鈿狅笍 WARNING: this post will contain heavy spoilers, as well as some sensitive subject matter. All screenshots have been provided courtesy of the CaseOh stream 鈿狅笍
The game focuses on a young unnamed woman; an aspiring actress who has gone to work for her uncle, Joe.
Uncle Joe runs a motel -- one that he claims to be haunted -- yet this doesn't deter our protagonist. Rather, it makes her more intrigued...
The gameplay is fairly straight forward: clean the rooms, get some clues! 馃檶 But, naturally, they come with some puzzle-solving, although it isn't anything too difficult. The protagonist's phone is utilized in a number of ways, including snapping photos for clues, phone calls to Uncle Joe, and even some app's to use in the character's free time.
Best of all, your character has a furry companion with her that hangs out in the manager's office: Finn the cat! 馃樆 Your character can interact with him, and he is actually vital in advancing the game.
For those who are unfamiliar, the Lady of Flies is a childhood fable in which a witch causes a young girl to swallow a fly. In order to get rid of the fly, the girl then swallows a spider, then a bird, then a cat, etc. Eventually, the wound in her stomach becomes too great, and the girl's soul is sucked out through it by the witch!
However, it is the housekeeper that came before the protagonist -- Susan -- whom I truly connected with. Like the protagonist, she also set out to become an actress, but ended up coming second to everyone, dated the wrong man, got caught up in the wrong things...
Unable to escape the clutches of the witch while working at the motel, Susan attempts suicide, inadvertently putting herself into a coma.
That is why the moral of the game is one that I truly appreciate; as uncle Joe states himself:
Aside from the game itself, a lot of Susan's story hit very close to home for me. Many things were said that were reminiscent of the situation I went through. I found "This world isn't written for you; stop fighting," to be very personal to me, as I have always felt that I was not made for this world...
