really interesting gameplay, but i am confused, is there a win state or a lose state? or is that left ambiguous on purpose?
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Hi! Thank you so much for playing this little experiment and taking some time to comment! The answer to your question is no, in this game there is no such thing as a win/lose condition: the focus of the whole thing is the relationship between the fragment of a bigger story shown by the video and the perception that each player can have of the background of this story. The game doesn't tell you everything about what's really happening, and the only tool players have to understand (or imagine) more of it is the oracle device: the interaction with it will define what you get of the bigger picture, so players' questions become important in defining their personal view of the story and the story itself. At least, that was the idea :)
SPOILER ALERT: also, there's a way to reach a secret ending in the game, but you have to decipher the hidden meaning of oracle's sentences!