into the past by ty_

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made by ty_ for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

into the past is a 5-minute top-down narrative adventure game about exploring the past and healing.

made by bucketfish for ld48 compo: deeper and deeper.

TRIGGER WARNING!

into the past touches on subjects such as depression and mental health, as well as implied self-harm and a pen knife. proceed with care!

in into the past, you play as a protagonist reminiscing the past and your journey coming out of depression. the theme for the jam is deeper and deeper, and my take on it is going 1) deeper into depression and 2) deeper into the past.

controls

use either arrow keys or wasd to move around and click on the objects that light up to interact with them.

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Ratings

Overall 354th 3.581⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 729th 2.833⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 398th 3.317⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 61th 4.242⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 324th 3.629⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 154th 3.714⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 68th 4.032⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 58🗨️

Feedback

Emily Pitcher
26. Apr 2021 · 06:30 UTC
Hey, I can't move at all from the start of the game. Maybe check your input?
🎤 ty_
26. Apr 2021 · 08:29 UTC
@emily-pitcher that's odd, everyone else who's played it said it worked for them. are you playing on html5, mac, or windows?
TomekS
26. Apr 2021 · 08:42 UTC
Wow the presentation is excellent, very nice to the eye and coherent. I love it <3
VainCil
26. Apr 2021 · 08:54 UTC
Wow, this is special, I was sucked into the story right away! Graphics are beautiful, and the music does a great job at not feeling too repetitive. 5/5 in Mood and Theme!

Just a little confusion at first with the fact that the keyboard doesn’t allow the player to interact with elements. Am I right? The space bar can be used for going to the next page when reading stuff, but not to start reading or to do "Recall" or "Back".
TinyHatGames
26. Apr 2021 · 09:42 UTC
Interesting take on the theme, it's sort of heavy but with a happy ending. I liked it!
frogmen
26. Apr 2021 · 09:55 UTC
deceptively cute... so dark in a really interesting way. great take on the theme. hope the main character finds some peace <3
Emily Pitcher
26. Apr 2021 · 10:06 UTC
For some reason, it works now -- I'll go ahead and play your game now!
Sir. Syko
26. Apr 2021 · 13:18 UTC
Wow such a deep game in such a short amount of time. Very nice, well done :smile:
TomBuston
26. Apr 2021 · 13:35 UTC
Nice take on the theme, the narration mechanic with the "recall" is a great touch to tell this story.
Well done :)
Saraza23
26. Apr 2021 · 17:33 UTC
I love the music and the drawings! Also moving and controlling the character is super fluent
FussenKuh
26. Apr 2021 · 21:39 UTC
Quite an interesting concept with some quality art and sound. With those tools, you've really done a good job creating mood in this game.
N30HRTGDV
26. Apr 2021 · 23:19 UTC
I like the concept, the delivery and execution are also pretty well done!! I am thrilled with the "recall" mechanic and I hope to see more of it.
Chensu
26. Apr 2021 · 23:21 UTC
Really love the graphics! It's all perfectly done
🎤 ty_
27. Apr 2021 · 03:42 UTC
@tomeks @vaincil @frogmen @emily-pitcher @sir-syko @tombuston @saraza23 @fussenkuh @n30hrtgdv @chensu thank you so much for your kind comments!
- yes, you can't interact with the items with the keyboard - i started off trying to use it, then i realised that it would be pretty tough to work when the player is near two interactable items. spacebar for next in dialogue is unintentional - an input i forgot to remove - but it seems to add to the effect, so i'll keep it!
- i'm planning to expand on this game or make a sequel, so if you have any ideas or additional suggestion/feedback at all, feel free to let me know! (either here or via discord at bucketfish#3961) thank you so much for your support <3
Emily Pitcher
27. Apr 2021 · 03:46 UTC
I'm back with comments (Had to wait a day to leave them because I hadn't submitted my game yet lol). I really like the topic you chose -- I personally prefer deep narrative games, so this really touched on that. The concept is really nice!
made3
27. Apr 2021 · 07:34 UTC
A deep game for a deep topic. I like that with every recall the environment changes and adds to the mood
Aret24
27. Apr 2021 · 07:44 UTC
I put mood all the way, I'm really sorry for her :( Game is cool, as some people said, yes I would like to see a sequel (a bit longer) with more story about her. Art style is so nice that I want to hug the main character
Valid
27. Apr 2021 · 07:50 UTC
Nice art with a deep message. Thanks for the game, definitely could see more content being added.
mockthebear
27. Apr 2021 · 22:04 UTC
geez the art you made. Also the message <3
Marcenat
29. Apr 2021 · 10:40 UTC
It's hard to talk about such subjects, and I think your game shows that video game is a great medium for that.

The art is effective, the writing is good, but my favorite thing is the progressive soundtrack, it really elevate the experience.

I wish it wasn't so short which shows it was good ^^

Great job, I wish you the best !
Recher
29. Apr 2021 · 23:13 UTC
The "recall" mechanic recalls me (ha ha ha) of this previous game, made by deepnight, who win regularly Ludum Dares : https://deepnight.net/games/memento-xii/ . Maybe you should try it. It's also about history, mood, atmosphere and loneliness.

I liked your game, we should have more like this. We do not know if it is biographic, autobiographic or completely invented, and that's also what is interesting with it. Some mysteries.

About more technical concerns : when the white shine-lines appears to show an interactive object, it is difficult to know exactly where to click to use it. I often try to click in the center of the lines and miss it.

Thank you for this game.
🎤 ty_
30. Apr 2021 · 10:13 UTC
thank you so much @recher ! i checked out the game you recommended, it's a really neat piece of work. i will keep in mind your comments about the white lines for a post-jam version :) thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed comment!
U-Tsang Clan
30. Apr 2021 · 22:37 UTC
I get `GLctx is undefined` when I try to start the game on OSX. Is there a fix for this? It worked for me on a Linux machine, so I played and rated it. Nice game otherwise. :)
🎤 ty_
01. May 2021 · 00:18 UTC
@u-tsang-clan oh, that's weird. are you running it on web on osx or the downloaded version? i use a mac and it works for me both ways D: i'll have to look into that. but thanks!
LDJam user 236545
01. May 2021 · 03:45 UTC
Unique take on the theme, and brave choice on the subject matter.

I feel like it was a staple of a bygone era of games where you could "talk" with any object to get a description of it. I appreciated that element in your game, where there were extra objects to interact with, even when they didn't progress the main story forward.

Great work for your first entry!
ElSombrero
01. May 2021 · 04:06 UTC
I saw it's your first game and I'm so impressed dude
Great Job
wheybags
01. May 2021 · 13:59 UTC
Hey, video playthrough as promised :) https://seafile.wheybags.com/f/a222b8237b8641b186eb/

Short and to the point little game. Music was nice! For your first game well done. I think my first game ever was just snake :D. I tried the downloadable windows version first, it seems you forgot to upload some accompanying files, it didn't launch for me. I also had some small trouble with the hitbox on one of the interactable items, but I got it in the end.
yetanother
01. May 2021 · 15:56 UTC
The cute music contrast well with the game.
The concept is a really interesting interpretation of the game.
Molpe
01. May 2021 · 19:30 UTC
This is a very nice game with a serious idea nicely incorporated. I like how you can see all the things around changing. I LOVE the art style and the music! :heart: Great job :heart:

My LP :slight_smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4geFCdOUk
🎤 ty_
01. May 2021 · 23:46 UTC
thank you so much for your playthrough, @molpe ! i really enjoyed watching your video and i'm so glad you liked it and all the kind comments you made during the video. thank you so much.
STiN
05. May 2021 · 13:56 UTC
Nice and simple game. Good job