Vacuum Story

Interesting idea, but execution could be better. You play as an automatic vacuum cleaner. Once a day, the cleaner turns on and goes through its owners' apartment to pick up lint and dirt - where to find them is visible on a map (E key). But the point of interest here is not the cleaning process, but rather, the lives of the cleaner's owners. Nearly every evening, there is something hinting at what is currently going on in those lives, and eventually, you will see an outcome. What disappointed me was that while this is a game dependent on environmental storytelling, there wasn't all that much of it to be had here. The apartments (there is more than one story) are very sparsely modelled - a few pieces of furniture and at best a teddy bear to hint at the presence of children. And day by day, they hardly change. While different doors are open or closed every time and the sunlight may fall in from different angles, furniture and objects stay where they are and no new objects are added or removed, all of which could serve to give us a better idea of or connect to the inhabitants. Also, there is actually not that much to discover each time the cleaner turns on. Most of the time, you are meant to hear one piece of information. So in sum, if you feel like checking out all the rooms every evening/morning, your curiosity won't be rewarded - all you have to do is find that one piece of information per round. Also, the game is over in less than an hour. At least the price is pretty low to reflect that playtime.