Backwater Eulogy

Didn't expect much at the very start. However, when I saw that the first person narration turns to a second person narration, I immediately fell in love. Then again, the more I read, the more I realise that an I is speaking to a You, that the story is so well-written at times it feels like poetry and that the protagonist is trying to deal with loss, sadness, disease, memories and personal gentleness and cruelness. The narration and music blend in perfectly. A short immersive experience as though you are reading a chapter of a character by English Modernist writers. PROS: - Immersive experience into a fraction of the life of a character; - First and second person narration; - Music blends well with the narration; - Themes of loss, sadness, disease, memories, personal gentleness and cruelness; - Easy to learn mechanics; - Save and Load options; - Steam overlay. NEUTER: - No Steam cards or achievements. CONS: - From what I understand from the "Help" section is that this game has choices, but I haven't come across not a single one. Maybe I got to keep on playing... - That's it. In conclusion, if you're looking for an immersive short experience in the prairies, have a go.

I found this game completely by accident. I'm glad I did.

This is a very short kinetic novel (a form of visual novel that does not have branching) about the death of a family member, and his life in the rural US Midwest. I bought it because I want to see more games set in the rural Midwest :) and because I saw the developer post some screenshots of the art on Bluesky and I liked those a lot. I thought that it would be heavy on the art and there would be only a bit of text, but it is actually poignantly written and I think a very fitting eulogy. It's not one-sided at all, the text and the art form a whole. I am a fast reader and finished in 6 minutes, but I went back to look at the beginning again, and also to look a bit more at the art - there are also animations, which I did not expect. I would definitely recommend it if you want to read a beautiful short piece. As a Midwesterner, I also felt the prairie was very lovingly rendered, I really got what I was looking for, and more. I played on the Deck docked to my TV. Sometimes RenPy games do not do so well with this setup (I'm not sure why, a weird scaling or fullscreening issue?), but here I had no problems. If you want to read more short stories with beautiful visuals on here, I also recommend Banyu Lintar Angin as an interesting parallel, about family, but more upbeat - but with likewise warmly portrayed landscapes of a very different (or maybe not so different) region, rural Indonesia. ___ Source of the game: Bought with my own money (at a 50% off sale if memory serves right)

"It is a very strange feeling, to grieve for someone twice."

What a beautiful game.

beautifully written eulogy. rest in peace.

[h1]死水悼词[/h1] 短小，而又令人难忘的游戏体验。就像简介说的一样，这是一段适合一口气看完的文字，仅仅会用上20min。 这是一段对逝去之人的追思。有些意识流的文段，但用词并不晦涩。称得上是很私人的叙述，没有分支也没有剧情选择，只是倾听了叙述者本人也尚未清晰的思绪。我觉得文字用得很美，会让我想起触及湖面的柳枝。 以及决定购入其实是因为像素画风，确实是和想象中一样美丽！感觉像是看了一段有配图的短文。