Essays on Empathy

I really enjoyed all the different types of stories and game play in this I really loved the behind the scenes of all the games I love hearing how the stories come up and why they decide to make it I will say I did have some favorites among them my top 3 are. 1. Behind Every Great One: I really fell hard for this game I think it's because I can relate to the story and themes talked about in this game I have been in multiple relationships/Friendships were someone can be so full of themselves that it feels suffocating and that person is also more successful to the point where they make you feel less then and how lonely and isolating that could make you feel I also don't know if it was intended but I also like how you can only do so many tasks in a day and if you don't finish some it gets brought up while the husband could of helped but instead he puts you down, I also like the depiction of panic attacks and It kinda caught me off guard at first. This one is my favorite just because how much I can relate to it and i highly playing it. 2. Eternal Home Floristry: I loved the characters I feel like Gordon and Sebastian are really well developed characters and I agree that they should continue or even make a prequel to this game the story is there and I loved the flower arranging mini game it reminded me of the making the bar drinks game in The Red Strings Club instead flowers have a meaning/ feeling associated with them. I feel like some topics should of been elaborated more on specifically the LGBT representation maybe since it wasn't a full game they couldn't add or explain more but I feel like they could of added more about Gordon being an ex hitman and allowing himself to be comfortable with dating someone which could also put that person in harms way due to his line of work I think that would of been a good topic for him to discuss and for Sebastian I really got the feels when he was talking about when you get older it gets lonely and you become someone that people only visit during events but again I really wish they explored more with this and bringing more into his experience in a relationship as an older man and maybe adding more details about their world since he's older he might of been around when the world was still normal and not making plants in labs but growing them naturally. 3. The Bookshelf Limbo: I love cozy games that explore self identity and this is a really good one it's one of the more slower games from the collection but I really enjoyed reading the reviews for every book and talking about identify and how you being yourself might affect people you love or them not understanding how they act make you feel I can relate to that since I never really brought up my identity with my parents because of small things they said or their actions but how I also want them to feel around me. This is one of those games where you can interpret anything about the character and his life and somehow link it to your own which I always feel like more games should because it adds more emotions to said character and adds some realness to the story as well. Overall I think all the games had some kind of uniqueness to them these are just my top 3 and I hope we see some of these stories and characters have their own full game somewhere down the line I really have loved playing games from these developers from Red Strings club to this and whatever is next I'll be there. <3 <3