Chopping wood, cutting onions
Pine: A Story Of Loss, which stars a bereaved woodworker and thus may be a play on the double meaning of ‘pine’, is a gorgeously animated interactive fiction game that sees you performingfarmingchores and wordlessly reminiscing upon cherished memories. It’s short - designed to be played in a couple of sittings - and while the fiction is the focus here, you’ll spend time gardening and whittling in bespoke minigames as you find out more about the woodworker’s relationship. The publisher describes it thusly:
Look, maybe I’m just extremely shallow, but if I had forearms that big, I simply would not become sad about anything ever again. Still, I actually really like the concept of performing what should be simple and comfortingly routine daily tasks, but feeling estranged from the familiar due to grief. It’s a lovely angle, and an interesting riff on the concept of ‘cozy’ games like the publisher’s ownBeacon Pines,which Graham enjoyed.
Pine: A Story Of Loss is set to release sometime late this year.
