Bubble People

very annoying game

希望几十年以后，我在养老院，晕3D又看不清字，打不了FPS也跑不动RPG的时候，护士能给我一台装了这个游戏的电脑，我呆滞地坐在长椅上，淌着口水，能玩上一整天。

It was definitely one of the stranger stories but the base game is simple gameplay, only one achievement was for no reason grindy but nothing impossible. Just needed to pop a lot of bubbles in an endless mode. Now when it comes to the story, I was intrigued and just wanted to share my own perception of it... [spoiler]The main idea is that our protagonist has a tendency to avoid a lot of real life noise by basically blocking it away, resulting in "peacefulness". That doesn't occur to be an issue until the MC meets a partner they love and want to spend time with while still using the same escapism mechanics to feel better, which ends up concerning said partner. They confront the MC and that causes the partner also become part of the "noise" which they finally block off, thinking a break up is going to bring them back that same silence they craved before. However, instead they are left with strange feeling of emptiness, confusion which makes them try bringing everything back into reality, to fix their perception of surroundings just to find someone they cherished. The story does not give them a happy ending however, as it seems the partner was nowhere to be found, possibly insinuating that they have moved on, left MC forever. In a strange way, I found this like a depiction of neurodivergence and wanting to keep things "under control" which ends up affecting your relationships. It can also be a showcase of an avoidant attachment partner, which I have heard about through social media depicted as someone "manipulative" and "evil" when I believe it's a self-harming toxic behavior, as nobody ends up winning from running away. Again, the story doesn't give you too much to grab onto but I believe later flowers represent grief, like their safe person had "passed away" even though physically they are alive, they will never again become part of MC's life.[/spoiler] I hope the spoiler text works lol, this is my first time using it. I believe the story has a lot ways you can look at it but that was my personal assumption. I COULD add even more ideas as I had a lot of thoughts to go through while popping all the bubbles passively. It's a very short game, took me an hour however I was using endless mode before the main levels, not understanding what I was doing wrong as I didn't realize I had to go to the next level XD I recommend it simply because it had an interesting take on a tale. While I myself am used to acting differently, I believe I can resonate with both characters of the story. Quite a tragic/at least bittersweet ending :)