the ride home

This is a well-put-together twine game for the Neo Twiny Jam, written in 500 words or less.

In it, you play as someone who seems to have a crushing fear of injuring someone while driving. I understand this fear for sure; I'm a mediocre driver and zone out a lot, and have had close calls in the past, like almost getting sideswiped by a semi truck when I was in its blind spot.

This driver's fears are expressed through oblique references and through the use of color and a few other graphical techniques.

The game itself is tense, but the background is hard to define. Parental trauma lingers in the background, but there's something else going on that's hard to define and is left unsaid. Interesting game.