Who’s Lila? - Story Explained

BUY THE GAME DANGIT! Greenlight/Wishlist, GH’s upcoming works: This was a long time coming. In this analysis we will be going over the under rated masterpiece, Who’s Lila, by game dev Garage Heathen. Some of you who are familiar may be aquainted with Manly’s playthrough of the game. While I’m sure he did a legendary let’s play, I’m sure some of you had some questions unanswered. With a fine tooth, we will be combing through this game, picking apart all sorts of motifs, symbols, and concepts and use these things like a lens to hone in what I believe to be the true intention, or essence of this game. Of course, let’s not forget its Lynchian homage; so it’s of utmost importance that you know that my interpretations, my detective work, is not the only interpretation, its probably not even a good one! So I heavily encourage you all to share your theories aswell! FNF Music Shout-outs: Randohorn’s Flawed Theory Titi#2’s Ourple remix Also gotta shout out the Original GOAT, Ahloof’s Eruditio Support the channel, no pressure: Sources of information: Post by metang800 on r/WhosLila Eternalised on Anima and Animus Article on Archetypal Personality aspects in childhood trauma Website I scoured to help understand certain concepts: Timestamps: 0:00 Intro Scene 2:36 Who’s Lila Game Description 4:00 Shout Out Time 4:40 Outlining the Investigation 6:20 Justice Start 1:22:44 Justice End 1:29:17 “Dead Meme“ skit start 1:31:50 “Dead Meme“ skit end 1:32:00 Strength Start 1:41:00 Strength End 1:46:00 Judgement Start 1:51:30 Judgement End 1:55:40 “Persona vs Tulpa“ skit start 1:59:33 “Persona vs Tulpa“ skit end 1:59:40 Moon Start 2:22:22 Moon End 2:28:25 Death Start 2:30:25 Death End 2:36:15 Wheel of Fortune start 2:39:35 Wheel of Fortune end 2:42:24 “B3OP“ skit start 2:43:23 “B3OP“ skit end 2:43:29 Hanged Man start 2:56:33 “Dreams“ skit start 2:58:20 “Dreams“ skit end 3:00:00 Hanged Man end 3:02:55 Fool start 3:03:26 Fool end 3:07:35 High Priestess start 3:07:50 High Priestess end 3:14:35 Empress(Reversed) start 3:28:40 Empress{Reversed) end 3:35:35 Emperor(Reversed) start 3:41:27 Emperor(Reversed) end 3:52:40 “Double Meanings“ skit start 3:54:00 “Double Meanings“ skit end 3:54:20 Temperance(Reversed) start 4:05:25 Temperance(Reversed) end 4:07:38 Tower start 4:14:20 Tower end 4:28:55 Lovers start 4:50:55 Lovers end 4:53:10 Sun start 4:56:00 Sun end 5:03:00 Hierophant start 5:20:40 “Hermit“ skit start 5:22:20 “Hermit“ skit end 5:43:27 Hierophant end 5:51:21 Most Vile Trick final dialogue 6:04:33 Shadow Parody(a bitter placeholder) 6:05:30 The final stretch 6:22:25 Schastye 6:39:50 Your Amazing T-gotchi 6:45:00 Corrupted Save 6:47:34 Wheeliam Questions 6:58:45 William Final Whiteboard 7:12:25 WHO IS YU? 7:26:00 8 Clues to Who’s Lila 7:36:45 My Final theory/thoughts