Speaking of photos, unpacking a camera in the first stage unlocks the photo mode, which I was excited to use. Postcards, photos, and souvenirs hint at a love of travel and a close-knit group of friends. As you fill them with possessions, you’re really uncovering clues: art supplies indicate a creative type, while controllers and board games show what they like to do in their free time. These environments represent different stages of the path to adulthood: the childhood bedroom, a college dorm, a shared apartment, and more. Settling into the next place always felt like a new chapter of my life was starting, and that’s a feeling Unpacking captures well. None of these places ever felt like home until I started unpacking: taping the David Bowie poster with torn edges to the wall, finding a flat surface for my ancient record player, and lining up my Harry Potter books in chronological order on the shelves.
Unpacking stickers series#
Packing and unpacking became an almost annual ritual as I transitioned through a series of apartments in various neighborhoods throughout the Philadelphia area. For me, it was a lot: between the ages of 18 and 26, I moved more than half a dozen times. Part of that might have to do with how often you’ve pulled up stakes.
You might not think stacking plates and organizing books is compelling, but strangely, it really is.
Though the mechanics are simple and the campaign can be completed in a handful of hours, Unpacking is a memorable, delightful game that shows that there are still new ways to tell stories in video games out there. Unpacking takes you through a series of homes representing an invisible protagonist’s life from 1997 to 2018, and as it turns out, you can tell a lot about a person by the things they take with them. In Unpacking, described by its creators as a “zen puzzle game,” settling into a new place is surprisingly comforting.
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