A Day Of Maintenance -

is an evocative indie video game developed by bighandinsky (Freya Campbell and Elliot Herriman) that blends truck driving simulation with a queer visual novel. Unlike typical narratives that focus on the "chase" of a new romance, this game explores the mature, steady reality of an established relationship between two gay robots in a post-human world. Core Themes and Gameplay

The game presents a unique "oil-fueled rumination of the self," using the mundane tasks of maintenance to explore deep interpersonal and identity-based themes. A Day of Maintenance

: Despite their robotic nature, the characters communicate with "warm, real, and well-written dialogue". The game explores how these sentient machines gender themselves by choice in a world that originally designed them as mindless servants. is an evocative indie video game developed by