Hindsight preview: This game wants you to share in its grief

Quiet, unassuming adventure games seem to be the font by which game developers share some of the darkest human emotions. Hindsight is an upcoming adventure/puzzle game developed by Joel McDonald and published by Annapurna Interactive. It’s about grief, memories, and looking back at your life, just as the name suggests.

I got to see Hindsight in a hands-off preview a while ago, where I watched a snippet of gameplay. The game follows a woman named Mary as she returns to her childhood home following the death of her mother. The player can see various points in Mary’s life through “apertures,” or small objects that offer a window into that time. The apertures can be anything from a drop of water, or a cloud, or a flower.