Succor

Note: This review was written during Spring Thing 2025, and originally posted in the intfiction forum on 18 April 2025.

Now trying this collaborative piece where you’re haunted by the past, and uncovering old demons, as you explore your apartment, and try to find something to eat.

I liked the graphics, though turned off the sound, which distracted me too much from reading. Thanks to the authors for the ability to turn off text delays, and also for the comprehensive content warnings at the start of the game.

As you play through you uncover old takeaway food menus from the past, just as you are getting hungrier and hungrier ironically. I think the idea is to explore the various dishes on there, and revisit past memories as a result. I’m afraid that I didn’t really want to explore all the menu options. They were often too painful, and I just wanted to search the apartment for food (I can be extremely straight-line thinking at times!).

In the end although I found some rice and cleaned the kitchen and put some spiced water cooking on the hob, and something vanilla in the microwave oven (I also cleaned elsewhere) I still couldn’t find food to eat. So didn’t reach a totally satisfactory ending. Though my character was able to work through a lot of their demons.