Sometimes people find themselves in Strange Places in their lives and wonder how it went wrong.

Deduce the Name, Occupation, and Dream of the People in the Diner using your surroundings. Fill out their profile by taking words from around the Diner and adding them to your clipboard. Inspired by games like Return of the Obra Dinn.

Answers will play an animation and lock in if all 3 are correct for the character!

If you have issues with the web build then try the windows download!

Controls:

Mouse and Keyboard only

- WASD to move

- Mouse to look around (Sensitivity in options)

- C to toggle your Clipboard

- O for options menu

- H for how to play

Known Issues:

- Mouse movement can be a little jerky in the web version

Game for Brackeys 2026.1 Game Jam

Credits:

- door open close with bell by BPlayers (Freesound)

- record change by freesound_community

- Music Track 1 "Fun indie game type jazz music" by IdoBerg

- Music Track 2 "Hip Hop Beat | Away From The Planet" by IdoBerg

- Music Track 3 "on the way home" by nojisuma

- Dingus the cat (shows up in newspaper screenshot) by alwayshasbean

- Underwater Window Images by ansiumuz