I made a poster for the 6th anniversary journey event. if you love journey and want to meet a glitcher i advice you to learn how to faceplant and then attend it :D maybe you will meet some legendary player who will show you how absolutely crazy this game can be! or maybe you will meet me *wink wink*
(faceplant because a glitcher won’t take an unaware first run reddie to OOB)
Having bought the game yesterday, and played through it pretty much on my own (I bumped into a couple of other travellers, but they seemed, understandably, very intent on their own journeys), I decided to play again and attempt to find someone to stay with for the entire story.
My second ever journey got off to an inauspicious start - not realising that the strange glowing portal which had appeared in the hub area was a chapter select option, I dived into it and was immediately transported to the Underground, bypassing several of my favourite parts of the game.
Disheartened, I was about to quit and restart when I noticed another red cloak - a fellow traveller, whose scarf was significantly longer than mine. They sang out when they saw me, and chirped happily when I sang back, and I decided then and there that it didn’t matter that I’d skipped levels, I was going to go from here with my new friend.
It turned out to be an excellent decision. My new companion obviously knew more of the game than I, but they were patient with me when I fell, spent time directing me to find glyphs I’d otherwise miss and, when the Guardian in the snow ripped the last of my scarf away, they came back for me and circled, chirping agitatedly, until I’d got back to my feet and reassured them I was alright.
We climbed through the blizzard together, chirping back and forth even as we froze and our voices died away to nothing. And then, when we were resurrected, we span and soared through the air in harmony, singing out joyfully as we ascended towards the light.
As we rested on the snowy plateau I drew a heart in the snow for them - a small, wordless ‘thank you’ for having guided me through - and we walked off into the light together, chirping to one another until we faded from view.
Thank you, fellow traveller. Your kindness, compassion and willingness to look after a new arrival made this new player’s day.
To Astro-gerbil,
Thank you for the most fun, relaxing, moving journey experience I’ve had in a very long time. I’m sorry I couldn’t figure out how to do the faceplant and kept bumping into things, but it was wonderful to be your companion.
Take care my friend, wherever you may go!
Hi friends and followers,
Now that thatgamecompany’s next game Sky has been revealed, I have finally been able to make a new blog which will be dedicated to the new game. Since ‘skystories’ and every variation thereof have been taken, the new blog will be called Stories of Sky.
You can find it here: https://storiesofsky.tumblr.com/
I am hoping that Sky will generate the same sort of unique and emotional social experiences that Journey has, and so I anticipate running Stories of Sky in a similar way, heavily based on fan submissions and sharing of stories. However, this is of course still to be confirmed, so the new blog is subject to change depending on how the game actually turns out. The blog will likely be very quiet until Sky is actually released, save for news updates and whatever fanworks crop up, but in the meantime I would love for you all to head over there and follow it so we can hit the ground running. :)
And don’t worry, Journey Stories is not going anywhere! Even though it is understandably quiet nowadays, I love and cherish this blog and have had a blast running it for the past five years. I will absolutely keep it running as long as people are still reading and submitting.
Anyway, see you all over at Stories of Sky, let’s get excited for a new adventure! :)
Your mod, Tamika (rose-fatale.tumblr.com)
Realized I had none of these up here so I wanted to share them. The first 3 are from 2013, the first image being my very first Journey fanart. The last one is from 2015, and I can honestly say it’s quite a difference.
Journey was really important for me when it first came out, I played through the game several days a week for a few weeks straight, sometimes twice in a day. It was kind of like… therapy for me? It’s hard to describe but it helped me through some problems during that time. It’s kind of lost that for me now, but I still play through it from time to time since it came out on PS4.