Sleep is Death

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

2
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

Powerful visual editors can craft anything. Music editor builds soundtracks. Open-ended creativity. Downloadable assets can help build up your object library. Records your stories for later review. Unlimited potential and replay.

Cons:

Situations arise where you need an unanticipated object or set, halting a story. Weak documentation causes confusion. Lacks sufficient tagging or search system. Lacks goals other than those you determine.

TechSpot is supported by its audience. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more.

Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Powerful visual editors can craft anything. Music editor builds soundtracks. Open-ended creativity. Downloadable assets can help build up your object library. Records your stories for later review. Unlimited potential and replay

Reviewers Didn't Like

Situations arise where you need an unanticipated object or set, halting a story. Weak documentation causes confusion. Lacks sufficient tagging or search system. Lacks goals other than those you determine

Expert reviews and ratings

Sleep Is Death’s limitless potential conflicts with the practicality of creating everything. Still, players who can work together or get absorbed in the tools can enjoy the creative process.Sleep Is Death...

By Mac|Life on August 04, 2010

Sleep is Death (a.k.a. Geisterfahrer) is a game that takes some explaining - not least because of the rather self-consciously artsy title. If the name does tell you anything, it’s that you should expect something a little outside the norm. In...

By GameZone on July 10, 2010

At a basic level, Sleep is Death is a two player, turn based, storytelling engine and editor. The controller creates scenes, moves sprites, and writes dialogue for all the objects onscreen, save the protagonist. The player also has a degree of control...

By Gaming Daily on May 01, 2010

100

Sleep Is Death lets players both control and act out there own stories and scenes with a simple controller interface and easy to use sprite editor. With a burgeoning community and some great modding capabilities, SiD could become one of the best...

By BrightHub on April 30, 2010

Sleep is Death is a two-player turn-based storytelling kit. One player is the director, who creates a scenario using either the included resources or by making their own tiles, objects, characters and even music. When ready, they start a game and...

By Games Radar on April 22, 2010

The problem with reviewing something like Sleep Is Death is that it's not exactly a game -- wait, scratch that. Sleep Is Death can be a game, but it's also so much more: a comic creator, an advanced Internet chatroom, a means of tandem...

By 1Up on April 15, 2010