Galatea

Galatea, written by Emily Short, is a piece of interactive fiction that the entire game takes place in a single room. In this room is a statue that is alive or animated as the text states. The game is basically a text based conversation that allows you to also examine your surroundings. Apparently there are 70 different endings to be discovered throughout Galatea. The objective of the game seems to be that you want to get to know Galatea and earn her trust.

During my first play-through, I went more of the obvious route of asking questions almost strictly off of the responses that were given by Galatea. I found out that she fell in love with her creator and he also fell for her. I unfortunately mentioned about the topic of her being in love with him a little too early and was pushed into one of the endings. She talked about their situation and that it all changed once she became animated. (see image below)

On my second play-through I thought I would try almost an opposite approach. I decided to ask Galatea more about herself and try to become friends. I starting asking questions about different things but it all lead back to the artist. I decided to just continue to listen to her which led to another ending. She talked about that she was created in a studio in Cyprus. The rest of this ending has Galatea talking about different things she wants to know and experience. The character you control basically decides to become her teacher. I am posting the ending a the bottom of this article if you care to read rest of the ending. (see image below)

I looked through some of the other endings that can be unlocked and I definitely got some of the more tame endings. I even saw an ending that Galatea becomes mortal. Overall I really enjoyed my experience with Galatea. I had some trouble initially figuring out how to navigate through the game. Asking questions took me the longest to get acquainted with. The story is great and you actually want to get Galatea to open up and gain her trust.

Opening Sequence

Love ending

Teacher ending