Unpacking Full Story Explained: What's Happening Each Year

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is a delightful indie puzzle game in which players experience the story of a woman’s journey through various stages of her life as they unpack her belongings in each home she moves into. As the years go by, there are more and more things to put away, and some items are left behind as well, weaving the game’s story through the narratives of personal objects and the life experiences they reflect. The storytelling in is brilliantly and subtly constructed, leaving players with a poignant tale about the ways love affects life and what it means to make a home.

story spans 21 years and consists of eight levels, starting with the main character’s childhood bedroom and progressing through each new home she moves into throughout her life. Players of this chill indie title are given a lot of flexibility as to how they want to arrange her home, and much of the narrative is told through subtle restrictions as to where specific sentimental items can be placed, which creates an impactful gameplay narrative with very limited text. As players begin to recognize each object and uncover new things in each level of, the main character’s interests, values, and growth over time become apparent, evoking the same nostalgic feelings of reflection that moving and unpacking can cause for many players in their own lives.

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In the first stage of story, the main character moves into a room of her own for the first time, giving her the freedom to make the space her own. The year is 1997, and there are a ton of the most popular 90s toys to be unpacked, like her Tamagotchi and Troll doll. She has a souvenir of a red double-decker bus from London and a collection of plush toys that follow