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"For anyone who just wants to play a game chock-full of fun and unusual puzzles while exploring a charming and nostalgia-inducing environment, A Short Tale provides plenty of entertainment for a few hours" -AdventureGamers

It’s been years since I lost Ben, so long yet it doesn’t seem long enough. I never thought I’d return here, to where everything started. Where everything ended.

Something’s calling me back to his room though; a presence I have not felt since…

--

Play as Jason as he explores his brother’s room from a new perspective. After wishing to be small again, to feel closer to his younger brother, Jason finds himself in a strange new world filled with larger than life furniture, troublesome obstacles, and less-than-helpful occupants.

Features:

* A first person point and click adventure game.
• Surprisingly large* world to explore, filled with puzzles to solve.
* Trademark Glitch humour and puzzles that will leave you screaming at us.
• Beautiful soundtrack perfectly suited to this bizarre world.
* The Glitch Camera to help you solve puzzles and keep track of clues.
* Lots of clues to find and puzzles to solve.
* Plenty of items to collect and fiendishly clever puzzles to solve!
* Loads of items to find and use!
* Clues to find and puzzles to solve!
* Auto-save feature, never lose your progress again!

*pun fully intended, naturally.

–

Glitch Games is a tiny independent ‘studio’ from the UK.
Find out more at glitch.games
Chat with us on Discord - discord.gg/glitchgames
Follow us @GlitchGames
Find us on Facebook","icon_cdn_path":{"32x32":"https://d1nxzqpcg2bym0.cloudfront.net/google_play/com.glitchgames.ashorttale/dc2080ea-35c7-11e9-bdde-07cd9cd384cb/32x32","64x64":"https://d1nxzqpcg2bym0.cloudfront.net/google_play/com.glitchgames.ashorttale/dc2080ea-35c7-11e9-bdde-07cd9cd384cb/64x64","128x128":"https://d1nxzqpcg2bym0.cloudfront.net/google_play/com.glitchgames.ashorttale/dc2080ea-35c7-11e9-bdde-07cd9cd384cb/128x128"},"primary_category_id":38,"other_stores":{"itunes_connect":1062642163},"publisher_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5339439688526437110","screenshot_urls":["https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/B8FSl039s-oN0GzgILaz64No63xIeHLuSFjrBOojjbI7_k-GuV6ejVUpU8SfTpnx8wY","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/GcmDvGrCc9-_WZZHh-I9bXePLnapDFN5ulXmtAR31jI404ZaZ8fFJHo_pWGr-zkEtso","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/kI3Pi2-2ftSAD6lXesb4pdWgJbGUNWovoNeDe3ZAlI9uzOOJNpSs-GPjQnz1icTxjQ","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/js2FWW5bFG8Ipz5XWWCgYrVeAr9CrRbaiW5zttPD4x0NwZtmQ1D2p_PKzAq4gi0xdWA","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/0u0sD56jAczVvVcR65PoN2OgpwpsQ0rm-X_zMvWSNqLqSDsyaCRh5-e3WfAql1thqYpA","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/nzFyla0thiCzwHMJtc-xxRIHQ60XxzqRMXaobdGRClsly0tD_hmawMTyTdQv3FUSW-A","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/UUcr8fihV1x1uqMNOKmbhPJnb_V0SIEEnymkkYWrgfnzfVXBz1zB0yQ8XAT8L3BY8FQ","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/8iOmjawm75AnZozc8dwJAjhdUZMVmJ2Bg54BuOsTYvM1I4KspIRRMkvw9QuoOCv16VCZ","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/BaTgiG22RlVTXk1iUj6HX0p8utsdBcp7yQCoKFS1nTeqNU0MkPJ2TL-8Gn0-T991CA","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/OJ_umNNb0EsanAaL9x8w4d-UqIHQs0txzIg_F5ZIQYfhA-7ti_ZuQiOx03BF0yFQCoA","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/x95iSgxL1NRHU8Fl3N8iYIS0G8br38S73CDNMOWrPF8A5m6zPIe2gO5KD9ObPuK2OOkc","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/8kLJj0Ir6MgjGvBuUpKKUgPVrUHMsJLrrUTBvGrLyzH5fyIFZU98OdqMzw3xy6vw1B0","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/JZ2LJsBUkrfHn_oUGwFuAew0ijPzgDLb9G_DuFGxvUyph9UKLTjjT6rcXYNWFk_GTQ","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/h_iDKcQAJHI8L6MGDlhWK4ujSI13nQdq3814mYtMv0oIBIMrjMHhAu0pdrrKtv_8tA","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/cwPEMFK0SdepDXsNkaed7mMwHc6V9CA44ZlFNzIgmpMFNOPJDttFN8DtQJeKrhk4WAAJ","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/Bgy5VP_sPggBG2Kudi_N1YySdiGmypADnlL1reyY3UPh-h4magCNdJP8z2Qwssk5Dw","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/ia428Yjqfw0JGnnA60n1bx0iobOgV2alx3VqEMV2Q0r2EQQiPMGX3yioKb7XQxA22VO2","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/2QDTf5kjRav_7kvo6oC1c2OFSKebGVfq4RXUZrFmUur4vtoVCqgTTYUUDmHovSbyBBg","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/2LwGlalWAj1rGDjaDjuczM2CcvSaEtrNYJZ1ODFZ2hOAUuwKHjZbbj4AljcIqrl449v2","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/Akn7W8DrHT4EASEEmKGh6XmisJzPMxSLj7bZ82z1m0m8aWBhICKDZMD9eusy0ebRKQE6","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/GAj9dEkzmseAEjn8QdZupHEVOzJQ8xnGQPATp8kCnS3EeT63j0p7PxQC6bXAm7zYGw","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/WfmbebyEp8cKa4wXvcGp3l-AEJZWsD0KsXqzv5or2KwJldEsJ4epOVOC_PQVIr3a6g","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/uFod2BuYdO9iYjpmlQXR2ykB-mzFFiNWXFCS2OG3n5fQBwnkr-G8xFIbW0qQdGTakw","https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/eyqmxi_qNOiO5syI-nt9kLOkVq_t6GcpCv4qTOKQle6a59_tYcv7Nroud5kmBlTnMm0"],"name":"A Short Tale - 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