The visuals immediately reminded me of Hitchcock’s Vertigo. This is also the first game since The Witness that has made me feel dizzy, but I mean that in the best possible way! The gameplay is really engaging and requires my full concentration.
I wonder if this sense of dizziness is something could be the narrative naturally comes with circular gameplay, as you explore in your description? Of course, I imagine the effect varies from person to person.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the feeling of being drawn deeper and deeper into a seemingly endless spiral.
This is a clever idea. It's like a lightly salted potato crisp. Simple, yet somehow leaves you craving more. It brought back fond memories of my childhood, fiddling with RCA cables to hook things up. Maybe it's just my lack of coordination, but I found it a little tricky to control the movement with my left hand. It would be nice to have an option to switch the movement controls to the right-hand side,color controls to the left-hand side!
And I'm secretly guessing you're left-handed, haha
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The Circular Arcade by loveapplegames 2026-10-25T20:20:20Z ♥ 1
The visuals immediately reminded me of Hitchcock’s Vertigo. This is also the first game since The Witness that has made me feel dizzy, but I mean that in the best possible way! The gameplay is really engaging and requires my full concentration.
I wonder if this sense of dizziness is something could be the narrative naturally comes with circular gameplay, as you explore in your description? Of course, I imagine the effect varies from person to person.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the feeling of being drawn deeper and deeper into a seemingly endless spiral.
Plug & Play by VenFola 2026-10-23T21:29:36Z ♥ 0
This is a clever idea. It's like a lightly salted potato crisp. Simple, yet somehow leaves you craving more. It brought back fond memories of my childhood, fiddling with RCA cables to hook things up. Maybe it's just my lack of coordination, but I found it a little tricky to control the movement with my left hand. It would be nice to have an option to switch the movement controls to the right-hand side,color controls to the left-hand side!
And I'm secretly guessing you're left-handed, haha
It's a Pipe Dream by dracco_0n 2026-10-23T20:59:22Z ♥ 1
首先要感谢作者来评价我的小小作品，也正是因为这份意外的缘分，让我发现了这样一部精彩的作品！非常享受游玩的过程，目前还在努力收集全部图鉴中！
游玩时最让我惊喜的部分，是发现多位相同收件人的信件竟然横跨了不同的年份。想到作者仅仅用了三天时间，就构建出了这些人物各自的故事、经历与时间线，实在让人佩服。我变得更享受逐封拆阅信件的过程期待熟悉的名字出现。但随着时间推进，他们的诉求、处境与心境却已经悄然改变。这让我忍不住去留意每一封信的日期，试图从只言片语中拼凑出他们未曾被直接讲述的人生：在两封信之间的几年里，他们究竟经历了什么？是什么让他们从当初写下那些话的人，变成了如今的模样？我们并没有真正见证这些人物的人生，只是偶然经手了他们在某个时刻寄出或收到的一封信，却仿佛透过这些零散的文字，窥见了时代如何在普通人的生活中留下痕迹。
尤其记得一封信，似乎是战后的 Helen（希望我没有记错人物！），她提到战争已经结束，请不要再寄来带有火种的物品了。
读到这里时，我脑海里突然响起了中岛美雪的《时代》。
现在是如此的伤痛欲绝，眼泪也早已流乾了，大概再没有机会有展现笑容的时候了。但是有一天一定能够坦然开心对人讲：我曾经经历过那样子的时代。相信一定能够笑著脸对人说：曾经有过那种时代的呢。
或许正是那种被轻描淡写地写进日常通信里的时代变迁，战争结束了，这对历史而言是一个明确的节点，但对于身处其中的普通人来说，生活并不会随着某个年份的结束就突然恢复原样。那些曾经理所当然的需求、恐惧与习惯，仍然留在他们的语言里，同时留下“幸存者”的讲述。
而作为玩家，我们只能从一封封信中，慢慢意识到时间已经过去，世界似乎正在改变，那些写信的人也在继续生活。
通过这样的设计让玩家主动去想象文字之外的人生，我觉得是一件非常了不起的事。非常感谢作者带来这样一段体验！