That’s the noise my forks make too!
But I bloody love tidying things in games.
Getting everything in the right place.
And something that makes it extra enjoyable in Unpacking is the sound design.
It makes the whole experience feel domestic and familiar.
When you put your bottles of shampoo and conditioner in the shower, they make a hollow plasticthoknoise.
Books slide onto shelves and their spines make the same cardboardclopas your books at home.
The light little snicket of putting the toothbrush in the toothbrush mug.
The sound of plates stacking, and cutlery clattering in the special cutlery drawer!
It’s so good.
It’s so specific and homely.
One of the things I love most about Unpacking is that it’s so relatable.
You’re not upacking a multi-millionaire’s collection of Faberge eggs and vitage wine into custom made display cases.
In this way, Unpacking is an extremely efficient show don’t tell machine.
But despite this you still feel you know everything that went on for this woman.
You’d still get all of that without the little noises, of course.
you’re free to tell just by looking that it’s a bathroom mug.
But the little snicket noise when you put the toothbrush in the mug where it’s supposed to be?
That’s like being in your own bathroom.
It just helps you understand.
