Maquette

tfw you're playing an indie game and quickly realise it's another 'the game dev really hasn't got over that one relationship' type game

I'm playing Maquette, and first of all, it is a gorgeous game and the gameplay itself is really cool. It's a puzzle game and the puzzles are fantastic! Super creative and I'm enjoying that a lot so far.
The plot is...so far it's 'wholesome and quirky probably white couple meet and hook up' (also it's set in San Francisco so in reality... these are almost definitely tech people earning 6 figure salaries). They are at some point either going to break up and that will be the game's big tragedy.
it is all delivered through voiceover and sometimes text appears on walls.

And there is so far absolutely no connection between why I am doing puzzles, and this story. It's really not well integrated so far.

It is just... it feels like the most bland story they could possibly choose. It's a bit like when you can tell a film was written to be award bait.

It kind of feels like this plot is going to become to indie games what 'middle aged white dude college professor has an affair with a female student' is to Literary Fiction