Blank Frame

I thoroughly loved this game. The atmosphere and the just weirdness of it just made it unique and unsettling to playthrough which i just loved. Amazing work honestly. The story however is my personal favorite aspect of the game. The story is intentionally vague and left open for interpretation and I love it for that, I however, have my own theory or interpretation i'd like to share. If anyone agrees or has their own theory please comment below i'd love to here your thoughts. SPOILER WARNING! So from the very beginning of the game just by examining the Henri's room and various items in it, you can see him make comments about not getting out much and you can see how extremely isolated he is. Now this next part is just my theory and personal thoughts. I think the whole game wasn't real. More like the whole game was a analogy for his mental health issues. You see he clearly likes the safety and comfort of his apartment, but also doesn't like the feeling of being trapped. I have many mental health problems myself and this often is the case, when you have depression or anxiety you are at war with yourself and want to go out but your afraid to or dont want to. Then we have the hole in the wall which i think is interesting. I'm not sure what the meaning behind that is I only have a few guesses. And then theres the blank frame which has never been used, showing he clearly has little or none family or friends. I also think Aava is a representation of maybe a part of himself that wants to get out and helps him get out, I don't think shes real. In fact on the TV the girl on that corny movie was named Eva, very similar to Aava, it makes me wonder. I think Aava is kind of the version of himself that gets out and does things more, and I also thinks she represents his hopes of finding love someday. Now the part where I'm sure there is some symbolism but I'm not sure what is means really, is the monster or the antagonist. It seems like its supposed to be a strange form of Aava but I'm not sure. It is a female which i think is worth mentioning. But I'm not sure how exactly it fits into all this. But its interesting that in the one ending you have to take pictures of it, something that Henri clearly doesn't do, due to all his ' Blank Frames.' And then some more things that point to mental health is him accidently getting cut by the knife, and also the noose in the cabinet. It seems to indicate that at some point he had thoughts of suicide but (in my opinion) never went through with it. Anyway, its safe to say that this game connects with me. I've had panic, anxiety and depression for most of my life and even if that's not the true meaning of this game, I like that they leave it open-ended so that us players can come to conclusions ourselves. I love this game so much and the messages it conveys. Its so unique and truly feels like the devs put a lot of heart into it. Please also, check out my youtube, I'm new to it and I could use the support:) https://youtu.be/bW0EXZvpGo8