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A Dark Room
Date: 2020-07-21 01:35 pm (UTC)Media: Video game
Approximate length: Playtime varies depending on your style, luck, and how complete you want to be, but probably at least 4 hours
Access: This can be played on a browser for free or on mobile for $2 USD, both iOS and Android. The game also has a wiki! There are some playthroughs on YouTube, too, but I haven't watched them and can't recommend a specific one.
Version notes: The mobile version has an additional play route. In the browser, you have to build huts and collect villagers. In the mobile, there's an option not to do that. It's slower, but it also changes the story in significant ways. (But I also recommend playing both a huts and no-huts run, in that order, if you get the mobile version.)
Play tips: I highly recommend playing this while avoiding story spoilers, but exploring the map is easier if you check out the perks wiki page.
What is it, in summary?
This is an unfolding text-adventure game. You wake up in the titular dark room. When you make a fire, another character appears. She's a builder, and as you progress, she can make things and build structures. Once you trade for a compass, you can begin exploring. You have to fight a lot, but you also discover a way off the apparently dying planet…
The slow reveal of how bad off this world is and why, exactly who you are, and what all that strange alien alloy is for, is a lot of fun. There are wait times built in as you wait to accumulate supplies, and it takes some time to get used to, but you also have infinite lives! So even if you die (and you will die. a lot.) you can re-supply and keep wandering.
The story is revealed in tiny bits and pieces. Isn't it kind of odd that nearly everyone you see attacks you on sight? Why exactly is this world so barren? Why does the Builder look so sad when you ask her to build more huts, for more villagers? And what's all this weird alien alloy for? It's sparsely told, but leaves a lot of room for worldbuilding and other speculation.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?
The main characters are the Builder and the Wanderer (you). The Builder is specified to use she/hers, but I have no preference for the Wanderer's pronouns - it's up to you. I ship it, either in a genuine relationship way (a no huts run) or in an unrequited and possibly obsessive way on the Wanderer's part (huts run). I have a slight preference for a no-huts run narrative, but will definitely be leaving prompts that can work for a huts run. I like adventures, wilderness exploration, hurt/comfort, worldbuilding, and getting together.
I'll be requesting art and fic! I would love to see some fun with worldbuilding and character description/design (there are no visuals in the game). I would also be interested in interactive fiction for this canon.
Additional game: There's also an iOS-only game made by another person called The Ensign, which is focused more on map exploration, fighting, and contains additional but entirely optional story background. It costs $2 USD.