While Waiting is a Sweet and Silly Game About Taking Your Time (or Not)
We could probably all do with spending a little less time trying to fill every minute of our day with something productive. Why not do nothing? Why not wait?
From the team behind the critically acclaimed Moncage, Developer Optillusion has just released their comedy puzzle game While Waiting. From your birth to your death, While Waiting encourages you to have patience and do nothing. But, if you do decide to do something, there’s some funny little surprises in store.
In While Waiting, you’ll use doing nothing as your ultimate strategy. What that means is that waiting is actually your main goal and you’ll progress to the next level by doing so, but there’s also a few other ways to get to the end of each level. You’re given a vague checklist that hints at what your goal is and you can poke around to try getting each of these “secret endings.” As mentioned though, if you don’t feel like it or can’t figure how to progress, waiting is a perfectly viable option.
There’s something really addicting about trying to grab all of the different endings, especially because each level is pretty minimalistic so there’s not much in each scene. The more poking around that you do, the more you’ll realize that there’s fun little places you can create mischief. And it’s also fun watching this character grow up and experience all of the ups and downs of his everyday, sometimes mundane, life. And hey, if you get bored, While Waiting has a built-in fidget mechanic so you can click a pen or spin a fidget spinner to make time go by just a bit faster.
While Waiting has a great sense of humor and, because it’s so simple, players of all types can enjoy it. The main character’s funny, expressionless face makes him the perfect type of guy to relate to and watching him grow up and experience embarrassing and sweet moments is really endearing. Each level is worth the wait to get to see what’s next in store for him.
While Waiting is available now on PC and Nintendo Switch.
By Becca Smith