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I got bored :(

This is a very sweet story-based game. The gameplay itself is very minimal (you just have to click a lot) but that gameplay serves the actual purpose: To tell a story of Black history and how the "American Dream" looks from the perspective of a Black family. It took me just under two hours to get to the end and there are four choices that I remember. Each choice represents a sacrifice or a trade-off that Black American families have to make for themselves: [spoiler] Renting vs owning, staying rooted in a Black neighborhood vs pursuing opportunities elsewhere, prioritizing your family under a corrupt system vs sacrificing generational wealth for the greater good, etc. [/spoiler] These bring you to three endings (I got the "neutral" ending). The game is really good at getting you to think about the decisions and then showing you the outcomes of those decisions; there was a choice that took me 10 minutes of thinking to make because both characters that I could have sided with were making a point that resonated with me very personally. The game is also very good-looking! There's a cute intro cinematic and very nice art to show all of the endings. The only things that I wish were di…

The music is in game is incredibly pleasant. Pumashock did a great job. Heck I even fell asleep playing. The game itself is beautiful and I like that your choices matter. Beautiful story.

Made me feel happy and (bear the loaded phrase) hopeful for the future!

This game is nothing but woke DEI trash bruv. Why do they keep making these racist, misandrist, woke propaganda games? Don't give this game the time of day.