r/Cairn_Game

So I listened to a retro game podcast about the TI-99 and heard about this game Alpiner (1982). I searched for it, saw the video thumbnail, chuckled and thought I should share it.

If a dev is here, please tell us if this was somehow part of your childhood and maybe a subliminal inspiration ;)

I had the feeling reaching the Summit is the Canone ending, because it is heir Dream and it is all she lived for. And the game just give me the impression as a whole that it is "The End".

But given the DLC it kinda forces the ending to be going down with Marco. And as much as i like this thought and hope the Dlc sees Aava get back on her feet, it kinda takes some of the man idk how to say that from the game i hope you know what i mean xD

Okay im going to copy paste this. It is pretty much confirmed that we can play Aava or Marco in the DLC. So they have to know each other at this point which makes it pretty hard to be playing before Kami.

Anyone climbed the wholr thing free solo?

To put it bluntly, I don't want to finish.

On my first play I didn't know anything. I fell a few times on the minimal (#1-3) training and struggled to climb out of the training center. I played for a while, decided I maybe hated the game, and stopped for maybe 1 day. Then I started a new game.

Starting fresh with what I had learned made sense.

I'm playing on save game number 5 now. I can't imagine I'll ever go back and play the previous ones again, but that's beside the point. I'm better at climbing with each new game, and that is satisfying, but I'm realizing that part of me does want to finish. I want to keep climbing, exploring, and discovering new things.

Not wanting something to end doesn't make it last forever. I'm learning something, about myself, on Kami. I'm not sure what it is yet, but I'm getting an idea. Hopefully I can be vague enough to avoid spoilers.. I had started realizing I didn't want it to end when I met a character, and that cut scene hit me like a bus.

I don't know what my goal is typing this. All I ever wanted was to touch eternity for an instant. Thanks for reading I guess, haha.

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First played the demo back in January and instantly fell in love. Picked the full game up during the Steam Summer Sale and became addicted. Don't think I've ever felt more accomplished in a video game than when I summited Kami, and Cairn might be in my top 5 games of all time now. Cannot wait for the DLC next month, and eventually plan to do my own free solo attempt

Just a taste. Normally I wouldn't ask but I've had a bad week and I just need a bit of Cairn right now. I'll pay you back, I promise. No? Is there more content in the game I missed? Maybe some other climbing game? Just a little bit to even me out and I'll be good.

Do yall still try to hit every location/get every item, letter, etc? or do you just try to go in as straight a line as possible? Like, for example, do you still go to the rave cave AND cable car AND bear trackers campsite?