“Girl with a Heart of” is part of the Reddit Indie Bundle. Check it out along with other great indie games made by Reddit users: https://gamedevbundle.com/

I’m back, and I have a pretty interesting and completely free game to show for it. It’s not a game in the traditional sense, though. It’s actually a tool to help you become better calibrated! (Being well calibrated means you can make predictions with the correct degree of accuracy. If you say you are 80% certain, that means you are likely to be correct about 8 out of 10 times.) Most people are way over-confident. If you want to challenge and improve yourself, I present you with “Calibration Game”:
http://www.bentspoongames.com/calibration.html

If you are interested in learning how to make and design games…

If you already know how to, but want to become better…

If you are already a great game designer and want to become the best…

You better bookmark this link: www.bentspoongames.com/gd

You can download the music from “Girl with a Heart of” for free right here.

A couple more reviews:

http://indiegames.com/2011/11/review_girl_with_a_heart_of_be.html

http://www.dealspwn.com/girl-with-a-heart-of-review-84156

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2011/11/girl_with_a_heart_of.php

Here are some review links of “Girl with a Heart of”:

http://www.game-boyz.com/content/node/18428

Podcast: http://www.geekingoutabout.com/2011/11/19/geekly-speaking-about-girl-with-a-heart-of/

http://www.148apps.com/reviews/girl-heart-review/

http://gamerdork.net/pc-mac/review-girl-with-a-heart-of

http://app-score.com/girl-with-a-heart-of/

And my favorite: http://truepcgaming.com/2011/11/16/girl-with-a-heart-of-pc-review/

The game is finally out! To buy it, go to the game’s home page: www.bentspoongames.com/gwh

TruePcGaming conducted an interview with me about “Girl with a Heart of.” If you are interested in how the game was developed, what it’s all about, and other details, you should definitely read it here: http://truepcgaming.com/2011/10/19/girl-with-a-heart-of-interview-10-19/

October 19, 2011 - Independent video game developer Bent Spoon Games will release its commercial debut, Girl with a Heart of, on November 17. An interactive narrative that explores concepts of human rationality and recursive self-improvement, Girl with a Heart of will be playable on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android devices.

Set in Underfoot, a subterranean city inhabited by the Dark race, Girl with a Heart of is the story of Raven, an eleven-year-old girl separated from her parents during a vicious attack by the Light’s army. As her city’s last defenses slowly crumble and her sense of normalcy is stripped away, Raven learns that she plays a critical role in this global conflict due to her unusual, artificial heart. Now she must learn to harness her newly acquired power and make a series of choices that will have life-altering consequences beyond her little town.

Girl with a Heart of is an interactive narrative that progresses as Raven converses with the inhabitants of her multi-level city. During these conversations, the player is confronted with choices that influence other characters’ reactions and determine the flow of the story. The “correct” choices are not always straightforward; decisions that seem good can actually be detrimental and players must use rationality and logic to succeed. The unfolding narrative is accompanied by stylized graphics that depict a world where darkness, not light, is the primary life source.

“When you continuously try to improve yourself — and, by doing this, continuously get better at improving yourself — no boundary can hold you back. That’s what recursive self-improvement and Girl with a Heart of are all about,” explains Alexei Andreev, the game’s developer and founder of Bent Spoon Games. “Once the player begins to understand how this works in the game, it almost feels like cheating — like an instant win. But it’s actually a prelude to the hardest decision you’ll have to make.”

Girl with a Heart of will be sold via digital distribution for $5.99 on desktop platforms (PC, Mac) and $2.99 on mobile platforms (iOS, Android). More details, including an announcement trailer and in-game screenshots, can be found at: http://www.bentspoongames.com/gwh

About Bent Spoon Games

Bent Spoon Games is a (not yet incorporated) company founded by Alexei Andreev in 2011 to create video games based on ideas of rationality and transhumanism. The company’s first game, Girl with a Heart of, was created by Andreev and a small team of contractors and friends. To learn more, please visit http://www.bentspoongames.com.

Contact

To contact the developer: alexei.andreev@bentspoongames.com

For press inquiries: pr@bentspoongames.com

“Girl with a Heart of” official game trailer!

“Girl with a Heart of” has been mentioned on Kotaku. How nice of them!