Futility is a game about moving through the drudgery of life, no matter how meaningless or hopeless it seems.

Special thanks to Aaron Reed and his book 50 Years Of Text Games for making me love text games, Frank Lantz & Universal Paperclips for showing me a few GUI elements are all you need for a great game (and teaching me JavaScript), and Davey Wreden & The Beginner's Guide for making me fall in love with narrative games. Also thanks to the songwriters and poets below who's words inspired parts of the story.

Quote Attributions (semi-censored for spoilers):

"I'll always struggle to think..." - Gang of Youths, Keep Me In The Open

"Love in..." - Sir Sly, I.M.G.

"The writing's on the wall..." - OK-GO, The Writing's On The Wall

"Today, of all days, see how..." - Gang Of Youths, Achilles Come Down

"Look on my Works..." - Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias

"Feel your breath course ..." - Gang Of Youths, Achilles Come Down

"Tell the panic it can wait..." - Sir Sly, d00msday

"That's life..." - Frank Sinatra, That's Life

"O what made..." - Wilfred Owen, Futility (Shockingly, this poem having the same name as the game is 100% coincidence. I loved this line, but didn't know it came from a poem called Futility until it was already in the game and the game was already named!)