El Sueño del Caracol

Versión interactiva del corto que le sirve de inspiración (y que visioné a posteriori, aunque creo que ya lo había visto antes) traslada muy meritóriamente la atmósfera y amplía la trama levemente. Es muy fiel a la idea y refleja a la perfección la sensación de impotencia y la falta de iniciativa de los que padecemos de timidez patológica.

El final es un tanto efectista y habría podido funcionar como fábula de las oportunidades perdidas sin tener que llegar a tamañas consecuencias.

This was the next randomized Grand Guignol game I got. This one is interesting: a smooth and polished, mostly-linear adaptation of a short, sad, romantic movie called Schneckentraum or El Sueño Del Caracol (both meaning Snail Dream). It’s about a girl who is enamored with a boy and follows him to a bookstore, meaning to ask him out, but she’s too embarrassed to do anything but buy a book. Day after day she comes to see him, amassing a small pile of books.

It’s a good story, and I can see why they wanted to adapt it. There are a few branches early on to ‘opt out’ of the story, but it is otherwise a straightforward retelling of a touching story. It reminded me of the song Jueves by the group Oreja de Van Gogh.

I also wanted to add that the styling and images from the movie chosen for the game helped contribute to the atmosphere.