itch.io

I definitely also make use of generalized flavor choices in the first act, but I mostly tried to gear choices towards building the version of the story a player will experience: one of my primary inspirations for Bright Oak is a Wired article about a font that gradually changes and degrades with use, and so I fell in love with the notion of examining a set situation through multiple lenses, and how that will alter an outside perception. Not every choice will reveal the ultimate ramifications in that first act / the demo-- but I do hope that every single choice in the game will  fulfill my own version of the William Morris adage to keep nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. Bright Oak is the truest iteration of my home, and I hope that its furnishings help make others feel at home, too.