TO AT
Keita Takahashi puts childhood and disability under the microscope
Developer Uvula
Publisher Annapurna Interactive
Format PC, Xbox Series
Origin Japan
Release TBA
Uvula founder Keita Takahashi
Uvula’s latest colourful experiment is not the only game to explore the manifold pleasures and mysteries of brushing your teeth. As is often the case, WarioWare got there first. But To A T throws in a novel complication that makes everyday activities such as this feel unexpected and difficult. The game’s protagonist, a 13-year-old named Teen, is permanently stuck in a T-pose, arms spread out on either side of their body. Brushing teeth requires both a bespoke tool in the form of a long-handled brush and a back-and-forth dance of precision movements as the brush is loaded with paste, passed between hands, and brought up to the head, which must lean in and tilt before cleaning can commence.