Memorial by thevinter

In the distant future there's a machine that allows you to revive your memories. But sometimes people get stuck in them. It's not easy to get out, and if you aren't free in 72 hours then your brain dies.
You take the role of T, a Diver specialized in bringing out people from said loops. Will you be able to?
The game has two different endings, don't rush the last level and make your choice.

If you get stuck in a level and can't progress press "M"
Please wait at the barn for the key, don't go to the gate otherwhise you'll break the game and you'll have to restart
KNOWN BUGS: * Collisions with slopes are really finnicky, sorry * The UI isn't properly aligned sometimes (Most notably in the Gate level. The UI doesn't appear but you can press E anyways).
| Youtube | https://thevinter.itch.io/memorial |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/memorial |
Ratings
| Overall | 1538th | 2.789⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1591th | 2.368⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1456th | 2.611⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1431th | 2.844⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1241th | 3.026⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 659th | 3.342⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 593th | 3.583⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 56🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
The art direction was effective and I liked the monochromatic palette. The art assets themselves were a bit inconsistent with some being a little sketchy, and/or distorted/pixelated from being scaled up by a big factor. The game had a really nice atmosphere overall.
The story was interesting but a little hard to understand on its own. I don't think I would have understood the significance of what I was doing without reading the description. I found myself more invested in the post-apocalyptic setting than the relationship drama storyline, so I was a little bit disappointed that only the latter got explored in the end.
But I really liked the arts :-)
A bit Fog would have been cool to add to the atmosphere maybe.
Nice !