A free, cosy adventure game about bringing an empty building back to life with the people around it. It's set in the Tate Institute in Silvertown, East London: a real building that its community is reopening right now.
You arrive with the keys to a place that's been boarded up for years. There are no enemies and no way to lose. Meet the neighbours, open the space bit by bit, help people with what they need, and get the hall ready for a party. It plays in a web browser on a computer or a phone, with nothing to install.
The real building
The Tate Institute was built in 1887 for Silvertown's sugar workers and their families. It was the heart of the street: a social club, a dance hall, a first aid post in the war, and somewhere you never had to knock. Then it closed and was boarded up. Today its neighbours, volunteers and makers are reopening it through REinsTate, with ReSpace.
The game is a love letter to that work, and the stories come from the building's real history, including a letter from Mary Hunt, whose grandfather was the caretaker during the Blitz.
What's inside
- People: The characters in the game are based on real people! Everyone you meet goes into your binder—build up your own community network as you play.
- Mini-games: Paint murals, play the piano, and fix up the hall to help people get what they need.
- Stories and history: Record neighbours' memories, and read the plaques from 1887 to now.
- Find secrets, animals, and hide and seek: Find secrets hidden around the building, and keep an eye out for the resident cat, Boing, who has a nose for them.
The game saves as you play, so press CONTINUE to carry on. Saves stay on the device you played on.