Over three acts taking just under 15 minutes total to play through, we experience a moment in the life of the characters Ted (voiced by actor Sam Retford) and Molly (voiced by Gray) and Ted’s fish, Henry. The point of view of the game is Ted’s as he and Molly have three conversations. Without revealing too much about the plot, we are acting through Ted’s eyes as he deals with the dissolution of relationships.
Intimate games like Thing-In-Itself allow us to pick up philosophical concepts (or psychological or moral, if you prefer) in a casual manner–the game it cheap, brief, and simple to play (although in no way easy).
Thing-In-Itself perhaps gets too mired in solipistic thinking or, rather, the tension between subjectivity/objectivity leads to easily to making sweeping generalizations actually moving us farther from understanding. But all in all, the brevity of the game and its intensity in the moment make for a lasting, quality experience. For a debut game, Party For Introverts have done well with Thing-In-Itself.