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Welcome to Life Plane

Life Plane is not a place - it’s a game by TangoTek, a project made of ruins. It is still in beta version, so you can’t play it, but you can help the only developer by becoming a tester! Nothing to fear in here, it’s just a game about mazes and friends.

Definitely not a letter to someone. Definitely not a grief in pixel art. Zedaph is not dead, after all, he is just missing. And, well, we can’t say the same about Ren and Jimmy, yes, but do you really think that anyone would want to do something so dark to his project?

Grian just wanted to play the game. Game does not want to play with Grian.

Life plane!Grian reference cus I can’t draw video games,,,,

[start of recording]

Grian: Hello, Pearl! You've already read messa- oh i get it, okay. I finally got that Tango game! Well, you know, the game that we all were waiting for!

Grian: Okay, I'm pretty sure this is still a demo, but- what? No, no, he just asked me to play it and find all the mistakes while he was away on business. This is fine. The game is just launching, I’ll turn on the translation for you now.

[The sound of the translation starting, ZITS logo plays]

[on title screen, bgm: menu🎵]

Grian: so! Damn, I love this whole design- Zedaph did a great job with it, but I don't know how Tango dealt with it after. . . Ugh, whatever, okay. Yes, we should start.

[selects an empty file and enters “Grian” as a name. character menu opens]

Grian: oh, there are already three characters! What do we have here? A birdie, a doggie and a zombie — strange choice, I agree. And- no, Pearl, I won't play for the dog! I'm in charge and I choose the bird! I'm- Pearl, deal with it!

Grian: Anyway, what do we have here? “The birdie that wants to have a party, and in order to do this, must gather all the guests who have scattered around the place.” Oh my god, this really sounds like Pokemon- ok, let's get started.

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[on a black screen, a dialogue box appears]

Developer: Hello! I am Zed. If you see this message, it means this game is still not quite ready and you are helping us fix the bugs. If you find any bugs, please contact Tango or Zedaph. Thank you very much!

Developer: And remember, we are watching over you. . . Through disks in your set-top boxes. . .

Developer: ha, just kidding. Have a good game!

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[start of recording]

Pearl: Why are you recording all this down?

Grian: What do you mean “why”?! I had to show this to Tango somehow!

Pearl: oh, okay- so, what's the matter?

Grian: give me a second, I'll run it- in short, maybe I'm just delusional, but like, if not, then I don't understand what's going on at all.

Pearl: You sound really nervous for some game.

Grian: Pearl- THIS MAY NOT BE JUST A GAME!

Pearl: whoa, whoa, Grian, breathe! Explain to me what's wrong.

[in: Citadel, bgm: blue fire ballade🎵]

[Grian sighs]

Grian:. . . In brief- oh, I'm definitely just crazy. The lack of sleep didn't do me any good.

Pearl: Mr. Grian Xelqua! What did we talk about lack of sleep?!

Grian: yes, yes, I remember, just- later, Pearl.

Pearl: Fiiine.

Grian: anyway, you and I stopped when I got lost, right? In brief, I tried to find at least some way so that in the end i wouldn’t wander around all this time and you wouldn’t get bored, and, well, I found the first guest.

Pearl: oh, and who is it?

Grian: let me just show you.

[The character moves through the maze, eventually coming to an NPC: this is a small imp with lightning around him]

Pearl: o- he looks like Impulse! What's the big deal? This is a game of Tango and Zedaph, of course the first will be Impulse.

Grian: well, yes, but!

[Grian interacts with Imp]

Birdie: Hello! I want to invite you to a party!

Imp: party? Oh, you're always welcome! But, for this I will have to ask you something. I need three black potsherds- you know what they are. Only after that I will go with you!

Birdie: oh, good!

Pearl:. . . Hah.

Grian: Do you feel it too?!

Pearl: well, listen, this is Impulse, he always liked to create chaos. And withers.

Grian: yes, but. . . I just- I just think it's weird. That his character is asking this of me.

Pearl: . . . Of you like-

Grian: of me like a character in the game. Of the bird's.

Pearl: a- OH NOW THIS MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE!!

Grian: NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DAMN SCARED I WAS????