"The Kite (2012)" is a ultra-short Indie game by a single Ukrainian developer.

Russian/Ukrainian/Post-Soviet lifestyle simulator.
If you've seen the Lazy Square youtube video "THE SIMPSONS. Russian Art Film Version", you get the gist.

I played the somewhat-sequel "Repentant (2018)" first, it too was a very short game but it had voice acting and better art.
This game on the other hand is like a rough draft. Indie, but I'd call it very primitive.
No wonder, the game was remade in "Little Kite (2017)". The art is better but the original story was neutered, which completely castrates the atmosphere of the original first game.
This game has its issues but the oppressing atmosphere is the most defining point. Don't understand why it was butchered, of all things...

This rough game tries to tell a very serious and story touching on sensitive topics, yet the typical point & click gameplay and puzzles are completely breaking the flow and turn all seriousness into a joke.
The dumb writing and decisions of the main character do not help either.

The ludo-narrative dissonance is great with this one! Son is gone, instead of going into the streets to search for him, let's annoy the husband who doesn't care at all. Spilling his vodka and breaking the TV is not going to magically convince him to help. Grow a brain, you clearly displayed it with your know-how in electronics and riddles! Firstly I blame game design, secondly the women victims who think fist-fighting a bear is a good idea. So if a gorilla charges you, you bow as instructed? But when you know from personal experience that smashing the vodka bottle results in a busted lip, then why do it again?? Repeating the same action hoping for a different outcome is the definition of madness.

Highly amateurish game design. Primitive is the better word.
I am very lenient towards Indie projects, especially those made by a solo dev, but this game feels like a small project from Newgrounds website back in 2008.
The main issue is that even after 5 years of community feedback, the dev remade the game repeating all mistakes while butchering the story but with a beautiful cherry on top (art/voice acting).

I am glad the developer keeps on making games and improving greatly in the art department. If only the writing and game design would catch up with 2025...
Also people play to unwind and escape reality, having it shoved in the face with such games is not very fun. Why there are no games like this? Because people know it is hard to make and usually ends up tasteless. Typically expert developers hide such themes in the backstories of horror games.
An indie dev couldn't possibly match up, especially in this darn point & click adventure genre..

I don't want to be too critical, but sadly the bad far outweigh the good.
Having played 2 games from this dev, I have hope they will grow better but I will hold on until an actually good game is made.