An aunt and uncle take their middle-school niece and her boyfriend on an overnight camping trip. Roast hot dogs on the fire, go birdwatching, tell ghost stories, grab a beverage from the cooler and do cartwheels on the beach. Wide Ocean Big Jacket is a short story game including 20 chapters, four playable characters, 10,000 words of dialog and 8 explorable areas, all rendered in a beautiful 2D/3D art style.
About the story
** INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL 2020 - FINALIST - EXCELLENCE IN NARRATIVE ** Take part in a classic camping trip: Roast hot dogs on the fire, go birdwatching, tell ghost stories, grab a beverage from the cooler and do cartwheels on the beach. WOBJ is a short story game including 20 chapters, 4 playable characters, 10,000 words of dialog and 8 explorable areas, all rendered in a beautiful 2D/3D art style. Playtime: 60-90 minutes (like watching a good movie with friends or curling up to read a book)
Platforms
iOS Linux Mac Switch PCGenres
Adventure Arcade Indie SimulatorThemes
Comedy
Languages: English
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Critic Reviews
New Game Network
By Josh HinkeWide Ocean Big Jacket is a game about what happens in between the life-changing moments. About how everyday interactions and conversations are interesting in their own way. It's a memorable experience built around relatable characters, fun dialogue, and clever gameplay moments.
Slant Magazine
By Steven ScaifeThe game captures place and feeling through honing in on things that are singular, small, and warm.
Cubed3
By AthanasiosFrom a gameplay standpoint, Wide Ocean Big Jacket is an extremely simple game - with 'game' put between the biggest quote marks imaginable. As an experience, though, this is something else entirely. Turnfollow's tiny adventure is basically a funny, and occasionally very sweet, slice-of-life tale of four people enjoying themselves in the woods, while also dealing with some serious matters, but not in a very serious way. It's not a narrative-driven game. It is vacation in video game form - and only the good parts are included.
Eurogamer
ByA gently interactive experience that will put a smile on your face.
Destructoid
By Jordan DevoreI ended Wide Ocean Big Jacket feeling good, and it resonates, but at the same time, it's not necessarily an experience that will stick with me.
