Still There will let you be sad but in space this autumn

Still There

Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?

Space lighthousekeeper sounds like a dream job, which is unfortunately usually a warning sign that it might be too good to be true. That certainly seems to be the case in Still There, in which protagonist Karl is alone out in the quiet vacuum of space, kept company only by an AI, a strange radio message, some puzzles, and his thoughts. Here s a trailer from the depths of the starry void.

(more…)