A Week within the Lifetime of Asocial Giraffe is a degree and click on puzzle journey sport a few tall-necked giraffe that wishes to remain unseen.
I bought the possibility to play a demo of A Week within the Lifetime of Asocial Giraffe at AdventureX the place it shortly grew to become my favourite sport of the present. Spending the week as this animal was only a very foolish, very enjoyable idea.
Taking part in as such a big, noticeable creature in a world filled with people that wish to speak to you and see you is such an fascinating idea. It’s explored by way of quite a lot of ranges, every of that are bite-sized puzzles the place you usually want to resolve a problem with out being seen or needing anybody else’s assist. One of many first ones has a woman who bought off the practice with out her purse and canine. As an alternative of simply giving it to her or telling her, that you must lead the canine to the purse after which have the canine bark on the woman to get her consideration with out you even being seen.
Making an attempt to determine one of the best ways to resolve a puzzle with out attracting consideration or by distracting the opposite individuals round you is such a pleasant concept. I’m not asocial, so I’d have spoken to somebody, however when you do catch anybody’s consideration, they begin speaking. Usually, these speech bubbles simply refill with phrases, regardless of you not replying, till your head turns purple and also you explode, dropping the spherical.
A Week within the Lifetime of Asocial Giraffe is such a relatable, enjoyable expertise with quite a lot of foolish moments, fascinating puzzles, and goofy characters. I actually beloved how the entire individuals I did work together with spoke to me, blabbering on like they’ve by no means spoken of their lives, whereas I simply stood there getting extra anxious.
A Week within the Lifetime of Asocial Giraffe is presently in growth, however within the meantime, you possibly can obtain a demo or add it to your Wishlist on Steam.
About The Writer
Jupiter Hadley
Jupiter is a prolific indie sport journalist, writing for Metro UK, Large Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and plenty of extra, all with a concentrate on smaller indie gems. She covers 1000’s of sport jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each sport have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of the entire sport jams occurring on this planet, judges many jams and occasions.
