Echoes of Choice

🌱 Inspiration

Echoes of Choice is inspired by existentialist thought—especially the tension between freedom and avoidance. In the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, meaning is not found but made; life begins as absurd, and the burden of freedom is that we must choose, even when all choices seem equally pointless. As Camus wrote, “The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart.”

The game draws from this existential lens, placing the player in a quiet room where every object can be explored, but nothing insists on being solved. There is no victory condition—only presence, reflection, and a final choice. Do you stay in the known, or step into the uncertain?

Psychologically, the game also echoes avoidant coping mechanisms in modern mental health: when overwhelmed by expectation or emotional weight, people may retreat into loops of meaningless but comforting behavior—scrolling, gaming, thinking without acting. The act of repeatedly interacting with the same objects in the room becomes a metaphor for this quiet avoidance.

Lastly, Echoes of Choice reflects on how we live in spaces increasingly detached from tangible reality. As philosopher Jean Baudrillard described in his theory of simulacra, modern life often consists of chasing reflections—simulated desires, achievements, identities. In the game, the grayscale filter, the unchanging room, and the soft, pixelated aesthetic all gesture toward this sense of disconnection. But amid the simulacra, your choice is real.

This is not a puzzle to be solved, but a silence to be heard.

🕹️ How to Play

• You wake up in a small room.

• Explore the space by interacting with objects—books, photos, notes, and lights.

• Use the light switch to toggle between color and grayscale. Some things never change.

• Each object reveals a memory, a thought, or a silent hope.

• After every item is explored, the phone rings.

• You can dial any number. What matters is what comes after.

• When the door becomes interactive, you must choose:

  • Stay.

  • Leave.

• There is no right or wrong ending—only the echo of what you choose.