Author: Yunji
Another year has passed. Surely you have changed a little more than last year? Maybe there are some good things that happen, maybe there are some bad things that affect my mood for a year, or maybe nothing has changed. But the game of life is still very long. Before we reach the end, we need to reorganize ourselves every year to meet the next New Year, which is not good or bad, but we still have to move forward. So this time, I will take stock of three mindless but life-related games. I also hope that through these games, you can tidy yourself up and start again in the last month of this year.
The gardens between (Between Gardens)
No one will deny that life is from constant gain to constant loss, whether it is family, friendship or love. Therefore, "Between the Gardens" is about the last "adventure memory" of friendship between two good friends, which will definitely remind you of many happiness that you haven’t forgotten or are still around now.
The gameplay is that we need to control the two protagonists to advance or retreat to the top of each chapter by fast forward and backward, and then complete some puzzles combined with memories and scenes on the road, and finally collect corresponding memory fragments to promote the plot. In the game, when we saw two people jumping on the keyboard, we activated the printer in the distance. Looking for the small lampholders that fled everywhere, we knocked over all kinds of strange treasure boxes that we had collected together. The trigger mechanism pushed the dominoes and the built building blocks on the giant table, as well as many lovely interactions behind them, which were the best testimony of the friendship between the two children.
The game doesn’t tell players these things through straightforward words, but we can slowly realize through these scenes, and then think of those warm feelings, isn’t it interesting? What’s more, the game has been transplanted to the mobile game platform, and we can experience such excellent game content at a more affordable price, and then continue to walk to the end of life with this rare sincerity.
Long dream
Every time I think of Long Dream, it’s not because there is a lot of content in the game that is made of things around my life, nor because the game depicts the old man’s constancy in love in art and the solution of the plot, but in his life, he has tasted the ups and downs of life, but still left only the best time for them in one place in his heart. And the love for the loved ones in front of you.
Most of the time in the game, we push the story horizontally from the perspective of the elderly and grandchildren, and the smoothness of each game transition is no less than that of the short video. The occasional puzzle-solving link combined with the old people’s changes in memory, whether it is to give players playability or to express Alzheimer’s disease, has a just performance. In addition, we can also see the relatives around him (the protagonist and his mother), who are also doing their best to accompany and support him with some sense and memory.
Even if they see the old people who are also suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and their relatives and friends who take care of these old people, even doctors and nurses, the frictions and contradictions between their care and being taken care of have not changed everyone’s idea of taking care of the old people wholeheartedly. Of course, in addition, there are many interesting and moving places. Therefore, after playing this game, no matter who encounters a similar situation in the future, he should not be too afraid that a person can’t be the master in the affairs of the elderly and leave regrets in life.
《unpacking》
As far as moving is concerned, as long as you are a friend who has lived outside, you will never be unfamiliar. In unpacking, you will find that we have the same thing as the game settings, that is, we will definitely choose to keep what we need most at this stage, and then take it out every time we move and put it in the most conspicuous place. Because they are not only an ordinary object at this time, but also the first-class equipment to ensure our quality of life. And in the process of sorting out these objects, we will gradually be in a tangled state where we will spit out so many things, but we can’t help but finish it in one breath.
While we are enjoying the decompression process that the game gives us, we may find that my life experience can be so wonderful. From a dreamy teenager in childhood to a fledgling graduate who likes all kinds of strange paintings; From ordinary young women who got a job and then fell in love to decadent young people who lost their love and returned to single apartments to work hard; Finally, I became a freelancer who worked in children’s picture books and won an award. Love and family also had a happy ending. Of course, as ordinary people, we also have such special life changes, but these things have become hidden in our daily lives and have a close relationship with us. Only when you pay attention to them one day will you realize that you have really gone a long way in life.
Just from the point of view of real life, the cost of this game is not small, and there are few levels. In addition, players are required to place items in a set position, which will definitely make some friends dislike this game. It’s just that those friends may not realize that the problem of judging the wrong red line of items needs only to be changed in the game settings, and everything will be solved if we start with half price or fracture price.
Let’s talk about my experience in this game in detail. In addition to some necessities, there are many items in the game that always accompany me to the next new home (I am definitely not complaining because the protagonist always keeps those lamps of different shapes). Some of them are not necessarily what I need most, but their emotional and life significance can sum up my life. Just like every time we tidy up, some things can obviously be thrown away to make the home more tidy, and they will appear in different boxes every time, and then we are happy to tell "me": "Our new home is really nice. What new story are you going to write with us here?"
From my favorite friends, to my inseparable family and lover, and then to myself, I will gradually become another look because of time. But in most cases, their love for you and your love for them will not change much, and these are also a journey that you can’t miss on your life. As yourself, you don’t have to worry about not being able to see the future now, just be your favorite adult and continue to cheer next year.
