Life and love and robots
Picking just one story to sit down with can be a bit of a task. So rather than one, Deconstructeam is launching an anthology of 10 short narrative works, under the nameEssays on Empathy.
Published by Devolver Digital,Essays on Empathyis a collection of 10 unique stories coming to Steam on May 18, each an experiment in narrative storytelling from the team behind games likeThe Red Strings ClubandGods Will Be Watching.
TheEssaysinclude several formerLudum Dare entriesfrom the team, likeZen and the Art of Transhumanism, Eternal Home Floristry, andDear Substance of Kin. There’s also a brand-new short experience exclusive to the compilation calledDe Tres al Cuarto, about a couple of comedians trying to make it. Check out the trailer, though heads-up for folks at work, there is some mature content:
I dug the tough choices ofGods Will Be Watching, and whileThe Red Strings Clubis still on my backlog, Deconstructeam also made one of my biggest surprises of 2020, a short game calledInterview with the Whisperer. It’s a free Chatbot-fueled game where you play a journalist interviewing a man who says he can commune with God through his radio, and it’s absolutely worth your time.
If this collection has some of the same inventiveness behind it, it’ll be one to look out for.
