by Trelza, playable at http://asylum.storynexus.com/s

The premise of this Storynexus world, Asylum, is delightfully surreal but somewhat alarming. It is, unfortunately, still under construction/incomplete, but it is a testament to the quality of this game that reaching the limit of story content was like having to stop abruptly at the end of a cliff.

As the story’s listing on the SN main page warns, it contains disturbing imagery remniscent of Hellboy and dismemberment.  Dream-worlds are overused in Storynexus worlds, but Asylum’s departures from reality adhere strictly to its own brand of logic.

The plot was somewhat linear- there is no real choice- and too little content for the player to  decide whether this linearity is a nod to something else deeper or because the game is just like that. 

It was intriguing and I would like to see it in its fully-developed glory.

This SN game stretches the platform and, I felt, uses the platform in a very interesting way.The premise was intriguing enough: you are stuck in one hour of your life, endlessly revisited and relived.

Language: This game makes use of terse, short, conversational sentences. In one part, there is barely any text, just pictures. Certainly an unusual and unique use of the icons in Storynexus, and I thought it was quite well done too.

Plot: As the game is not yet complete, it would be unfair to review the game based on what I saw.

Mechanics: Very well-considered in the sequence of cards presented to the player, which leads the player through not more than a few threads at a time. It takes some meticulous tweaking of the cards and thinking through to make SN games like this.