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Mom's Last Gift's itch.io pageType of Submission
interactive fiction/ visual novel
Genres
psychological horror, creepy, singleplayer, hand-drawn
Is this a Solo jam or a Group submission?
Solo
How does this game match the theme?
The game revolves around mom's last gift to the main character which is a plant. Each day, the player can choose to interact with the plant by watering it, giving it fertilizer, or leaving it which help lead the player to one of 3 endings.
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yes
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I loved the graphics/art for this game - very excellent submission! :) —̳͟͞͞💗
Thank you so much!!
Played through and got ending 2, what a twist!!! I really like how you laid hints around the house and how they could be interpreted in many ways (hallucinations, real, etc) until the very end so that players felt unsettled and intrigued as to what was really going on. Your art style is very pretty as well, and the use of nurturing a plant during grief was a very touching way of exploring the theme of Plant Growth. Great job!!
Thank you!!! I was worried about some of the hints being too obvious but during my playtesting most players found them just the right amount of obvious so I'm hoping it was similar to your experience. Im glad you liked the artwork as well!
Played the game to get all 3 endings (and also once got a bug when there was no ending, still not sure how it happened) I also for some reason thought at first that you should give both water and fertilizer in turns :D
First of all, the art style is cool and works really well for creating an uneasy and melancholic atmosphere! It is really impressive that you drew everything by hand. Has such a personal touch to it.
What I also liked is your narrating technique, where there are small hints to the events that happened, but you do not notice them right away (or maybe do not want to notice haha). It is interesting to observe how the apartment, as well as your mental state, change from day to day.
I must say that the final reveal was a bit too gruesome for me. I was not sure what emotions should I have after ending the story or why the story should be that brutal. I was sad and touched by the character's feelings for her mother and then it just leaves you here with the information that you probably didn't want to know. And the feelings you had before the ending kinda lose their effect then. Maybe if the game itself had more creepy elements throughout I would be more prepared :D
But I can feel that you are able to tell powerful stories and work so well with different means of narrative. I just wish that your story defined its genre a bit more clearly, as I expected something totally different after checking the screenshots. Maybe it could be a melancholic one, without such a cruel reveal, or a real horror where horror elements appear more and more often and become quite obvious a bit sooner than you get the ending :)
Finally I think that your game fits a Narrative Game Jam perfectly (and the theme as well, of course) — though maybe I am not the perfect player as I am not that into psychological horrors, I admit that it is neatly done and is a wholesome story :)
Thank you for playing!! I tried not to let it be too gruesome but I guess watching all the horror movies that I do, my tolerance level has been skewed so I'm sorry it was too much for you, I was hoping it wouldn't be. I probably should have put a small warning before the game but I will remember to do it next time.
I'm glad you noticed the changing in the main characters day-to-day life, I was hoping that during a second play-through, players would pick up on the little hints I dropped both in the artwork and in dialogue. I wanted to include a bit more in the artwork but I just didn't have the time to draw it and maybe that would have filled in some of the gaps you talked about with the missing or lacking elements.
Thank you so much for playing again!!!! Especially playing to get all endings even though you don't like psychological horrors <3
was fun to play! yes, i think a small warning would work just perfect :)
Interesting game with very nice graphics!
Thank you!!
This game is pretty good! The graphics are amazing! Sound could've been a nice touch.
I got ending 1 of 3. Not sure what it means though ...
Curious about other endings.
Thank you!!! I thought about adding sound but this was my first time using Ren'py and kinda forgot about sound completely 😅
The first ending is the "good ending" but ending 2 really explains the entire story
I really liked this game a lot!
Thank you!!! I was worried about it being too weird and people not liking it so that makes me feel a lot better 💚