BarStory

A bet Julia was sure she'd win goes wrong, and there's no ride home, no phone, and no one in this bar inclined to let her save face. What was supposed to be a quiet Friday night watching her ex from across the room turns into hours of paying up in front of people who've apparently been waiting years for the chance.

The whole thing unfolds in real time, one long Friday in one small-town bar that isn't going anywhere and isn't in a hurry. Julia loses the fight before it starts, and the regulars settle in.

Play moves through partial sandbox freedom stitched around set chapters, following a work route with a boyfriend route being built out alongside it. It's early — the mechanics are still finding their shape, and by the sound of it the people making this one are still asking what the sandbox part should even do.