The Deep Sorrow by Sengi

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made by Sengi for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Controls: [Left Mouse] on the stars to select them. [Q] Exit game.

You play as a man with deep sorrow in his life. To save himself he must find the better memories, to save himself he must remember.

(Use windows version for the best experience)

Design: Alexander Ponomarov

Art: Kateryna Hnativ

Music: Clement Panchout

Ratings

Overall 313th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1378th 3.025⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 471th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1307th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 125th 4.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 64th 4.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 13th 4.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 2🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Johny0911
27. Apr 2021 · 02:04 UTC
Dude i really want to play ur game, but the itch.io page is missing, hope ou fix it soon
Bruno Moraes
27. Apr 2021 · 02:23 UTC
itch.io link doesn't work =(
🎤 Sengi
27. Apr 2021 · 04:17 UTC
@johny0911 sorry about that, should be fixed right now. Thank you for helping me notice this!
🎤 Sengi
27. Apr 2021 · 04:18 UTC
@bruno-moraes I messed up the upload, thank you for pointing it out! Should be good now.
Dmitry Kaidash
27. Apr 2021 · 07:56 UTC
I really liked the mood due to the combination of visual art and music. Very cool!
seanlim
27. Apr 2021 · 16:35 UTC
Beautiful game! Loved the atmosphere and the music and it was satisfying to finally finding the right star combinations for the different memories. It took quite a few tries to finally beat it so it would have been nice to skip the opening animation after the first try to immediately get back into playing the game.
🎤 Sengi
27. Apr 2021 · 18:15 UTC
@seanlim Thank you! Yes, you're right about skipping the cutscene, seems like an easy solution for the problem that you can't come up with in the process of actual development haha
teshimoto
27. Apr 2021 · 19:50 UTC
I really do like visual style of yours! The puzzles are intuitive this is cool.
Reblys
27. Apr 2021 · 19:57 UTC
Ok this game made me cry. The atmosphere is breathtaking. Helping this man finding his way out of his sorrow with simple things like love, music and inspiration, beautifully represented by constellations was so moving. Really my favorite entry so far.
The only problem i see is that it doesn't go deeper and deeper, but to be fair, that's not what you want when you have to fight depression.
PizzArt64
27. Apr 2021 · 19:57 UTC
damn
ditam
27. Apr 2021 · 20:00 UTC
A beautiful game, well done!
FcValise
27. Apr 2021 · 20:05 UTC
Beautiful atmosphere. It's the first game I try this ludum dare and I'm impressed by the graphic and scenery work. I'm a bit frustrated though because I only saw the cut scene. Maybe sleep is what I need, I'll try again tomorrow ;)
Lev
27. Apr 2021 · 20:17 UTC
It looks really beautiful. It wasn't clear what I needed to do at first, but once I figured it out it was pretty simple
Vert sensitive topic though, maybe add a disclamer?
cvetk0
27. Apr 2021 · 20:57 UTC
Wow, I am impressed :heart_eyes:! This is so far the best entry I've played in terms of how it made me feel by playing it. Dark room, headphones, full screen... it actually brought tears in my eyes when I made it through. Such a lovely vignette. The visuals, the music, subtle sound effects when pressing stars, it all just fits together so well.

I would love to see this further developed. Maybe it could simply be a series of small moments like these from lives of different people with different tasks to perform to progress. Thank you for this game, keep up the great work you are doing!
FireSlash
28. Apr 2021 · 03:38 UTC
Quite the experience here.

Lovely mood, and a simple concept that weaves a story without words.

Well polished and rounded out with good audio and vfx.

Nicely done!
LDJam user 238142
29. Apr 2021 · 10:19 UTC
Looks very pretty, nice self-explanatory puzzle mechanic, and what a vibe! Clement's music is particularly great too (#MusicWeeklies represent!)
LDJam user 233347
01. May 2021 · 11:43 UTC
I liked the idea a lot as it really does stand out from most ideas.

Also like the mood a lot, but somehow I am missing the direct link theme a bit.

Nonetheless a nice game.
mrosegreen
01. May 2021 · 13:48 UTC
Wonderful aesthetics, nice gameplay and a clever take on the theme - great job! :)