Indie Game - The Fourth Wall

Wow!

I just had one of the most awesome gaming-experiences of the last weeks. And free. Just like that. Without warning. But then - I had a small warning:

"Oh, look, you just have to play it to understand. It's free, and it's utterly brilliant." I read on Rock, Paper Shotgun after I had hurriedly scrolled through this post. So I downloaded it. Impressive 88 MB for a small game. And started it.

It's not possible to not-explain something better.

While I was still thinking about what this could have to do with film theory the music started. The sound! You just can't make it more full of atmosphere. Gentle bell-like sounds, thunderstorm. It swallowed me right up.

Then the Tutorial. Or rather the not-tutorial. Almost nothing is explained, you have to find out everything (besides the keyboard layout) by yourself. But you don't get stuck nontheless. It's thoroughly thought through. And all the time you have little epiphanies.

Really, please just try it yourself! It's available for download here.