Wonderful experience, really. I'd argue it captures some of Byung Chul vibes (also Mark Fisher, as Pink Opaque mentioned) in a kinda stagnated post-capitalist desire that is melancholic of a non-existing past.
I've recently been reading alternative future narratives, and I love seeing our two protagonists question, in a postmodern fashion, how should we live, and what are things for. I too have a troubled relationship with education, with its monotonous industrial undertones, and I love how you implicitly address it while trying to antagonise it to more “free” forms of learning, cooperatively, playfully, meditatively.
Even though the game I feel the game is profoundly lethargic and nihilistic, I also see some optimism and utopian world building interspersed there. It looks amazing, very cinematic, with the usage of loops which I feel is very smart in terms of “optimising” resources. Poetic contrast of colours, superb ambiance.
Kudos, denhop, I'll be waiting for updates eagerly!