Underplayed Gems

UFO: A Day in the Life (1999)

UFO: A Day in the Life cover
Developer
Love-de-Lic
Publisher
ASCII Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A quirky, methodical puzzle hunt where you carefully time your moves through an apartment building to snap an elusive invisible alien before the clock runs out.

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About

UFO is essentially a puzzle game with adventure elements (navigating a character). The hero must travel to different rooms in the apartment building at different times, trying to snap the perfect picture of the invisible alien. The player is given a time limit and a picture limit (ten pictures per visit). Afterwards, the hero has to return to Mother, who will eat the negatives (really), produce pictures, and then decide whether they are suitable or not. Each successfully taken photo opens a new area and/or a new time of the day in the apartment block.

Screenshots

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