Wrong Body
“A short weird tale about a girl who discovered her skeleton isn’t hers, stole an xray machine and fled to the country to investigate her own body.”
- Deconstructeam
A Vivid Life is a point and click game with a heavy focus on narrative exploration and discovery. In this game, the main character, Laynie steals an x-ray machine to look into the details of her skeleton due to her suspicions that her body is not her own. There are no other controls apart from pointing and clicking as far as I know, and it is a relatively short game with few dialogue choices.
However, I think that it is the exploration of these dialogue choices that make the story of the game so interesting. Each little imperfection discovered in the x-ray machine can be further investigated with the medical kit. Granted the investigation involves self-mutilation and potential PTSD flashbacks. (Have I mentioned the sound effects? The sound effects are… interesting.) Based on the choices of the player, Laynie can come to different conclusions as to the origins of her body. From what I’ve read, there are three different options: a child soldier, extraterrestrial life, or child abuse.
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The narration and choices in the game lead to various endings. Though simple, Deconstructeam has stated that this is a narrative experiment to something more. I’m interested to see what the reviews of players will contribute to.
The game can be played here.
