{"id":310,"date":"2025-12-16T15:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/?p=310"},"modified":"2025-12-27T13:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:55:14","slug":"game-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/game-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Game Name: <\/strong>“Rooted but Flow”<\/strong><\/p>

Genre:<\/strong><\/p>

It is a 2D action-adventure Metroidvania-like game about loneliness and self-development.<\/p>

Set in a quiet, fantasy world, the player navigates darkness with only a small source of light. As the journey unfolds, the player learns to set boundaries and eventually to express themselves through music, enabling the surrounding environment to understand and support them. Inspired by Virginia Woolf\u2019s phrase \u201cI’m rooted, but I flow,\u201d the game explores how to cope with and embrace loneliness.<\/p>

Elevator pitch:<\/strong><\/p>

It\u2019s a noisy world out there. To survive, you have to find and express yourself.<\/p>

Essential Experience:<\/strong><\/p>

To make the player grow on their own within an environment that feels isolating and lonely.<\/strong><\/p>

At the beginning, the player feels lonely, moving carefully through darkness. As the game progresses, the player gradually learns how to protect themselves and express who they are. By the end, the player reaches a state of acceptance and peace, where loneliness no longer feels overwhelming but is manageable and understood.<\/p>

Unique selling point:<\/strong><\/p>