You’re also given a flare that you can use which will tell you which direction to head. You’ll be guided around by a floating orb that Kay calls “glowy” for the majority of the game, so you probably won’t get stuck trying to figure out where to go. These collectibles add a bit of replayability to the game and encourage the player to wander around rather than follow a single, linear path. You’ll also be able to pick up messages in bottles that seem to have been written by Kay herself. There isn’t anything significant about the seagulls per se, but it’s fun to try and find them all. There’s a bit of an open world-feel to the game at times, where you can wander around the city shooing away seagulls that are found in hidden areas. Kay can step off the boat to explore the city around her when the occasion calls for it. Sea of Solitude plays like many of your standard third-person adventure games, but with the addition of Kay’s boat – which acts as a bit of safe zone during the story. You’ll have to explore the flooding city avoiding these monsters, uncovering secrets, shooing seagulls and more in order to uncover what caused Kay to turn into a monster and how she can change herself back. Each new place is different and brings about a new horrific creature for Kay to deal with. This world is built by Kay’s experiences and traumas which will become more obvious to the player as they speak to more of the monsters and uncover new areas. As you explore Kay’s world it will change between a bright and beautiful city to a nightmarish world with horrific creatures threatening to swallow her whole. In the game you play as Kay, a girl who has recently turned into a monster but isn’t sure why. Adventure game Sea of Solitude from developer Jo-Mei Games tackles issues dealing with depression and loneliness and has the player working to try and beat this invisible monster that most people have experienced in their own lives. The only one who can subdue it, conquer it, or wish it away is you. It twists and contorts and squeezes away all hope. You can’t see it, you can’t touch it it’s just there, constantly creeping into your subconscious. Depression can be one of life’s most difficult feelings to deal with.