Coming out of lockdown and I’ve been doing just fine
Happy New Year!
Somehow we went straight from January 2020 to January 2022.
Well, I’m officially giving us a do-over.
I think we’ve earned it.
Accordingly, the first one is a time loop puzzle game.
In practise, these trials are a series of platform puzzle levels.
The catch is that you’re free to basically only reach one crystal.
It’s short, but very effective.
They have been inside for who knows how long.
One day they find a dog, which they call Lambshank.
This dog is… weird.
Throughout you are not sure if it just a starving dog, or if it is something else.
Each night the person has horrible dreams reliving the day the giant monster came.
They hear things on the radio.
They start to doubt their perceptions of reality.
Their understanding of time rubber-bands in and out.
Are there people outside?
Is it better or worse to stay alone?
You make a garden on your home island where you might grow some of the plants you collect.
You find something to collect water.
You scan the seabed and learn what the different animals do.
Those duck-billed fellows can break open crystals, but don’t get too close when they’re glowing!
A lot of it reminds me ofIn Other Waters, in fact.
Starting over, uncovering a world, building a place for yourself.
It’s one day at a time, innit.
