Home is Where One Starts...
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
About
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s an experience where every object has been carefully placed to tell a poignant story—a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South. Exploring the lonely countryside reveals clues and vignettes which help the player answer the question of where home is—and how one can get there.
Key features:
- A quiet, non-linear story told by the future self of a reflective narrator
- Inspired by the rural countryside and stories like John Steinbeck’s East of Eden and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life
- A 15-30 minute experience that can be completed in one sitting
- An experience that focuses on atmosphere rather than action or puzzles
- A rich, detailed environment that rewards players who explore with story insights and secret endings
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Achievements
Finish the game
Find all voice overs in one sitting
Find your friend
Find the object you hid from your father
Study the stencil
Conquer an old obstacle near the pond
Pick up all examinable objects in one sitting
System requirements
Minimum Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista+, 64-bit only Processor: Intel i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX 9.0c video card with 256 MB VRAM and shader model 3.0 support DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 600 MB available space Recommended Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 64-bit only Processor: Intel i5, 2.8+ GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 570, AMD Radeon 6870, or equivalent DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 600 MB available space Additional Notes: Only Oculus SDK 0.4.4 supported currently
Minimum OS: Mac OSX 10.7 Processor: Intel i5 1.8 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 5000 Storage: 600 MB available space
Minimum OS: Ubuntu (14.04+ tested), Manjaro, Arch Linux, etc. (64-bit only) Processor: Intel i5 1.8 GHz or AMD equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any recent NVIDIA or AMD card (NVIDIA proprietary 352+ drivers tested) Storage: 600 MB available space Additional Notes: Beta version - please visit discussion forum for more info