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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In some version of the myth they actually put an exit back to the living world up there. Sisyphus in life tried to cheat death (even succeeded for a bit) which is part of why he wound up in Tartarus. He could stop pushing the rock any time he wanted, but it would mean giving up on escape.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is a pretty good detail. Makes the story a lot more interesting, and deep.

[–] danc4498 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It feels torturous though. Like he’s just being greedy now instead of being tortured.

Meant to say less torturous.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Well this is what makes it interesting. He has to roll the rock to keep up the lie. But since he does at what point does it stop being a lie? You can ask questions about this and this makes it interesting.

[–] OccamsTeapot 40 points 2 months ago

Got to show some love to Bouldy

[–] 9point6 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A roguelite with metaprogression?

I'm in

[–] danc4498 4 points 2 months ago

There’s an iPhone game that’s basically this (called Sisyphus). I got bored pretty quick though.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There actually is a Sisyphus game that has this. You push a boulder up a hill filled with obstacles and can unlock new skins for the boulder.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2904890/The_Game_of_Sisyphus/

[–] Maalus 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I raise you Rock of Ages . The first one is cool, the second game is amazing, with coop n'stuff. It's basically "what if Sisyphus got pissed"

Edit: of course you get different skins for the rock

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

How did I not know they made a sequel?!

[–] GraniteM 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

wow the tweet gotta be a rip off of this

[–] hOrni 27 points 2 months ago

How bout if the owner of the mountain throws him a pizza party once a couple of months.

[–] beebarfbadger 21 points 2 months ago

He now has to pay a recurring subscription fee to be allowed to push that rock. Also missing a day would reset his winning streak.

[–] TriflingToad 21 points 2 months ago

number

number go up

[–] mkhopper 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Someone made this Sisyphus idle game some time ago. (It doesn't work well on mobile devices)

https://brotender.itch.io/sisyphus-idle

[–] SkunkWorkz 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

The secret trick is that each sticker makes it slightly bigger and heavier.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Gamer Sisyphus keeps grinding without being tempted to pay $20 for a ligher boulder with RGB.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

The thing is, though that there's no successful pushes, so the numbers stays at zero, taunting him more

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i get an infinite supply of stickers at work. they lose their luster in about a minute

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Not if you work hard for each

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Dude needs 11 pieces of flair on his rock.

[–] lukstru 4 points 2 months ago
[–] proti 4 points 2 months ago

add different unlockable rocks and micro transactions and you've got Sisyphus Impact

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's fun to let the rock roll down each time a little different!

[–] mEEGal 1 points 2 months ago

strong "Orphan Crushing Machine" vibes

I love it !