Struggle | Simulator 2021

The aesthetic is intentionally lo-fi. Characters are simple, shadowed silhouettes. Apartments are gray rectangles with a flickering light bulb. The only splashes of color come from and the red “Low Battery” warning on your in-game phone.

It captured the strange limbo of that year—when the world had technically reopened, but everything still felt broken. When getting out of bed and remembering to eat lunch felt like a victory screen. struggle simulator 2021

It uses a pixelated, slightly muted color palette that perfectly matches the low-energy feel of the game. The Bad: It Can Be Tedious The aesthetic is intentionally lo-fi

: The year promised a "return to normal" that never quite rendered. Like a game stuck in a loading loop, we fluctuated between reopening and lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccine rollouts, creating a sense of "perpetual transition." The only splashes of color come from and