Lingering
A short personal narrative game exploring lingering and letting go, and regrets.
Play as Alex, a young girl trapped in a beautiful dream with a mother and friend who just won't let her go. Will you give in to the guilt? Or fight your way out and look to the future? The choice is yours, and one is harder than the other...
Directions: WASD/Arrow keys to move. SPACE to interact. MOUSE to select choices.
Contact Info: eyan0749@gmail.com
Credits:
- Art assets by Eva Yan, made in Aseprite
- Petals animation by Unknown
- Sound Credits: "Hazy Disorientation" by Eric Matyas, "The Healing" by Sergey Cheremisinov, "Rain on Windows, Interior, B.wav" by InspectorJ of Freesound.org
- Made with the help of Yarn Spinner
Development log
- 3 endings and audio addedMay 14, 2020
- Simple dialogue choice addedMay 05, 2020
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Really great game. I really love the whole vibe of it and the emotions that are given off. I also made a video.
breathtaking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this was so beautifully done every step of the way.
this is art.
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Speechless. This is ridiculously awesome.
Art style is amazing and the overall flow of the game. Really like the impact of the colors too.
I love the animation and art style. Color choices also add the mood to the game. The way that that character interacts with other characters and the music gives chills down my spine.
The red text at the end of the Linger path was a great indicator of something going wrong. The art and atmosphere is amazing.
Beautiful work. The highlighted NPCs was a good visual indicator and the interesting story kept me playing. Backtracking to the mom and her telling me to see Yen again made me realize I had reached the end of the build, but I do look forward to see how it finishes. Your games always shine above us all in the best ways so don't give in to the guilt. No matter how scary the red text is!
Thank you for the encouragement :) I also wanted to reply to say that the game's final build was finished a few weeks ago, so there are now a few different kind of endings you can get!
Overall, the game looks beautiful. I love the interaction in the game, where you can talk to people and make choices.
I like the intro cutscene. The interaction with the npc is interesting. It must of toke you a while to add all the dialog. The camera movement and background blends nicely in the train scene. Overall, I like it. Keep up the great work.
Love the overall atmosphere that the game created through the use of the backgrounds, the characters and different visual effects.