There’s one thing not fairly proper together with your companion in When The Past Was Around. But it could be terribly impolite to level out that your companion is made from shadows, so I suppose you’d higher determine your method by the purpose and click on puzzles with a purpose to add again some color and element to them. Even if that does imply having to deal with the truth that they’ve an owl head.
The game’s function checklist claims it accommodates, in totality: “a curious girl, owl, hand-drawn art, a sweet and peaceful home.” All of those are glorious options, and all of them are current within the 10-minute demo that’s already accessible. In specific, the house is particularly stunning, largely as a result of it’s filled with a beautiful number of pot vegetation. Unfortunately, you possibly can (and kind of should) knock them down and trigger a large number.
The demo largely centres round serving to your owl buddy discover their kind, although by the tip it’s considerably questionable about how good an concept that was. It has a kind of Florence-y really feel, if you happen to keep in mind the candy, brief cell game from final yr. Like Florence, the story isn’t advised by phrases however by this sketchbook-like artwork fashion. It’s somewhat extra whimsical than Florence, although, and extra open to interpretation. What precisely this beast is as much as isn’t clear, although it would grow to be so by the total game.
“With each clues gathered, puzzles solved, and doors unlocked, the girl will find her way, unravelling the secrets between her and the beast, the secrets which she used to know,” says the game’s itch web page.
Developers Mojiken Studios have beforehand made many wonderful-looking issues like She And The Lightbearer, and 7 Days In The Fire Mountain, which Kat Brewster said they “don’t quite know what to make of it,” however figured “that if the game has stuck with me for this long it’s definitely got something going for it.” I’m additionally a fan of A Raven Monologue, which it doesn’t seem like we’ve ever touched on right here however is a free and wonderful factor accessible on itch and Steam.
No phrase on when When The Past Was Around will probably be expanded, however the demo is stuffed with beautiful issues to poke at and good music to hearken to anyway, and you may obtain it for pay what you need with no minimal on itch.io.
