AUG 28, 2024
Meditative, Environmental Storytelling
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<aside> đź“’ Meditative experience of deciding where to place your stuff. Surprisingly engaging.
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The level-design and environmental storytelling are awesome! Little details, like unpacking your hygiene stuff as an adult, learning to play the small guitar, and trying to squeeze into the flat that has room for you – that's an exciting experience.
I thought it would be simplistic, but there’s an actual gameplay to getting an item, considering where to put it. Perhaps, it’s about self-expression: where would I put my socks for maximum comfort? It’s summer outside, so warm clothes go on the furthest shelf of the wardrobe, right?
There are more subtle nuances, like some things not fitting in, and you’re solving a “micro-puzzle” of finding a way to store everything. Or mismatched objects, that need to be moved to the next room.
And, on top of that, there’s a cinematic almost detective experience of puzzling out something about the space and the characters. It’s never the forefront – but you slowly paint the picture of the protagonist's journey, from her parent's house to the dormitory, moving in with her first partner, and so on. It is very reminiscent of Immortality – also a game with minimal but surprisingly interactive and engaging gameplay.