"This is a game you can read, or a book you can play” – solving the visual design of Your House, a detective game crossed with a Daniel Clowes comic

Your House indie game art interview; A stylised illustration depicts a young woman seated, seemingly contemplative, in a setting that combines elements of a comic book panel and a vintage aesthetic.

The story of Your House from Barcelona-based studio Patrones & Escondites acts as a prequel to the studio’s 2020 game Unmemory, following the life of teenager Debbie Steinbecker before she joins the all-girl gang Killer Kittens.

Debbie is having a terrible 18^th birthday: she’s been expelled from school, betrayed by her boyfriend and hit by a car. But at midnight she finds a mysterious envelope on her bed containing a key and an address. What follows is a mixture of clever, tactile narrative puzzle-solving as Debbie investigates a strange house and tries to find out who sent her there.