This first-person stealth game titled Before Mom Comes Home explores left-behind children’s emotional trauma through environmental storytelling. Players navigate a child’s solitary world, discovering a sealed basement that manifests psychological struggles as monstrous presences. Environmental metaphors, memory objects, and multiple endings depict the impact of parental absence and yearning for love, using hide-and-seek mechanics to examine complex family and societal relationships.
Before Mom Comes Home / Pengfan Chen, Xinyue Wang, Yuxuan Cai, Lintao Cui, Yixin Gan - Photo: Pengfan Chen, Xinyue Wang, Yuxuan Cai, Lintao Cui, Yixin Gan
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Before Mom Comes Home
Pengfan Chen (CN), Xinyue Wang (CN), Yuxuan Cai (CN), Lintao Cui (CN), Yixin Gan (CN)
Before Mom Comes Home / Pengfan Chen; Xinyue Wang; Yuxuan Cai; Lintao Cui; Yixin Gan - Photo: Pengfan Chen; Xinyue Wang; Yuxuan Cai; Lintao Cui; Yixin Gan
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