Life is full of choices, many of which being ones we don't exactly know the outcome of, we ask around, we try gathering all the information we can about whether the choice we make will be the right one, but in the end, we often cannot find the feeling of certainty we're looking for, since our own experiences and perspectives will shape the personal outcomes of what we decide nonetheless. In the end, it's often a case where the choice itself might be significant, but what matters more is possessing the conviction required to not be paralysed by indecisiveness, to at least attempt making a choice rather than wallowing around, hoping that one day a sudden flash of inspiration will give you all the answers. What makes it all the more difficult and confusing however, is that once forced to gain a vague idea of the direction you want to go, it becomes far, far harder to justify changing your mind, even if deep down you know that there's absolutely no bearing on the choice beyond going with your gut and sticking to your guns based on an impulse decision you made a long time ago. How Fish Is Made is ultimately a game that manages to convey so much about the uncertainties faced in life and the nature of choice, in general and the fact that this is all done through a game where you're just some fish flopping through these visceral, surreal environments just chatting to other random fish along the way is a great example of why I absolutely adore art. So much can be said and explored through even the most abstract, outlandish of means, it's really something special.

I definitely related a lot to what this game was trying to convey with the message of making choices. Most of my life I’ve always wanted to hold off making big decisions because of the uncertainty of it all. I’ve since been a lot better at making choices without freezing up but it’s still something I need to work on as well as most people.
This game is able to convey a lot of that feeling of uncertainty, panic, blind faith and just overall fear behind decision making in just 20 min. It also conveys this in the strangest way possible through the form of a flopping fish. I feel that any game that is able to get their point across despite being so utterly bizarre has achieved its goal in a way that other stories with similar messages have not. There is absolutely no reason not to check this game out as it’s so short and free. I feel you will only gain something out of playing it and if not you at least get to experience something truly odd.

Sometimes we have to make up meaning to cope with the pain

The plastic slowly choking you is your crown
The parasite that ate your tongue wanted to be your friend

Don't try to change anything about your situation.
The machine can't talk to you. Don't try talking to it.
Those who try to escape get crushed.

You have grown complacent.
Even when you're back in the water you're still flapping around like on land.

Do you want to go up or down?