Birdsong. It's coming from the little white speaker by your bed. It always is.
The light through the blinds says morning. The clock on the wall says 3:12.
You've been awake for a while. You're not sure how long.
The premise
You haven't left this room in a while. The blinds stay shut, the clock keeps saying 3:12, and the packages keep arriving with no one to deliver them.
So you make a list. The feeds say it'll help. Your boss says it's what progress looks like. Eat better. Fix up your space. Be a better employee. Get some fresh air.
Three of them are easy. Something in the room is keeping score.
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Inspired by classic narrative-driven adventure games like Snatcher, Doki Doki Literature Club, and Myst. No pixel hunting and no twitch reflexes: pick a verb, pick a thing, and read what the room has to tell you. Every object holds a piece of who you used to be.
Then, slowly, the menu starts to change.
Something goes very wrong. Then the room snaps back to normal, and you're left wondering whether it happened at all.
Except something always stays behind. A crack in a mug. A word scratched where it shouldn't be. Look closely at everything. The game is playing fair.
“Feeling low? It's not your life. It's your protein.” The influencers on Trybe are half right, which is what makes them so persuasive. The voice on every video call is warm, upbeat and very sure of itself. You'll find yourself nodding along.
A story about the pressure to optimize everything (your diet, your room, your output, yourself) and what slips away while you're busy improving.
Each chapter is about 25 minutes, made to be played in one sitting. The whole story runs under two hours.
It plays in any browser, on your phone or your computer, with nothing to install. Save anywhere and pick it up later.
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The boss · on SyncUp
Charming, relentless, always on message. His compliments land like instructions and something about his smile doesn't sit right.
The co-worker · in Chat
Your oldest friend at work, and the one person who still checks on you.
The neighbor · through the door
Heard, never seen. She grows too many tomatoes, remembers your name, and is the only voice in the game that isn't selling you something.
The feed · on Trybe
Health, home and hustle, all posting in the same upbeat rhythm, as if from one template. Every post has a point. Most have a link to buy.
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Out now
Play it in your browser in about 25 minutes. When you reach the end, tell me what you thought. It decides what happens next for the game.