Posted on: June 6, 2020
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Genuinely eerie point-and-click
I am deeply impressed with this game, especially with its constantly growing atmosphere of low-key, nothing-is-scarier creepiness. I'll give a few examples to illustrate what I mean. First, the visuals. The game world consists almost entirely of somewhat sketchy black pen lines on a brownish-yellow background, with a decorative border running all around the screen. The mutedness of this is what makes the few splashes of color that /do/ occur so startling. For example, when the player character injures themself, the screen is covered in red splotches of varying size, accompanied by a scare chord. Likewise, the coloring page and the blue ink further on in the game are mildly unsettling in their unexpectedness. Also, those tiny background details, like the ball-on-a-stick creature swimming in the river to the left at the very start of the game. Next, the sounds. The music is quiet and ominous throughout, punctuated by the occasional scare chord, very effective. What is fun is that clicking on a non-usable background item will give back a suitable sound effect: a glass bottle goes "ping," a coat gives a sound of rustling cloth, and so on. This makes the game world feel more real. Another point is the dialogue, in that there really isn't any. Characters talk to the player, but the player gets no opportunity to talk back in the form of dialogue options, although the other characters' speech regularly implies that a back-and-forth does take place. This invisibility of the player character's words, together with there being no voice recordings, leads to a weird sense of isolation, no matter how friendly the other characters may be. Finally, the story. It's very understated, relying almost exclusively on implication and understatement, but that's what makes it so powerful, especially towards the end, when the game's version of reality starts to disintegrate. It's so sad and creepy that it gives you pause. All in all, I recommend this game. Very much.
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