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Just finished this, over the course of two long evenings. My only real misgiving is that the game's charms and eureka moments feel singular to me, and not something I feel I can recommend to anyone in my friend group. None of them are "comb a database counts as a fun time" gamers, which is why I consider it a minor miracle that I got one of them to play Her Story a decade ago. And that game's barrier to entry is nowhere NEAR as high as this one's. Hell, after an hour or so yesterday I was only 50/50 on being able to get into it myself. Glad I persevered, though.

This was a phenomenal half hour of gaming. I loved Viewfinder, and it does not diminish that game or this one to consider them in the same breath.

Sorry. Turns out I'm oblivious, and my Bluetooth speaker had just lost connection without my noticing. No issue with the game, just a buffoon on the sticks.

Just played through this and find it promising, but my suspicions were confirmed during the end credits that there was, indeed, supposed to be music. Or any sound at all. My playthrough was in complete silence. Still enjoyed it.

A moving letter smashed me through an existing word/platform, and that was the end of my progress since I couldn't move. Bummer. It was interesting up to then.

This was a bite-sized delight. I would welcome a fuller game fleshing out and expanding on the ideas.

I sadly think I broke the game during my attempted playthrough. I was frustrated by my inability to find a spot that the game found acceptable for the encyclopedia set while unpacking the upstairs hallway box (I'd already put a bunch of crap on the shelf where there was clearly enough room for the set), so I just turned around and plopped it on the first shelf in the storage room behind me. Immediately I was unable to interact with any of the cardboard boxes, which I *think* soft-locked the game. I wandered the house for ten uneventful minutes, trying to find something changed or to trigger an event, before finally having to quit.

Until then? Phenomenal and eerie. Reminded me a bit of the film Skinamarink, from this spring.