The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
2020-07-10
About
The Wake is the last of game developer Somi’s “Guilt Trilogy,” consisting of Replica and Legal Dungeon.
Perhaps it means my life simply boils down to this: “Everything I say is a lie.”
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral—a record of the roots of guilt, and the memories and emotions that chain together three generations of a family.
The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
Explore a generational curse that has swallowed a man and his life.
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Everything I say is a lie.
"+ 2"
Why me and not you?
"adding two"
Do you pity him?
"the funeral"
Everything I did reeked of poverty.
"the only side dish / number of lunchbox compartments"
A boy with no father.
"all of page 28 / +28"
Everyone else is just fine.
"the date was clearly written somewhere"
He was smiling.
"the list repeats"
I must never feel compassion for Father.
"y=3x+2"