Mosaic tells the story of a man stuck in the machine. This man does nothing but work and goes home to do it again. He is nothing but a cog in the machine. Everyone around him is the same though all worthless cogs in the machine. The megacorporation he works for has stolen all that is good, and he is going to be the one to fix it. Mosaic starts slow as it goes into a regular day. He wakes up, tidies himself up, and brushes his teeth. He doesn’t eat anything and trudges down the hall to the elevator. The way he walks proves he hates his life. He soon arrives at work and resigns himself to his fate. Surprisingly, his job takes the form of a game of sorts.
Players must work to send information to the server. Slowly but surely, building a tower up to the company logo. It might seem tedious, but this game is trying to show why he wants to break free. Clearing this puzzle portion of the game sends the man back to bed, where he wakes up once more for the next day. The main character will get texts on his phone. Every day he will wake up late and thus arrive to work late. He is on thin ice at work but doesn’t care at all. He will get texts from other people, but the player can’t answer them. The lack of the ability to respond shows how lost he truly is.
His phone offers some respite, though not by much. He can download a few apps that the company suggests. The first app is a clicker game called Blip Blop. It is a lot of fun if the player enjoys that genre of game. Other apps include a payment app, a love app where no one likes him, and a stock selling app. The apps are in the game to show how troubled the world is. After all of this, there is a bit of magic left. The player will sometimes see places filled with color. These areas are magical, and with the help of his pocket fish, he will explore them. The player will meet musicians who will change his perspective. This man will slowly but surely transform, and it is beautiful.
Once the player meets the musicians, his job will change for the better. The music will flow into his head, disrupting his work. The player must cage these thoughts to proceed. The days will pass, and his energy will continue to change. Soon he will be someone completely different. The story guides us through his daily commute. The world is messy and needs a good cleaning. Everyone lives to work, and those that can’t work are tossed aside. With a little hope, this man isn’t just going to change his own life, he’s going to change the world.
Mosaic has eerie music most of the time rolling through it. But in moments of magic, the music lightens up. It’s a nice juxtaposition of the world that is and the world that could be. This man just wants to break from the monotony. The art style is droll but fitting for this world. The man has poor posture, but he has nothing to live for. I enjoy the differences in the world when even just a splash of color appears. Color is important, and this game proves this fact.
Mosaic tells quite the story, albeit a short one. It’s a story of a man on a mission to break free from the drudgery of work. It’s sad, but many people out there feel this way about their jobs. Mosaic is a rather beautiful game that highlights the fact that there is magic in the world. A corporation is ruining the world will the player join our hero to save it?
Disclaimer: A review key was provided