Métete en la piel de una mujer del siglo XIX sometida al tratamiento de reposo absoluto por histeria en este simulador indie. Los jugadores recorren una experiencia narrativa que fusiona elementos de walking simulator y exploración, desentrañando los secretos de la mansión mediante narración ambiental. Los puzles marcan el camino sin objetivos fijos, desvelando reflexiones sobre la agencia restringida, el sufragio negado y la inteligencia cuestionada.
Este título para PC se inspira en "The Yellow Wall-paper" de Charlotte Perkins Gilman, integrando archivos digitales y contenidos museísticos en un experimento humanístico serio. Las partidas duran de 30 minutos a dos horas, según el tiempo dedicado a resolver puzles y leer efímera. Temas adultos como la sexualidad y la enfermedad mental conviven con imágenes desnudas de pinturas clásicas, ideal para jugadores reflexivos de 14+ que aprecian narrativas con profundidad didáctica.
Charlotte is a game about the 19th century writer and suffragist, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her famous short horror story, the Yellow Wall-paper. Part walking simulator and part exploration game, Charlotte puts players into the role of a 19th century woman undergoing the rest cure for hysteria. What is it like to live in a world that restricts your agency? Where you can’t vote? Where you are thought to be less intelligent? Has the world gone mad? Or is it you?
Charlotte is a narrative video game. There are no goals but puzzles are used to structure the exploration of the environment. Experience the narrative through enacted and environmental storytelling as you explore the mysteries of the mansion.
The game can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour or two - depending on how long it takes to solve the puzzles and how much of the ephemera are read. This game was created as an experiment in making an engaging serious game about the humanities. As such, it includes a great deal of content from digital archives and museums so that it could be used in a classroom setting. Please see the additional pdfs for lists of references and links to all the ephemera and texts used in the game.
This game contains adult themes of sexuality and mental illness also, some nude imagery is depicted in the classic paintings that hang on the wall. Note that this is the "educational" version so generally it is fine for anyone 14+.
Please read the quick start pdf regarding the SAVE option. You can save the game but it only saves the position of the doors. The player and all other triggers will be reset in order to "re-read" the game without the interference of the puzzles.
