The entry
This is not a game. This is a story of a circle, esfiera, the journey of its simple life.
Made alone in 48 hours for the Ludum Dare 26 compo in April 2013, whose theme was Minimalism. It is about five minutes long, has no sound, only minimalistic animations and a few life-changing phrases, and two different endings: one open and another closing. Read the text carefully.
It placed #95 of the compo entries for Theme (4.11), #135 for Mood and #224 for Innovation.
How to play
The game tells you which key to press as it goes: d, a, w and s, or the arrow keys. On a phone, use the buttons under the screen.
This version
It runs the original code from esfiera.com. Only the frame around it is new: the screen scales to fit, there are touch buttons for phones, and the donate button is gone. The text was drawn in Harlow Solid Italic, which the original page shipped with; if you don't have that font, Pacifico stands in for it.