The Memories That Shape Us

This game is filled to the brim with sincerity. The music is poignant without being over the top, same can be said for the story being told by the narrator. The gameplay loop is surprisingly enjoyable; on the surface it's simply searching for markers of interest but there is some incredible environmental storytelling going on ("This was the first time my world got darker" as the once luscious garden is now overgrown with weeds and the pool has been drained...man, great stuff). The first few chapters take place at the narrator's (game dev's?) childhood home and it's a decent size area to search. But eventually you go to the narrator/game dev's early adulthood apartment where the area is smaller and the size decrease is so welcome since by this point you are so eager to hear what happened next that you are grateful to find the markers of interest faster and faster. All in all, really enjoying my time with it. I finished chapter 4, and will finish the rest of the game tomorrow & will finish my review accordingly. I highly recommend to anyone looking for chill gameplay and a good story about someone's life who has had troubles, goals, and insecurities but all in the context of hope, love, and compassion. Inspiring work D Rock, good luck out there. EDIT: Finished the game. It finishes strong. The theme (resilience) is well capitalized throughout the game. I hope D Rock's daughter is happy and healthy. And Never. Give. Up.

It is an emotional game. I did find my self getting frustrated at points being like "why are you doing that!" but thats because i got invested in the story and you never truly know what someone is going through until you walk into their shoes. Felt myself connect on a personal level in some aspects and it was a very simple game. Congrats by the way on your first game.

Highly inspiring and emotional. DRock games puts his heart and soul in the game to tell his story. Tells the journey of heartache, perseverance, the human condition and message to never give up no matter how hard live gets. I highly recommend checking this impressive first game from DRock and hear his life story. 10/10 game in my opinion. Very easy to jump right in and play. Also highly recommended to play the entire story in one playthrough. Thank you DRock for sharing your life story with us.

There is sincerity and vulnerability in the story being told in this game, but it is similar to hearing someone describe a dream that they once had. Given that the player has nothing to do, sitting there and just listening to him drone on and on became a bit unpleasant. While I fully understand that this is a deeply personal account from the creator, I need something more from my narrative adventure games aside from what this game is offering. It is a bit ironic that, at one point, the narrator talks about his preference in video games as a child skewing more into the fantastical, the cartoony, as he had no interest in playing games that felt too grounded in reality. What are we doing in this game? Walking around the same small environment, looking for bubbles that will unlock the next segment of the audio log. I want developers to be able to create games that tell personal stories like this. I really do. But when you give the player almost literally nothing to do it just feels like you want to trap someone into listening to you talk about your childhood. The player is not a person in this story. If this game had somehow positioned the player as the narrator or as any kind of character with agency, navigating through the story being told, that would be one thing. But this just feels massively self-indulgent. If you are going to tell an autobiographical story, this is the laziest way to do it. This just does not even do the bare minimum that you need, in my opinion, to even be called a Walking Simulator. The player needs to be a person in the story of some kind. Otherwise, there is no one walking anywhere! In this game you are not a person but just a floating nothing, trying to find one bubble after another. The story was not interesting enough for me to justify the cost of admission, so I sadly cannot recommend this as a narrative adventure / walking simulator. I would love to see what kind of narrative this developer could create that is actually a bit more fantastical and a bit more removed from reality. Tell a story! Anyone can talk into a microphone about their traumatic childhood and dole it out piecemeal as you make the player repeat the same circuit around the same basic house assets. Not everyone can make the player feel part of a living, breathing world. I would like to see this developer try harder and create something genuinely original.

this game is quite beautiful. its the culmination of his whole life laid bare and honest in a narrative experience. the reality of the story is part of what makes it so interesting. theres a few bits of neat environmental storytelling too. the game is not without flaw, of course: the graphics leave a lot to be desired, i had wierd performance issues the first time i ran it, it could probably be a bit shorter, and the gameplay... theres not really much. it consists of walking around the same few areas over and over to collect pieces and drive the story forward, which is really tedious between story segments and detracts away from how compelling the story could be. almost more of a chore to get to the next part. however... despite that... its still impressive. not only is this a brave, vulnerable and personal story, but its a project that he saw through to the end.

it's a nice game, I loved it!

It's a highly emotional game about the struggles and memories of one persons life. Graphically there is a lot to be desired, but as this is not the main focus of the game, I can easily forgive this. If you have two hours for an emotional rollercoaster and a personal and true life story, get this!

This was such an emotional rollercoaster of a game! One point I'm happy the next I'm sad, then right back to happy lol.. When i found out it was a true story it broke me.. I highly suggest this game!