Dear Esther +
Brand | The Chinese Room |
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Dear Esther is an experimental first-person adventure video game developed by thechineseroom for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. First released in June 2008 as a free mod for the Source engine, the game was completely remade between 2009 and 2011 for a commercial release in February 2012. The game does not follow traditional video game conventions, as it involves minimal interaction from the player and does not require choices to be made nor tasks to be completed. It instead places focus on its story, which is told through a fragmented, epistolary narrative read to the player as they explore an unnamed island in the Hebrides.