Loved the game man. The graphic style is very nostalgic bringing me back to the old days playing Snake on an old nokia phone with my friends. The music is really good too, very touching. I was teared up by the end of the game!
I think this game captures a certain type of feeling that a lot of us have experienced at different points in time. Something about this game is just so universal
I was interviewing another creator once when they said something that stuck with me: "The more specific you get, the more universal that thing becomes."
There are areas of this game that are vague and others that are hyper specific. It is because of this that I think it is so affecting. Every line of this game feels quoted from my own life, and yet, it is clear that the events that happened to you aren't even remotely similar to the events that happened to me. This game means a very different thing to me than to others, and that will be true for everyone.
I actually first played this game around August of last year, and I played it with the person who I can't help but think about when I play it again. They were a person I loved back then, they wouldn't be for much longer.
Thank you for this game. It hurt me. A lot. I'll cherish it.
This made me sob violently and I needed it. It's my mother's 50th birthday in 10 days and she died pretty abruptly at 48. I miss her fucking incredibly and had to say goodbye for the last but not the first time halfway around the world over a video call via a shitty wifi connection. I was 29. Her father, who was functionally my dad, had died a year and four days prior—on valentine's day no less! hAHA
I wish I could say those were the only things that make me empathise so fucking deeply with this cosmonaut, with Atlas, with the Sisyphean effort in every After, with the recognition of memories being corrupted by reconsolidation and trying to remember anyway, that quintessential irony in the desperate attempt for connection by their recall. The regret you weren't prepared for because you had no way of fathoming it before. (you thought you were doing enough; but you know, too, that anything more would have been too much, would have interfered with being there in the moment, in those moments. this is just how it is. one cannot perfectly archive one's entire life.)
But they aren't the only, so the compounding of what was already terrible in these two losses by so much else is just... horrificdevastatingwhat the fuck p muchcatastrophic? nah don't wanna maKe It bIgGeR tHaN iT iSfeels bad bro:/
But dusting the leaves. Humming. Caretaking. Hope, or at least the suspension of disbelief, the shelving of cynicism. The promise to love. The promise of love.
It helps.
I don't know you cecile but I love you for making this game; I hope you're well out there~ tl;dr: 10/10 game + soundtrack, abs fantastic will make u feel things in 30 secs or less
I remember when this was released the day after my birthday years ago, it was one of the first Itch.io games I had played. Even now it still manages to make me cry, I can still remember the words off by heart.
for hiding the avatar: i'm pretty sure there's no hack involved here, just made the sprite colour the same as the background, put the avatar "out" of the frame and put a bunch of exits with dialogue around it.
i used to have a download version of the game for folks to look into themselves, i could upload it myself OR you could download the game through the itch desktop app maybe?
I love this game. I supported it instantly. Just curious if there is plans for a download version to be released. I would love to make sure I will always have access to this masterpiece
i guess you could download it through the itch desktop app? i used to have a download of the html file available, can't remember why i took it offline though
Sometimes these games are like little packages of just raw emotion and every time I play one I'm just asking to be punched in the heart (and tear glands) lol
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WOW!!!! AMAZING!!!! 😭😭😭
so so beautiful and moving, i zqs really emerged in the story ...waw
That was incredibly powerful :) Especially loved the music and how it helped create the mood <3
Loved the game man. The graphic style is very nostalgic bringing me back to the old days playing Snake on an old nokia phone with my friends. The music is really good too, very touching. I was teared up by the end of the game!
i had tears after finishing the game. perfect job by developer!
I think this game captures a certain type of feeling that a lot of us have experienced at different points in time. Something about this game is just so universal
The music is amazing. Like the narrative as well.
As a prelude to a much larger story or a one off moment, this was such a good experience.
The soundtrack for this is so good. It makes me weep
I was interviewing another creator once when they said something that stuck with me: "The more specific you get, the more universal that thing becomes."
There are areas of this game that are vague and others that are hyper specific. It is because of this that I think it is so affecting. Every line of this game feels quoted from my own life, and yet, it is clear that the events that happened to you aren't even remotely similar to the events that happened to me. This game means a very different thing to me than to others, and that will be true for everyone.
I actually first played this game around August of last year, and I played it with the person who I can't help but think about when I play it again. They were a person I loved back then, they wouldn't be for much longer.
Thank you for this game. It hurt me. A lot. I'll cherish it.
it’s not often that I drop a loud "wow" after finishing a game.
This made me sob violently and I needed it. It's my mother's 50th birthday in 10 days and she died pretty abruptly at 48. I miss her fucking incredibly and had to say goodbye for the last but not the first time halfway around the world over a video call via a shitty wifi connection. I was 29. Her father, who was functionally my dad, had died a year and four days prior—on valentine's day no less! hAHA
I wish I could say those were the only things that make me empathise so fucking deeply with this cosmonaut, with Atlas, with the Sisyphean effort in every After, with the recognition of memories being corrupted by reconsolidation and trying to remember anyway, that quintessential irony in the desperate attempt for connection by their recall. The regret you weren't prepared for because you had no way of fathoming it before. (you thought you were doing enough; but you know, too, that anything more would have been too much, would have interfered with being there in the moment, in those moments. this is just how it is. one cannot perfectly archive one's entire life.)
But they aren't the only, so the compounding of what was already terrible in these two losses by so much else is just...
horrificdevastatingwhat the fuck p muchcatastrophic?nah don't wanna maKe It bIgGeR tHaN iT iSfeels bad bro :/But dusting the leaves. Humming. Caretaking. Hope, or at least the suspension of disbelief, the shelving of cynicism. The promise to love. The promise of love.
It helps.
I don't know you cecile but I love you for making this game; I hope you're well out there~ tl;dr: 10/10 game + soundtrack, abs fantastic will make u feel things in 30 secs or less
<3
I hope you feel better
Lovely.
made me cry, it's so well-written and amazing storyline! I love it<3
Good game.
Well I'm in tears. So...thanks?
This broke me. Thank you.
I have played a lot of your Bitsy games in the last few days and they're all so so good
truly lovely and uniquely affecting, thank you for making this. iinspired to discover more forms for digital art and text based games
bit rude
dude this is so sick <3
I remember when this was released the day after my birthday years ago, it was one of the first Itch.io games I had played.
Even now it still manages to make me cry, I can still remember the words off by heart.
OMG!! No words! Simply the best game I've played on this platform so far!
this made me cry. everything about it is beautiful. thank you
Lay Down
Try Not to Cry
Cry a Lot
(no but really, this is the first game of yours I ever played and it holds a special place in my heart)
Fantastic job on this, having made a game in Bitsy I've realised just how much work and planning must have gone into this
I'd love to know how you inserted the music + changed/hid the avatar sprite
forgot to reply to this...
for music:
- this tool is good for single tracks: https://kool.tools/bitsy/tools/add-bitsy-audio/
- this tool is good for multiple tracks: https://kool.tools/bitsy/tools/bitsymuse-ui/
- for the "bitsymuse" one you'd want to look at how it works here: https://github.com/seleb/bitsy-hacks/blob/main/dist/bitsymuse.js
for hiding the avatar: i'm pretty sure there's no hack involved here, just made the sprite colour the same as the background, put the avatar "out" of the frame and put a bunch of exits with dialogue around it.
i used to have a download version of the game for folks to look into themselves, i could upload it myself OR you could download the game through the itch desktop app maybe?
this one really hit home. thank you
I appreciated this short story told visually. The end was doubly poignant, hit a lot of feels I've felt.
I've always skipped over this one for like... months? Decided to give it a go and now I lament that I took so long to play it. Very beautiful.
Another masterpiece. Congrats. You had my tears on this one.
This made my cry bro, damn. Art.
fuck man i cried
is there a transcription of the poem? i'd like to get it inked on me.
under a star called sun
i wake up
The sun gently caresses my face
and for a second
i believe im back on earth
i make myself some coffee
and you’d laugh if i said
it never tastes as good as the
ones you get
from the cafes back home
i would turn back and go home
but
the trajectory of this ship is
unchanging
i check on the plants
in the greenhouse
i check for bugs
i check the moisture of the soil
i check the dust on the leaves
And when no one’s around
i hum to them
in a normal message
i’d be saying shit like
how’s it going
what’s new
so when are you finally gonna move to melbourne
im so excited to see you again
oh atlas
holds up the firmament
and endures
one day at a time
i remember when i first
heard the news
i woke up,
earlier than usual
and i get a message from our friend
and my phone freezes
and one could attribute this to
planned obsolescence
but maybe, maybe, maybe...
you know, there’s a room
on this ship
(i wont tell you how it works)
i can replay the moment
i last saw you
over and over and over and over
it was late morning on a
perfectly ordinary august day
we were meeting up for brunch
at a cafe close to mine
a line up of friends
i only see occasionally
i think you ordered
a fancy sandwich
or maybe just a salad
then we sat in the park and
talked for a while
you had to get going
meeting another friend
you stepped on the 19 tram
to north coburg and smiled
framed between
the pneumatic doors
beautiful under
the fluorescent light
you said see you next time
was it sunny or cloudy that day?
what did you order?
what did we talk about?
what did your voice sound like?
what was the expression on your
face when we said goodbye?
the memory gets corrupted with
each new iteration of it
like a wave washing over
writings on sand
over and over
like a cassette tape played
over and over
like a jpeg saved over and over
you know what i’m talking about
you’d laugh about this
comparison too
the deep fried meme of memory
i think it’s funny too
but one day the memory
will be so distorted
that i won’t get to see you
anymore
i wish i had made
more of an effort to remember
i wish i had taken more photos
when a perfectly ordinary day
turns into
a perfectly extraordinary day
who do you blame for
misfiling a memory
in the file cabinets
of your brain?
The trajectory of this ship
is unchanging
and if nothing else
i must cherish the approximate
oh atlas
holds up our poisoned world
and endures
once more
(whispering)
and im writing this
and i know im a visual person
and it’s not like
you’ll write back
from the far edges
of outer space
but one day i’ll get there
and i’ll hug you
and i’ll say i missed you
and i’ll say i love you
until then
i check on the plants
in the greenhouse
i check for bugs
i check the moisture of the soil
i check the dust on the leaves
And when no one’s around
i hum to them
SEND MESSAGE?
>YES
NO
thank you !!!
uh, which lines would you want to get tattooed lol? im not sure if im ok with it
these
" i would turn back and go home
but
the trajectory of this ship is
unchanging "
i also would not use anything if you did not approve it ^
I love this game and I going back to this one from time to time, it's so powerful and beautiful. Thanks a lot.
I love this game. I supported it instantly. Just curious if there is plans for a download version to be released. I would love to make sure I will always have access to this masterpiece
i guess you could download it through the itch desktop app? i used to have a download of the html file available, can't remember why i took it offline though
oh cecile your games devastate me every time and i love you for it
Sometimes these games are like little packages of just raw emotion and every time I play one I'm just asking to be punched in the heart (and tear glands) lol
I cried for a lot of your work it's just so touching to me
me too man
SO EMOTIONAL I KNOW 😭
I cried so hard from this little poem thing
CECILE