Fish Bowl

While there are a few typos and unimplemented nouns, I absolutely love short, tightly-focused games, and this is an excellent example. Deceptively simple, it has a creeping sense of dread that grows as you progress, culminating in a reveal that both surprised me and felt completely fitting. Definitely recommend if it at all intrigues you.

CWs: (Spoiler - click to show)Dead animals (described in detail), dead body (briefly described), blood, body horror

Enjoyed it enough to recommend to the wife. It was weird/creepy in a good way. Short, about 20 minutes. Its 20 minutes, what have you got to lose

This short, linear game is a supernatural thriller that is a bit spotty and unfinished but raw and interesting.

The next step at each moment is relatively clear, so there are only minor puzzles. You play a fisherman or beach bum with memory problems on a cold, dark shore.

This game is a horror game, so there are some gross moments, including one that made my stomach turn. In its mood, it reminds me of The Warbler's Nest.

The game FISH BOWL is about a beach comber who awakes one day to find a peculiar fish bowl in his shack near the beach, unable to remember where it has come from and why it is there; this makes the fish bowl a central object and the player is likely to get the idea that there is something to be done about it.

The game is segmented into two parts, the first of which mainly deals with the fish bowl, the second concerning the search for the truth about the situation. Amnesia is a subject of the first part and resolved in the second, which justifies the use of this trope. The change between illusion and reality is nicely arranged and conveys a surreal feeling. The storyline is sinister and dismal; I felt absorbed into it.

It is a quite short game and positively worth playing; the necessary actions can easily be found and there are hints given. I am not good with puzzles, but found out what to do without resorting to a description of the solution. I may recommend this interactive fiction to people with the same preference; also to beginners who want to check out a tight sci-fi narration without running the risk of a headache.