decided to double down on the video game version of what other genres of entertainment call ‘magical realism’ in the way it seeks to present its puzzles as the game progresses. “A lot of people showed interest in this small prototype, so we pushed the idea further when we decided to make it a full game,” Macmillan recalled. “As the game progresses, the things you tidy become a bit more absurd and creative, and the coincidences that exist in this person’s home for discovering the perfect arrangement become highly unnatural. To me, this brings a magical quality, as puzzles are hidden in plain sight.”


OUT OF CONTROL


The team also decided to incorporate elements of chaos into the core gameplay, not only to put an emphasis


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on freedom, with multiple ways to solve puzzles, but in the introduction of a pet cat that does not care for your oh-so- human organisational wants and needs. “We enjoyed contrasting the


structure that comes with tidying and organising by introducing a cat that will


“A lot of people showed interest in this small prototype, so we pushed the idea further when we decided to make it a full game”


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