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A Dream of Silence: Acts 1 and 2, by Abigail Corfman
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Not complete!! But very polished!, November 19, 2024
by Fie

This is a fangame for Baldur's Gate 3, the video game. It is fairly approachable, with detailed yet not overwhelming synopsis provided.

This is an incomplete game. There are 3 acts, with currently only Act 1 and Act 2 finished. What you are able to play is good; the mechanics and story elements are introduced, and you can interact with the plot and characters quite a bit, but if you play are expecting a full story, you will be disappointed.

This is also a very polished Twine game. It has a fully functional save menu, achievements/feats list, energy health bar, and sound effects. The writing is nicely manicured and the gameplay is free of bugs. Aesthetically well designed, the colors and backgrounds are elegantly black and gold.

Your perspective is also interesting. It's an escape the room, but instead of the prisoner, you are a disembodied ghost. You're trying to rescue the (depressed, uncooperative) prisoner, and how to escape is immediately obvious logically, but you're also hampered by your incorporeality. The game reminds you that this is all optional, and the general atmosphere is relaxed, which is very encouraging for trying again when you inevitably fail on the normal mode.

Though it's easy to fail, it's a short game, and it allows you to skip the intro section to jump right back into making choices. The general sense of not inconveniencing the player is quite high.

There are also a lot of hidden dialogues and choices: lots of replayability if you choose to focus on different skills, with at least three different levels of variation to the text for each skill, a detailed area to explore, and dialogue variation. It's a game that feels worthwhile to keep exploring, that has a lot of engaging clicking as well.

More characters are introduced in Act 2. There is a very 'Abigail Corfman' type character, an amoral monster who will smile and tell you exactly what how they're going to kill you, and even give you helpful advice on how to survive.

Honestly, I'd playing it again just for dark mode and sound effects. It's very smooth.

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