Presented as a tragi-comic adventure set in a smartphone, backfirewall_ puts you in the “skin” of the System Update Assistant. Determined not to do the last required update and save the previous operating system from being erased, you have to solve many puzzles to reach your goal.
As you explore the phone, you can meet and chat with the various apps to track down bugs and ensure OS9 lives on rather than being unnecessarily replaced.
Full of humor and an interesting perspective on these plastic parts that never leave our lives, backfirewall_ Coming to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch on January 30th.
Who knows… you might learn some great things about smartphone users during your hikes, who knows?
