A Happy New Year

About

A Happy New Year is a brief text-driven experience set on New Year’s Eve. You sit by a river, phone in hand, as messages pour in from friends wasted and vulnerable. The game unfolds through sparse dialogue and quiet observation, capturing the awkwardness of small talk, the pressure to explain your existence, and the weird comfort of mundane routines. There’s no grand plot, just a night spent scrolling, responding, and staring into the dark. What lingers is the game’s mood. Beiwerk distills the loneliness and fleeting connection of modern life into 15 minutes of stark, relatable moments. Player reactions often note how the simplicity feels deliberate, with little text and fewer choices letting the silence speak. It’s a quiet pause, not a story to beat, but one to sit with.