Breakfast in the Dolomites: A play just for fun comedy by Roberto Ceccarelli
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Screwball comedy • An hour and a half • Parser-based • Glulx • Download includes additional content
The Dolomites are a mountain range in northeastern Italy and part of the Alps. The subtitle is very interesting, since it can be read in different ways:
- “a play-just-for-fun comedy”: it’s something lighthearted that doesn’t require much thought
- “a play, just for fun comedy”: more plot and importance, but still just for fun comedy
They basically mean the same thing, but it’s still interesting, and I wonder whether the author intended it that way.
“Screwball comedy” is a term I haven’t seen before, but it is a film genre of romantic comedy that satirizes the typical love story, often involving a female character dominating the relationship with the male character. The genre emerged in popularity during the Great Depression around the 1930s and remained popular until around the 1950s.
The additional content mentioned in the tags seems to be a booklet/walkthrough of the game, which also contains AI images in an uncanny valley cartoonish style.
Guess the plot: A couple go on a road trip to the Dolomites where they get a pancake breakfast…and maybe learn more about themselves on the way…
TLDR: couples’ therapy in the mountains with an interesting subtitle