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Review
This game is a parser game where you end up parked at the end of a lonely road, ready to check into a room. Unfortunately, the airbnb (I think?) host you are working with has sent you poorly-translated instructions. You have to find your way in.
I found two endings, but peeking at the walkthrough shows there are some more including at least one area with a bar that I didn't visit.
I found the house area to be descriptive, with the squeaking gate and the approaching thunderstorm. Like real life, I was mildly panicked about what to do with my draining phone battery.
I liked the puzzles involved. I did have some difficulty fighting with the parser in one part. Specifically, after [spoiler]putting the dial on the lockbox, X DIAL and TURN DIAL and TURN DIAL TO 1 didn't work but TURN DIAL TO 123 got me to the menu.[/spoiler]
The author states that the text was grammar-corrected with chatgpt. It did feel like fluent English. While I oppose most uses of AI in games, it's mostly for aesthetic rather than ideological purposes; most AI text is boring, all AI stories I've read have incoherent plot, most AI images don't match the story and bloat file sizes, and, for one ideological purpose, if we use AI we can't grow as writers. But the text here is written by the author, just spruced up, and I like the scenario he came up with. Grammar is a fairly mechanical thing, so I don't mind its mechanical improvement here.
Even if you don't use walkthroughs, I recommend checking out the walkthrough once you're done to see the surreal and vibrant art.
