Thank you for this, lost my dad and my best friend (7 & 4 years ago respectively), and I've never grieved so hard in the past ~3 years — it was therapeutic, it opened wounds I thought healed, memories I thought had vanished, and it resonated so well with all the memory distortions I struggle with. Would I be who I am today if they were both alive? I'll never know, but this was comforting in some way, thank you
English is not my mother language but still i really want to leave this comment as the game is just too beautiful and makes me cry.. I lost my father last year.. This game really hits me... the atmosphere the game creates is just sooo realistic,it's like you're still doing the same thing day to day, seems like nothing in your life changes, and everything just moving on.... But yet everything changes. You still have that kind of call back, although the memories are fading.... and you have no one to blame for. But just like the game said, one day we'll meet again, then you can kiss them again... I still think of him, the pain seems never fade, i still have his photo at my bedside, i clean the dust for it and talk to it.... I still dream of him, tell him again and again i love him... And yes, i'm always looking forward to the very end, when i can finally see him again.
Honestly I was just looking to see what kinds of games could be made with Bitsy, I wasn’t expecting to have my heart fully wrenched from its home in my chest. This is a positively beautiful story that deserves to be shared more
I'm new to interactive fiction and itchio. This is the first in-fic I came across and holy hell this was beautiful. It brought so many memories buried deep in my heart, and it's seriously inspiring.
Now i miss her, she is still whit me, but i can only see her some times and this ship is bery hard to control. I´m a bad driver, i can crash if the way is too much for me, i can lose her if i cant continue and is so hard to continue, i can lose all. I don´t want to crash, i don´t want to lose, but is so dark out there and i can´t see the future, i´m afraid to look and realise she is not there anymore.
god damn it I love this elegy, I cry whenever I play it though because it's so beautiful, damn I don't even know what to say lmao I'm teary eyed and I can't find the words but this little elegy is really the best
This was so lovely and lonely. Doing the same thing over and over, in contact with no one, totally alone... I loved the text in the greenhouse and its timing. I wrote a short story years ago with a similar delivery (short, factual phrases to give the impression of mindless, solitary routine) with a similar theme, so that was quite pleasing to me personally.
I really liked how the cosmonaut was the only bit of color besides the friends and coffee, and how the person they were writing to was never really singled out (that it could have been any one of those friends in the cafe or by the tram). I think it adds to the lonely feeling and the fading memories in a natural and satisfying way. I loved that the player had to control the tram, to make it pull up and then leave after. I'm not sure how to phrase it, but in my brain it fits very nicely in the tragic tone.
The visuals are so beautiful! I love 1bit art, and the additional accent color was so perfect. Everything about this little game is fantastic.
This was an absolutely tragic and delightful and lovely experience. The visual style was so striking. The visuallization of the erosion of memories was so powerful an poignant and hauntingly accurate, this is definitely a grand work.
this made me a little teary eyed, for a game with such a simple art style and so short.. if it was any longer i might have actually cried, the music is absolutely amazing, thank you <3
← Return to elegy
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
So good, thank you!
Thank you for this, lost my dad and my best friend (7 & 4 years ago respectively), and I've never grieved so hard in the past ~3 years — it was therapeutic, it opened wounds I thought healed, memories I thought had vanished, and it resonated so well with all the memory distortions I struggle with.
Would I be who I am today if they were both alive? I'll never know, but this was comforting in some way, thank you
Reminded me of someone dear that I lost to COVID. This made me tear up, absolutely incredible.
This was amazing!!
just cried like a baby. beautiful work
Yeah I teared up, too. Amazing little project.
5 stars are good, but not quite enough.
This is beautiful
This brought a tear to my eye. Its deeply inspiring and thank you.
shed a tear.. its so good :(
Made me cry :')
Beautiful game
one like equal one cry
Beautiful game. Shows the power of Bitsy’s minimalist graphics so clearly.
I dont know English much.. But i cryed.
Oh Atlas
Holds up the filament
One day at a time.
English is not my mother language but still i really want to leave this comment as the game is just too beautiful and makes me cry.. I lost my father last year.. This game really hits me... the atmosphere the game creates is just sooo realistic,it's like you're still doing the same thing day to day, seems like nothing in your life changes, and everything just moving on.... But yet everything changes. You still have that kind of call back, although the memories are fading.... and you have no one to blame for. But just like the game said, one day we'll meet again, then you can kiss them again... I still think of him, the pain seems never fade, i still have his photo at my bedside, i clean the dust for it and talk to it.... I still dream of him, tell him again and again i love him... And yes, i'm always looking forward to the very end, when i can finally see him again.
Hand in there, pal, it gets better. They will always live in your memory and your heart. I lost my dad 21 years ago
Thanks! And i also hope your life gets better and better, now and in the future
Honestly I was just looking to see what kinds of games could be made with Bitsy, I wasn’t expecting to have my heart fully wrenched from its home in my chest. This is a positively beautiful story that deserves to be shared more
I'm new to interactive fiction and itchio. This is the first in-fic I came across and holy hell this was beautiful. It brought so many memories buried deep in my heart, and it's seriously inspiring.
This brought a few tears to my eyes. Well done, and thank you.
Thank you so much Cecile Richard for this experience. I'm gonna say it, this is one of the best games I've ever played in my life.
This hit me harder than I thought.
Love this. Beautiful writing and sentiment. The mixture of Bitsy walk about areas and the more bespoke illustrations really elevates it.
beautiful
deceptively simple and yet so very effective, like all good poetry in game form
beautiful
great game
Now i miss her, she is still whit me, but i can only see her some times and this ship is bery hard to control. I´m a bad driver, i can crash if the way is too much for me, i can lose her if i cant continue and is so hard to continue, i can lose all. I don´t want to crash, i don´t want to lose, but is so dark out there and i can´t see the future, i´m afraid to look and realise she is not there anymore.
END OF THE MENSSAGE
this destroyed me
this reminded me of the employee by olga ravn in a very weird and good sort of way.
this brought me to tears
god damn it I love this elegy, I cry whenever I play it though because it's so beautiful, damn I don't even know what to say lmao I'm teary eyed and I can't find the words but this little elegy is really the best
This was so lovely and lonely. Doing the same thing over and over, in contact with no one, totally alone... I loved the text in the greenhouse and its timing. I wrote a short story years ago with a similar delivery (short, factual phrases to give the impression of mindless, solitary routine) with a similar theme, so that was quite pleasing to me personally.
I really liked how the cosmonaut was the only bit of color besides the friends and coffee, and how the person they were writing to was never really singled out (that it could have been any one of those friends in the cafe or by the tram). I think it adds to the lonely feeling and the fading memories in a natural and satisfying way. I loved that the player had to control the tram, to make it pull up and then leave after. I'm not sure how to phrase it, but in my brain it fits very nicely in the tragic tone.
The visuals are so beautiful! I love 1bit art, and the additional accent color was so perfect. Everything about this little game is fantastic.
Lovely. I miss the person i was who made memories and not just remember them.
so touching!！really love it!!
This was an absolutely tragic and delightful and lovely experience. The visual style was so striking. The visuallization of the erosion of memories was so powerful an poignant and hauntingly accurate, this is definitely a grand work.
this made me a little teary eyed, for a game with such a simple art style and so short.. if it was any longer i might have actually cried, the music is absolutely amazing, thank you <3