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I'm not a particularly tidy person, although not to the point of being dirty and messy, but I often joke that I implement "100% flat management" for personal belongings, and to explain it specifically, that is, commonly used things should be placed in a place that can be seen at a glance, and things that are not commonly used often have to be stored in the mobile phone memo. But even so, it is inevitable that there will be embarrassing scenes of "I have 5 nail clippers, and I have to look for 10 minutes when cutting my nails" and "I haven't worn the clothes at the bottom of the box once, and I have grown 8 pounds when I think about it" - anyway, packing things is really not my strong point.
However, as the saying goes, the more you lack something, the more you love to watch. For a long time, I love to watch those storage, order, and cleaning videos, from stationery storage - as a stationery lover with "poor stationery", I also suffer from it - to cleaning carpets, seeing the original dirty and disorderly things become clean and orderly, and my heart is refreshed.
This type of video often carries a tag, "Obsessive-Compulsive Gospel". From a medical point of view, there is a very strict definition of OCD, but in a more colloquial context, the "obsessive-compulsive disorder gospel" most of the time refers to different objects that happen to be in a state of close togetherness by accident or deliberate – chocolates arranged in gradient colors, several pens of the same length, perfectly torn yogurt lids, all of which fall into this category. There are also some artists who specialize in making some animation works that do not conform to the laws of physical reality, but embody the "order" to the extreme, which is also satisfying and a little creepy.
This is true for artists, and games are no exception. Although there are not many games with storage and organization as the main gameplay, there are often very distinctive and stunning works at a glance. For example, "Unpacking", which combines puzzles, organizing, and decoration, and tells a good story, and "A Little to the Left", which has a very comfortable art style and cute cats.
The style of painting "A Little to the Left" is very comfortable
"A Little Left" was released in November 2022, and I only recently saw it on the video platform. Many streamers invariably label the video as "obsessive-compulsive disorder gospel", "meal" and "sleep aid", and it does look "pure" enough - the gameplay is very simple, just drag the body with the mouse, and when all the objects in the picture are stored in the right place, you can clear the level. Occasionally, a mischievous cat will come out and cause trouble, but it doesn't hurt.
If I had to sum up "A Little to the Left" in one word, I would say "comfortable": the hand-drawn graffiti-style graphics are comfortable enough, the idea of organizing items for the player is comfortable enough, the light and pleasant music is comfortable enough, and the detail design is comfortable enough - in many levels, the game supports different permutations, so as not to make players feel "why can you only play the way the author gives you"; When all the arrangements are correct, there will be a "ding" prompt, which is quite intimate.
This image is a very visual representation of the style of the game
According to the author, it was precisely because all kinds of clutter in the house were always messed up by the cat that they had the inspiration for "A Little Left", as evidenced by the cute cats that frequently appear in the trailer and in the game. And that adds to the fun of this simple game – while cats can overturn your drinking glasses, mess up your letterheads, and hide your little things, who can say no to cats?
Cat owners should be familiar with similar scenarios
After the level is completed, a cat pops up above the cardboard box
However, although the overall is quite comfortable, in the later stages of some levels, the game is still a little difficult, the number of items increases, and it also brings a certain element of puzzle solving. But this is also partly in line with the impression that the more complex things are, the higher the sense of accomplishment after successful organization, but the longer it may take. Some of the acute-minded sub-players may have some say about this......
The DLC levels have increased in complexity, but they are still a lot of fun
In general, I still recommend friends who are not good at tidying up like me to play, or watch familiar streamers play "A Little Left", which can bring us a sense of comfort that we can't reach and yearn for, as well as some other yearning for slow pace and the details of life: the two authors are inspired by the long observation of cats (of course, it can also be seen that they love their cats very much), and take the time to carefully organize the room and supplies, and can also design some permutations and combinations for them, This seemingly "meaningless" thing is a luxury for people with extremely stressful lives - how many times have we lamented that we have been tired of work all day, and when we get home, we don't want to do anything but watch short videos, let alone tidy up our rooms...... Many times, our confidence and expectations in life are eroded in this way, and we know that it is not our fault.