't putting out so I saw an opprotunity I couldn't resist.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:05PM MrVee PSN Vampah said
@MystileArmor
"I nailed the chick from the office"
Win in my books, in any scenario
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"I nailed the chick from the office"
Win in my books, in any scenario
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:32PM MystileArmor said
You could even say, at least I went out with a
*PUTS SUNGLASSES ON*
bang!
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*PUTS SUNGLASSES ON*
bang!
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 12:34AM PedoJokerBear said
you can say that this joke is
*puts sunglasses on*
2late2die
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*puts sunglasses on*
2late2die
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 12:55AM maveric101 said
@The Aquacharger
hahaha i did the exact same thing.
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hahaha i did the exact same thing.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:42PM MrVee PSN Vampah said
Dont bring your child to the park people!
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:42PM Drakkenfyre said
I don't think this game can be won. It's either you die. You die with your daughter, you live with your daughter, and that's it.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:53PM Prboi said
This is sad.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 9:58PM Mr Period said
ok... so what was the f*kng chance? i killed everyone and then i tought it would be an awesome idea to go to the park and die alone
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:01PM Roto13 said
Like every decision is between working and not working. Guess what? The scientist has to work to find a cure. Big surprise there. Tries too hard to be depressing and it doesn't work because it may have been written by a 12-year-old boy.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:07PM Harrishun said
I had drinks, the guy jumped off the roof, my wife killed herself, I tried to find a cure when everyone else killed themselves, and I ended up just dying in the park with my daughter.
Dear God...
Dear God...
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:29PM TimeLord said
I went to work... accidentally had drinks trying to push the space bar and "interact" with stuff... went home... went back to work, guy jumped off building... went home.... wife died in tub... went back to work, skipped banging chick... went home picked up daughter and went back to work... arrived at work, daughter died in hallway, I went to work and sat down and closed my eye...
No one survived... except for Robert Neville
No one survived... except for Robert Neville
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:32PM pluupy said
One chance to comment.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:52PM DropBear360 said
personally i think its one of the greatest games of all time
roger ebert play this and say its not art, i dare ya!
roger ebert play this and say its not art, i dare ya!
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 10:59PM oOWallaceOo said
A friend and I had this idea for a game that actually deleted information from the disc/file as you played and your game save was tied to the disc so you could never go back to redo what you had done even with a different copy of the game.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 11:07PM vidguy said
@oOWallaceOo
Sounds like this game - the Space Shooter that deletes files.
http://www.switched.com/2009/10/02/space-shooter-video-game-deletes-files-from-your-hard-drive/
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Sounds like this game - the Space Shooter that deletes files.
http://www.switched.com/2009/10/02/space-shooter-video-game-deletes-files-from-your-hard-drive/
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 12:25AM Drakkenfyre said
They have games where if you lose, the save file is deleted.
I don't think a game that deletes itself over time would be very popular. You would have to buy another copy to play it again.
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I don't think a game that deletes itself over time would be very popular. You would have to buy another copy to play it again.
Posted: Dec 7th 2010 11:05PM vidguy said
So I hold the right arrow, press the spacebar, get laid, save my wife, and win the Nobel Prize for defeating my own cancer disease? FTW!








