Remote Position

Old-school first person point and click puzzles with a pulp-novel writing style.
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The writer here has a story to tell, and it's told as much through exploration as it is through words. Though it unfolds rather slow, it has the nuance to create enough subtle texture to make you wonder what's coming next.

Without going too heavy into spoilers, the game opens with you losing your career and your father and being put into a position of starting a new remote job after moving back to your old childhood home. The mystery unfolds as you uncover what he was working on and trying to restart your own future. With themes ranging from personal loss, to conspiracy and aliens there's a lot of hints, but very little prompting. You're often left to figure it out on your own.

The mystery and depth of the game comes in not just figuring out what's going on, but often in how to proceed. Your daily task list is minimal and you'll need to solve the small obstacles of navigating the world, finding keys, solving puzzle boxes and the typical point and click mystery presentation.

If you need constant praise and hand holding, this probably isn't for you. The setting is isolating, providing a mild psychological horror theme, and the aesthetic is intentionally leaning towards the bland and depressing. The narrator (your character talking to himself) is brooding and introspective and brings life to what might otherwise feel like a rather empty world.

I need to temper my praise here as the presentation is hampered by the limitations of the Unity engine, it's a janky and not particularly inspiring visual game and it definitely feels more 2005 than 2025, but it's still pretty impressive for a solo developer. And if the mystery and story telling are more important to you than the graphics, than this won't matter anyway.

Overall if you're the kind of person who can curl up with a good book and a hot chocolate to explore your way through a mystery at the pace of a slow rainy day, you might find yourself enjoying this.
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Bottom line: A janky point and click mystery, held together by decent writing and narration.
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It's confusing, unpolished and unclear objective - overall it works clunky

I really wanted to give this game a shot. I tried, and so did those who were watching tried, and none of us could properly understand what we were supposed to be doing. Specifically how to wash our clothes in the garage that would not open and had no door.

It overall is slightly clunky, and gave me mild motion sickness, but it was the lack of clear instruction on how to do things that kinda threw it out for me. There's photos to use the device on the wall, but when you follow the steps it doesn't work, and that's the only thing you really have right off the bat besides chores you can't do.

The appeal of the game is there, especially with visuals, as well as atmosphere. So if you're looking for something pretty, this game has it. Just keep in mind it gets frustrating fast.