Lovely Pressed Flowers [Demo]
- Design document (I didn't forget it yay!) : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G7bHz6hkZCBeszdWCr-ShSXfLT390zaJ/edit?usp=sh...
A horror romance visual novel with light puzzle elements.
You work as a researcher for the mysterious Daedalus Laboratory. You send plants into different worlds to see how the worlds affecting them. However, recently you noticed that most of your coworkers have disappeared, including your lab supervisor.
Still, you have to keep working to prevent termination. Will you be able to balance work and communicating with the employees who remain?
[Warning: This game contains brief depictions of blood and gore. Viewer discretion is advised.]
This was made for Pirate Software's Game Jam. Thank you for hosting it!
This game is part of the Let Me Remind You series that I am working, which are games about art, nostalgia, guilt, and memory. All these games prominently feature a mysterious man named Zecharias, who only ever appears in abandoned locations and is always looking for a muse for his art.
I am still unsure where this game falls in the timeline of the series.
As I have severely underestimated how much time this game was going to take, I wasn't able to complete a lot. These are things I plan to do with the game in the future:
- Add a downloadable version of the game. The game is currently browser only due to requirements by the game jam.
- Complete the script
- Add 5 endings
- Fix the broken UI in some sections
- Flesh out or completely change the flower study mechanic, as I'm unsatisfied with it
- Add more mystery to the story and let you explore more places
You can read more about my games on my game social media:
Tumblr: https://letmeremindyouvn.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LetMeRemind_VN
Credits:
Music from this game are from Zack Valance, as well as Royalty Freak Music.
Zecharias' humming was provided by Claw.
Sound effects are from Zapsplat and Pixabay.
Development log
- Update and downloadable file coming soon!28 days ago
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SPOILERS (maybe)
The entire premise of this game is pretty unsettling. From researching plants that come back from the Backrooms in various changed and unchanged states, to the fact that our coworkers have gone missing, there's just a very eerie atmosphere to it.
Of course, the jump scares absolutely add to that. You did a fantastic job with them! And the way the facility looks with all of the shadows and the minimal objects around it just makes the place feel bleak and almost... prison-like. And the weird flow of time and forgetfulness makes everything about the facility more unsettling. Even when the player knows something has changed, there is kind of that sensation of "but... when?" Like, when the sign in our room disappears. It actually took me a moment to register it.
Of course, meeting Dr. Calla and Dr. Florian was a bit of a reprieve from that (but I'm intensely worried that something is going to/has happened to them 😟 )
And finally getting to see Zech was so good!
He feels all sorts of wrong, but I love that the player character has doubts about whether they remember him or not. He does a good job of pretending that he's meant to be there, and it honestly sent a shiver up my spine.
Also, as an aside, the character designs in this were so good. Calla and Florian were so cute, and Zecharias was pretty and menacing as always (and the urge to faceplant into his chest grows each time I see him UwU)
You've done a great job with Lovely Pressed Flowers!
I'm looking forward to the full game!