Table of Contents:

  1. Screenshots
  2. Download
  3. Liner Notes
  4. Release Schedule
  5. About
  6. Credits

Press for Handle With Care

  • "... coolly provokes the intended bittersweet emotions, and without repeating any of Polaris’ tricks [...] but there’s a part of me that nonetheless wishes it had stuck to Polaris’ resolutely real-world, real-events setting..."
    -- Rock Paper Shotgun
  • "I like the premise, execution, and style of Handle With Care. I also completely disagree with what it has to say." -- Destructoid
  • "... hints at some big choices and tackles some big issues without ever coming across as preachy or asserting one choice as the correct one (one option, though, is markedly more difficult, which was perhaps an unwise decision) [...] Fantastic, thoughtful stuff."
    -- Resolution Magazine
  • Impressions at Podcast 17

Press for Polaris

  • "... eine simple Spielidee, aber sie ist stimmungsvoll umgesetzt..."
    -- Die Zeit
  • "... successfully creates a sad, beautiful sense of moment and place through minimalistic events and controls. Oh, and it also teaches basic astronomy to boot." -- Rock Paper Shotgun
  • "... makes you feel a bunch of generally unpleasant emotions, but provides just enough reason for the thinking player to stop and reflect on what those emotions mean..." -- Destructoid
  • Interview with Podcast 17
  • "... although Polaris hasn't deeply affected me, [...] the thought that is at work behind the creation of such a series is entirely the right direction for the medium to be taking." -- The Dead Pixel Post
  • "... an exquisite idea, and sets the tone nicely for further instalments." -- Resolution Magazine"

More Matter, volume 1

Screenshots

Download

radiator1-2_handlewithcare.exe (53 mb)
EXE installer, quick and painless.
- Requires Steam and Half-Life 2: Episode 2.
- Includes Radiator 1-1 (Polaris), all-in-one package.

Select a mirror:

Don't forget: restart Steam after installing!

Liner Notes

These are thoughts / anecdotes behind the development of each level. No, really, SPOILER ALERT. Play the level before reading!

Release Schedule

(Issue 1, June 2009) POLARIS: You're stargazing in central California on what could totally be both the lamest and the cheapest date ever.

(Issue 2, July 2009) HANDLE WITH CARE: You're struggling to repress stressful memories while your worthless husband moans and whines to that equally worthless marriage counselor.

(Issue 3, December 2009?) MUCH MADNESS: You're trapped on a sinking submarine in the Gulf of Mexico and the ghost of Emily Dickinson won't stop talking!... Maybe drowning isn't so bad?

About

QUEEN:
More matter with less art.

POLONIUS:
Madam, I swear I use no art at all
That he's mad, 'tis true, 'tis true 'tis pity,
And pity 'tis 'tis true—a foolish figure,
But farewell it, for I will use no art.

-- Hamlet, II.ii

This mod is about: The short story, play, and poem. First loves. California. Psychological repression. New Orleans. The racket that is couples counseling. Being young, being old. Gay marriage. Homeostasis. Government bureaucracy. Acoustic guitar, contemporary piano, and (maybe) death metal.

Credits

VOICE ACTING: Michael Mostachetti as Dylan, Danni Finneman as both the Therapist and Emily Dickinson

MUSIC: "Frog in the Well" by Lucas Gonze, "Amnesia 1" by Portside_Brian, "Them Say Piano" by The3amAssociation, "Doom" by Immaculate Fatality

TESTERS, IDEA PEOPLE: Birgir Páll Bjarnason, Justin Chen, Brendon Chung, Tom Edwards, Ryan Fields, Adam Foster, Jeff Gonda, Oliver Hobbs, Kochun Hu, Larc Maidlaw, Michael Mostachetti

LOCALIZATION SUPPORT: (No one yet! Contact me to help!)

MORE OR LESS EVERYTHING ELSE: Robert Yang