When discussing the impact of choice, I also refer to This War of Mine. The options in this game do not manifest the outcome through branching plots, but continue to affect the player experience through long-term changes in character states. Choice does not bring clear success or failure, but a psychological burden that is recorded by the system and repeatedly fed back.

This design made me realize that the meaning of choices does not necessarily come from the difference in results, but from how the game system keeps “remembering” and amplifying these behaviors in the subsequent process.

Unlike This War of Mine, which guides players through a clear survival and moral context to understand choices, my project does not attempt to make ethical judgments about behavior, but rather focuses on how the system continues to interpret and misinterpret player behavior in the absence of a clear value position.

In my game, the player’s actions also do not trigger immediate clear consequences, but are translated by the system into a series of potentially misunderstood signals. These signals accumulate over subsequent feedback, making players realize that they are not pursuing an optimal solution, but are constantly being redefined by the system.

This War of Mine is not a mechanic template for me, but rather a case study that confirms that choices can be used as a long-term burden rather than an immediate result.