A Space for the Unbound Part 5. Feline fiasco. (New Game Blind)
1Part Synopsis: Atma feeds the animals around Cat Wonderland. He then finds a loner who appears distorted. After acting arrogant, Atma Spacedives into him. An ominous paper falls down shortly before a shadowy behemoth shouts at him. Back at Cat Wonderland, the feral animals begin acting hostile. Raya returns them to the cinema. Leaving the theater, the lobby is a mess with the staff behaving like cats, alongside more animals.
Atma Spacedives into two employees, but lacks the items to help them. After doing so with the manager, she hands over a broom and learns a code to unlock the fire ax back in the hallway. Using these the broom frees one worker, also providing a key. The ax and newly acquired clavis helps the second man. Everyone outside seems normal, although the place is still cluttered with debris.
Atma helps Raya to leave. Another employee here with the same mannerisims and being more aggressive attacks Atma. Raya uses her abilites again to stop the assault. This becomes too much, forcing a collapse on the sidewalk. Atma is back in the fantasy world with Nirmala. They apparently don't know each other at whatever point in time this is. Atma gives Nirmala some ideas about the story she's writing, which is in the beginning stages, contrast to the prologue.
He wakes up back in class, alongside Admiral who's still verbally speaking. Leaving the room, he's accosted by three jerks affiliated with Erik; who make bizarre claims against him regarding previous incidents that haven't happened. After defending himself from a physical beating, Raya approaches and utilizes her powers to break up the incident. She is aware of everything that previously occurred. A teacher witnesses her crumble down, although she refuses assistance and returns to the room for rest.
Playthrough Information: This is a blind let's play. The series will focus on a single run through the main story until completion. It will not feature 100% completion of every activity or achievement earned. I plan on commentating regularly in addition to reading out loud the unspoken dialogue. This double wears out my ability to speak fluently and for long periods. The gameplay shown is captured via the digital download edition on PlayStation 5. As for the screen ratio, there are no means of adjusting them through the game options. While playing, it looks full screen on my television, despite being recorded cropped. I don't know of any way to adjust this, so apologies if it's distracting.
About Game: A Space for the Unbound is an adventure video game developed by Mojiken Studio and published by Toge Productions. It was released on January 19, 2023, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Set in the late 1990s, the game follows Atma and his girlfriend Raya, who live in rural Indonesia. They explore their newly attained magical abilities and deal with supernatural powers that threaten their existence.
The game designer's focus was capturing what it felt like to grow up in Indonesia in the 1990s and wanted to preserve his memories as an Indonesian through the game. Reception to the game from critics was positive, with reviews focusing on the game's solid sense of place and heartfelt story.
Development: Dimas Novan Delfiano, the game director from the development studio Mojiken for A Space for the Unbound, began development on the title in 2015. A team of two to three people began work on the game while the studio also developed multiple other games simultaneously. Dimas completed an initial prototype of the story in 2015, which served as a core for what would be developed. Dimas found the first few years of development incredibly difficult, as he struggled to build a substantial game from the beginnings of the prototype. In 2019, Dimas noted that he had found the "right formula for the game" and Mojiken released a demo in 2020. Around 2020, everyone at the studio were able to shift focus to working on the game.
Dimas since a young age wanted to create a game set in an Indonesian high school, and was inspired by the concept of an "Anime pilgrimage," where people travel to compare real-life locations against their anime-depicted counterparts. He wanted to highlight his personal experience of growing up in 1990s Indonesia, and wanted players to feel the same passage of time that he had experienced. Dimas said that it was his goal to preserve his memories as an Indonesian growing up in the 1990s in the game. The game was heavily inspired by the works of Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai.
The game heavily features anxiety and depression in the story, and Dimas and the rest of the development team consulted professionals for their input to help with telling it appropriately. The space diving mechanic was created to help explore these themes in more detail.
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