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Who's Lila? is a video game developed by Russian independent game studio Garage Heathen, released in February 2022. Described as a "reverse-detective adventure", the game is an adventure game notable for using the manipulation of facial expressions as the means that the player uses to communicate with characters in the game
Who's Lila? is played from the perspective of the protagonist, William, a teenager who finds it "difficult to express emotions" and has to make "a conscious decision each time [he] moves a muscle". The game features a nonlinear narrative surrounding the disappearance of classmate Tanya Kennedy, as William must act naturally in the face of suspicion from classmates and authorities as the last person who saw her alive. The player is required to make branching choices through multiple playthroughs to discover multiple endings that provide greater insight into several emerging mysteries in the game, including the circumstances of Tanya's disappearance, the deeper aspects of William's psyche, and the identity of the titular Lila.
Who's Lila is an adventure game played in two sections across a split-screen user interface. On the left-hand side of the screen, the player controls movement and interaction with the game world. On the right-hand side, the player manipulates a close-up representation of their face. During opportune moments in dialog with characters, the player influences the response given, or reactions to the player, by manually manipulating parts of their face using the cursor. The game uses a "neural network-powered emotion detection" to determine one of six emotions represented: happy, scared, surprised, sad, angry, or neutral Player choices are complicated by the use of a time limit and moving facial features to add challenge to expressing the desired emotion, although an 'easy mode' provides players with the option to remove these from the game.
Itch.io Page: https://garage-heathen.itch.io/whos-lila
Buy the game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1697700/Whos_Lila/
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