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PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

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Quick resume

This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.

Global score

90/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Arcade

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    Pros

    • Emotional and philosophical story
    • Simple and accessible gameplay
    • Short and affordable
    • Unique ai character interaction
    • Pleasant soundtrack

    Cons

    • Gameplay can be repetitive or frustrating
    • Some mechanics lack explanation
    • Very short playtime
    • Minimal graphics and customization
    • No multiplayer or social features

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Gameplay involves timing and reflexes with some challenge at higher difficulties, but overall it is simple and accessible with limited complexity."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players engage in an artistic, emotional experience that offers a break from reality and provokes thought."

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Minimal character customization or self-expression; focus is on gameplay and communication."

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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      "Emotional connection with AI characters and story fosters some intimacy."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Continuation.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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