Here’s the story flow for The Table Game. I wanted to keep it compact as the book that inspired this game is very short too. I created a couple of alternate endings to expand the possibilities what could happen to a table that runs away from home. I decided there is no fail state, and make each ending is equal to another, despite what happens.
Spoilers ahead! If you want to not to be spoiled about the themes of the endings, don’t read further.
The paths that lead to the table escaping to the nature, the table transforms into something else. Those endings can be viewed as a death of the table. The only endings where the table “lives” are the ones it chooses to stay close to humans, which was not the original plan of the table. I thought it’d be nice to experiment on what it means to complete set goals in a game.