# Today I Die - Neat little flash game. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 9, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825 "2009-05-09T04:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/1 "2009-05-09T04:26:57Z")
[Give it a go](http://ludomancy.com/games/today.html) - it’ll probably only take a few minutes to play, but it’s well worth those few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/2 "2009-05-09T04:52:02Z")
Thought it was stupid at first. Then grew to like it once I started to figure out what to do. Very well done. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/3 "2009-05-09T04:57:28Z")
Okay, I’m dumb. How do you play? I know you can switch the “evil” words and change the environment. What about those jellyfish? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/4 "2009-05-09T05:00:35Z")
That’s the start pretty much- you play around with the jelly fish for a while. If you keep them going long enough, you can make new words appear in certain areas- 1 per each location, and you keep your new words from location to location If you wanna know how to REALLY get started and want MORE hints: Move the Jellyfish around and prevent him from getting eaten by the fish. That’s the first step. Then use your new word on the other levels. (Dark next) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/5 "2009-05-09T05:04:55Z")
Oh, it brings them to life! Swim little jellyfish, swim! ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/6 "2009-05-09T05:52:56Z")
Oooh, dynamic poetry. That was nice. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/7 "2009-05-09T14:37:13Z")
Hmm, I got started, and I think I finished it? The music stopped in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/8 "2009-05-09T17:41:15Z")
Frustrating at first, but then, very nice. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/9 "2009-05-09T18:12:19Z")
Very cute. Anyone download the guy’s pack? He says it’s free, but you can donate if you like. I’m curious to see if his other games are any good. My guess is this is the cream of the crop, but you never know. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/10 "2009-05-09T21:12:38Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Hmm, I got started, and I think I finished it? The music stopped in any case. It has an unambiguous ending. The shades are trapped in bubbles, a non-player character enters, you go swimming off together, all the negative words are gone, and the poem has a [del]s[/del] _ **h** _appy conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/11 "2009-05-09T21:57:34Z")
I figured it out once, but I can’t duplicate it. 1. Hold jellyfish to get SHINE 2. DEAD to DARK 3. DIE to SHINE 4. Pull up the hidden thing to get SWIM 5. SHINE to SWIM 6. DARK to PAINFUL 7. SWIM to SHINE 8. Catch 5 bubbles and make a barrier 9. SHINE to SWIM 10. Get FREE 11. PAINFUL to FREE 12. Nice music - Game Over ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/12 "2009-05-09T22:36:49Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I figured it out once, but I can’t duplicate it. > > 1. Hold jellyfish to get SHINE > > 2. DEAD to DARK > > 3. DIE to SHINE > > 4. Pull up the hidden thing to get SWIM > > 5. SHINE to SWIM > > 6. DARK to PAINFUL > > 7. SWIM to SHINE > > 8. Catch 5 bubbles and make a barrier > > 9. SHINE to SWIM > > 10. Get FREE > > 11. PAINFUL to FREE > > 12. Nice music - Game Over no trapping in bubbles doing it that way. help! ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/13 "2009-05-09T22:45:00Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > It has an unambiguous ending. > > The shades are trapped in bubbles, a non-player character enters, you go swimming off together, all the negative words are gone, and the poem has a [del]s[/del] _ **h** _appy conclusion. I’m not getting that ending. [SPOILER]My NPC gets sad and goes away, and my character swims off alone. Poem says: Free world full of beauty today I swim better by myself[/SPOILER] EDIT: Never mind, figured it out. Got the other ending now. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/14 "2009-05-10T00:44:50Z")
How did you get the character to swim off alone? ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/15 "2009-05-10T01:09:34Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > How did you get the character to swim off alone? I think the difference was moving the NPC around instead of the main character. He kinda threw those flower bubbly things at her and she got mad eyes. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/16 "2009-05-10T01:25:56Z")
It looks like if you don’t move them together, he swims off and you get the “better off alone” ending. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/17 "2009-05-10T01:42:49Z")
Edit - OK, they still do more after that…huh…several parts are confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/18 "2009-05-10T05:55:23Z")
I don’t get the point of this game at all. What is one supposed to do? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/19 "2009-05-10T06:14:25Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > I don’t get the point of this game at all. What is one supposed to do? get from the start to the end You have to do the right things in the right sequence. I finally got it. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825/20 "2009-05-10T06:36:31Z")
Here’s a full walkthrough after clicking start: 1 Click and hold the jellyfish without it getting eaten by a fish until the word “shine” appears and turns yellow 2 Replace the word “die” in the poem with the word “shine.” 3 Replace “dead” with “dark” 4 Plow through the dark puffy creatures, revealing some kind of grey thing bottom center 5 click on the grey thing and lift it up and out of the ground 6 get your character close to the word “swim” and move that word away from its source 7 Replace “dark” with “painful” 8 Move your character to capture and inflate 5 floating bubbles 9 Click and move the 5 creatures so they overlap each other in a tight bunch somewhere in the middle of the screen 10 Click and move the 5 inflated bubbles to surround and confine the 5 creatures in a pentagonal prison - then move away 11 Replace “shine” with “swim” and wait for the word “free” to appear and turn green 12 Replace “painful” with “free” 13 Move your character to push the creatures into a corner until they are trapped in bubbles that appear once trapped 14 Replace “shades” with “beauty” 15 Grab the bubbles and your new NPC and swim together or do not swim together. There is a different ending based upon which way you pick. THE END [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-die-neat-little-flash-game/495825.md?page=2)