#Gone home endings series

#Gone home endings series

Maybe, the protagonist of the story is Kait's sister Samantha, who through a series of letters as well hidden messages around the house and clues about her academic performance can give the player a sense of solitude and alienation she was experiencing, but also the idea can still be experienced today. The story of Gone Home deals with abandonment and coming in terms with identy, but also it gives an insight through the mechanics about Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT- Wiki) separated loved ones who served in the military to be open in public also, another important part of the story goes on how parental attitudes, friends can affect the life of an individual who feels rejection. The use of cassetes, VHS tapes as well the mention of the SNES bring some sort of nostalgia about certain cultural aspect of the Americana Culture but then it brings an important underlying on why is important to keep pushing to end discrimination on the work place but also end LGBT-phobia the game talks between letters about how the family comes to cope that their youngest daughter Samantha is a lesbian. It's almost as residences looked like, not in terms of architectures but the items that could be found that made references to that era. The exploration of the house brings to a window of the past, at least for the people who grew up in the 1990's. There are some minor easter eggs, such as the one in the photo that it could be a developer mistake but on the flyer that is below the book, KSNC (Wiki-commons) is a radio station in Kansas that back in 1995 didn't had reach to Oregon where the game is located. The game is filled with imagery set on the 1990's, there are the faux rock and grunge bands, the fake SNES games but also books that were common to see on those days as well names of celebrities and television shows. That set the goals as well the aesthetics of exploring an enviroment through the use of memories and give the player a minimal approach to submerge them in the game. The game itself is on the same vein as The Chinese Room (homepage) specifically their game Dear Esther (Dear Esther - Wikipedia). Curiosity starts as the main motivator to start exploring around the house and it's what it sets the events of the game in motion. She also arrived to a new residence in which her father inherited from his late uncle Oscar.Īs the moment Kait arrives in the new house she saw a note left by her sister asking her to not search for clues about what happened to everyone.

Kaitlin Greenbriar returns to the United State after traveling around Europe after graduation. The game itself offers a very minimalist approach towards the gameplay it is set on June the 7th of 1995, in Oregon. The time where LGBT rights experienced some many stumbles such as the the Reagan administration with the AIDS epidemic, the ascension on the national spotlight of the Westboro Baptist Church, Don't Ask Don't Tell, the killing of Matthew Shepard at the end of the decade the novels Armistead Maupin novels, the Super Nintendo and riot grrrl just to name a few cultural and social events that gave a shape to the two decades. At least those ideas seem to be a thing from the past, that can fade in the next four years.