Apps / Penroses

A journey through two disorienting realms.
  • Bitsy
  • 2026-01-08
  • Type: game
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Perspective: Side view
  • Pacing: Meditative
  • Gameplay: Graphic adventure
  • Programming Language: Bitsy

You find yourself in a strange new world, unrestricted by the laws of physics and populated with surreal beings. Will you be able to find a way home?

Penroses is a submission for a #bitsyjam themed around the idea of daydreams. I was inspired by the dreamy logic of impossible shapes/geometry as well as the atmospheric works of Haruki Murakami, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hayao Miyazaki.

A bitsy-powered game by rare.

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Installation

On OS X (Mac) or Linux, run the following:

PLAY="$(curl https://fireflyzero.com/play.sh)"
bash -c "$PLAY" -- bitsy.penroses

On Windows, install firefly_cli and then run:

firefly_cli import bitsy.penroses
firefly_cli emulator --id bitsy.penroses