a link's awakening without a battery would be an interesting meta-commentary slash art fart piece
much like dreams, they can be incredibly vivid and weird while you're in them, but the moment you wake up (turn power off), they're gone -- and soon, totally forgotten
i put way too much thought into this shit. i could probably be an almost-decent fiction writer if i actually bothered
@Xkeeper A game styled like a Game Boy game, where after a certain amount of gameplay, the batteries run dry. After replacing them, your progress is lost, and you have to start over from the beginning.
Maybe make it a race against time, trying to finish before running out of power; or maybe make things change subtly in each successive "playthrough," based on your previous progress; or maybe write things from the game character's point of view, where they live in a constant state of déjà vu.
@Raspberryfloof There was a race like that for Z1 randomizer a while ago; a "groundhog day" where after 1 hour you were required to reset and restart, and the goal was to finish the game