Aventura · 2025
Don't Get Your Hopes Up
Don't Get Your Hopes Up is a gripping interactive comic exploring Amsterdam’s housing crisis through the lens of horror and social critique. Players follow Krish and Yan, a couple navigating desperate apartment searches in 2022 and 2024, blending fiction, documentary, and commentary. The game captures the anxiety of unstable housing, blending emotional storytelling with jugabilidad mechanics like bidding and tough choices. With 40–60 minutes of playtime, it offers a concise yet impactful experience. Visuals merge sparse comic art with unsettling parallax effects, while a haunting post-punk banda sonora by Simon Frank and Neighbours Burning Neighbours enhances the mood. Themes of precarity, solidarity, and systemic alienation resonate globally, framed by references to real-world housing struggles. A unique, thought-provoking narrative that challenges players to confront uncomfortable truths. This story reflects a world where change is inevitable. It’s a must-play for those seeking depth in narrative-driven games. Experience the tension between hope and reality in a city defined by its contradictions.