When The Past Was Around
Mojiken · 2020 · Hidden Object, Cute, Female Protagonist, Relaxing, Surreal
PC
Overwhelmingly Positive95% · 3,90277Metacritic
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About When The Past Was Around
✦ AI summary
Solve puzzles through a surreal memory-filled world to uncover the bittersweet story of love and loss between Eda and her lover The Owl. This wordless point-and-click adventure relies entirely on stunning hand-drawn art and atmospheric violin to convey its emotionally resonant tale about moving on and rediscovering yourself.
From Brigitta Rena, the creator of A Raven Monologue and She & The Light Bearer.
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
This is the story of Eda, a girl in her early 20s.
Like anyone in her age, she’s lost.
She lost her way in the journey to achieve her dreams.
She lost her way in the journey to find love.
That until she met The Owl.
The man that would help her burn her passion,
the man that would help her find the spark in a relationship,
and also the man that would teach her about heartbreak.
The game tells a bittersweet tale between a girl and her lover in a surreal world consisting of disjointed rooms from memories and time. With each gathered clue, solved puzzles, and unlocked door, the girl will find her way, unraveling the secrets between her and her lover, the secrets which she used to know.
Features:
- A picture speaks a thousand words.
Experience the game’s story not through words nor dialogues but beautifully hand-drawn art created by famous Indonesian artist, Brigitta Rena. - A short, sweet and whimsical journey.
Explore a bittersweet tale between a girl and her lover in a surreal world consisting of disjointed rooms of memories and time. - Personal and ubiquitous.
a game about overcoming the past and finding the self. - Solve brain-teasing puzzles.
Various intriguing puzzles to solve and stories to uncover. - Let the music guide you.
Atmospheric violin music will accompany you from the peaceful days to the angstiest moments
When The Past Was Around is a short silent narrative experience that can be finished in less than 2 hours. Even though it is a short game, we’ve put all our hearts into delivering a deep and meaningful experience for you. We hope that the brief moment you spend with Eda and Owl would be priceless and unforgettable.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I bought it while I was grieving; the game portrays that experience beautifully. It's about remembering the beautiful moments, going through the hard times together, and always being there. I think it’s incredibly well-crafted—everything is understood without a single line of dialogue. The music, the story, the art—everything is beautiful. Les beso el cerebro.2 found this helpful
a beautiful story about grief, loss, and heartbreak. i like this style of puzzle game and the art style is very cute. you should believe in life after love, you really are strong enough.
short & sweet, lovely art. puzzles feel reasonably intuitive and i like the story told without words here
such an incredible game, very sad but that ending is superb and leaves so much to think about. Definitely not going to be forgotten anytime soon
one of best puzzle click and find games. i like it
I finally get around to finish this after initially buying a physical key from a game expo (IGX) and leaving it on my library for awhile It's a short pretty beautiful yet bittersweet story accompanied with a lovely art style. I'm not sure if this is a intentional, but i love how this is a hidden object / point & click game, a game about looking back in the past, searching for answers and reasoning until finally, letting go. Not to move on fully, but to keep the days in remembrance and moving forward
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