Memoirs by Virtual Turtle Studio

:fourleafclover: Memoirs is a relaxing narrative experience about celebrating the small, beautiful things in life. It's set in a childhood room full of memories for you to explore.
:pencil2: For this game I experimented with the artstyle. I opted to go for 2D sketch -> 3D model workflow, which ended up being cooler than I thought! As someone who doesn't do art as a main profession, this was my biggest challenge during these 3 days, and the one I'm most proud of.
The game is heavily inspired by games like Life is Strange, and Marie's Room. Let me know what you think! Hope you enjoy! :smile:
:whitecheckmark: Tip: try collecting all different memories :wink:







| Youtube | https://virtual-turtle-games.itch.io/memoirs |
| Youtube | https://virtual-turtle-games.itch.io/memoirs |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/memoirs |
Ratings
| Overall | 420th | 3.774⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1106th | 3.075⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1029th | 3.128⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1291th | 3.06⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 27th | 4.674⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 692th | 2.838⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 24th | 4.417⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 39🗳️ | 60🗨️ |
@acuriosity Thanks for the compliments and for playing!! The game is heavily inspired by games like Life is Strange, where it was my favourite thing to just walk around a room and read about all the backstory all the objects had. I totally understand it's not for everyone though!
@fockx That's awesome to hear that you're a DJ too! Glad you liked it. PS. I freaking love San Holo (I've seen him live 3 times!!), so that's probably a subconscious inspiration. Thanks for playing!
@ondy1985 Thanks for the kind words! The theme inspiration here was a little far fetched, but it's explained a little in the introduction text. I agree it's not the most strict interpretation but oh well ;) Thanks for playing anyway!
@130n35 Yey! Thanks a bunch, it means a lot to me :)
PS: What is the font you used?
@ludumup You're right, that is kind of the style I was going for. Thanks a lot for the compliments!
@nohua <3 <3 Appreciate ya!
@shortbread That's awesome to hear, super glad you found some relaxation in this. For the font I used Cheeks Rosy (https://www.dafont.com/cheeks-rosy.font), but it's still only a demo version (some special characters, and numbers aren't done), and you can only use it for non-commercial use :) Here is the full version for commercial use: https://edricstudio.com/cheeks-rosy-font-duo/.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/763143712
@etrealjunior Thanks!
@hadi-danial I'm very glad I could remind you of that, it was a huge inspiration for me! Thanks so much :)
@alexascher Yesss! That's exactly the vibe I was going for (and that I wanted to make a game with for so long). Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for playing!
@colmaphis-games Thanks, much love!
Congrats on your beginning forays into writing, I've always been to scared to try haha
@mathemagician I totally agree that the ties to the theme are pretty loose, but I agree that interpretation on the end of the player is also interesting, so maybe it's an advantage in disguise? Hehe. And thanks, I've always felt that writing was 'scary', but it's actually not! It's quite fun, really.
@getsky I'm so happy you say that, definitely what I was going for. Thanks for playing!
@angelee Memory lane is where it's at! ^.^ Thanks so much for playing, glad you enjoyed!
@jonathan-lorenz Totally fair, still glad you played and enjoyed the graphics, thanks!
@dumplingsquid Awesome, thanks so much for playing! Great suggestion with the marker, I've heard others also so that, so I'll probably add that as a small patch later. Glad you enjoyed!
@theaidency Haha yeah I'm in the Discord, we were even in a community discussion together! Thanks so much man, appreciate the compliments!
Liked the story a lot and the mood was set really well!
@jemsmith That's great to hear!! I didn't make the sound track, but spent quite some time looking for that one perfect track, so I'm glad you liked it!
@jvdwijk Glad you enjoyed! The story has a loose connection to the theme, but it was more of a inspiration tbh. Mood is what I was going for, so thanks!
@enes-ayyildiz Very glad to hear the game chilled you out! I'll give you a hint: there is a key you can unlock, but you might have to look around some more ;)
@mrstari Such a great compliment! Thanks a lot, these comments really warm my heart <3
i want to especially, Especially, thank you for using gender neutral pronouns in the love letter from your first crush. it really means a lot to me, to feel included in this space you've created, and be able to really see myself in it.
@sakura-magika What a lovely comment, thank you so much! You pointed out the exact 3 things that are really important to me, so that's awesome to hear. Also, I'm really glad you appreciated the gender neutral pronouns, that was definitely a conscious choice I wanted to make to make the story more open to anyone playing :) Thanks for the feedback!
@gord10ahmet Awesome to hear, thanks!!