Demo: Mark Of The Past
A downloadable demo for Windows, macOS, and Linux
"Mark of the Past" is a psychological mystery that follows Lila, a young woman whose forgotten past begins to unravel through unsettling messages and fractured memories. What she once believed to be a simple birthmark may be tied to a darker, hidden truth from her childhood.
As Lila, you’ll navigate her personal space, interact with friends and family, and uncover pieces of a buried trauma that threatens to resurface. Your choices shape her path, revealing multiple outcomes.
Trigger warning: Teams of trauma, PTSD, suicide and other mental health issues could be present in the game.
Edit: I've gotten feedback that the saving system is not working. The demo is approximately 15-20 minutes long and can be played in one sitting. This would be fixed later this year in an extended demo update.
If you want to see my progress, towards the full game you can:
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Read the Devlogs: Mark of the Past - Devlogs
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or leave me a comment telling me how awesome I am. Or that my game sucks. You choose.
Download
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Development log
- Small Update: Fixing All Issues (Learn From My Mistakes)Nov 29, 2024
- What Went Wrong in my First Point-and-click Game?Nov 13, 2024
- How Did I Successfully Make a Game The Wrong Way?Nov 02, 2024
Comments
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i would love to play this! can you make it for windows?
There is a windows build. It's the demo-mark-of-the-past-win-linux.zip file.
This is right up my alley! I love point & click, and I always enjoy interactive messaging in games. The mystery is also very compelling and I'm so looking forward to the full version!
Also, the colors are gorgeous!
Hey, I tried the demo and I it looks very promising!
The artstyle works really well, I find the 3d environment/plain texture combo suits the vibe you're going for. It's stylised without falling into a visual uncanny valley as it sometimes happens to some 3d renpy projects. The black outline of some models does sometimes look a bit inconsistent, but it doesn't distract from the overall picture.
I loved how you use the point and click medium for storytelling, like with the laptop and the mirror (how do you even do that scroll thing in renpy?!). I hope the whole gathering info from computer logs or groupchats is expanded upon, I love when games do that (it's a great way to blend mystery/exploration and drama).
The flavour text also sets up the character and mood very efficiently, I loved how you use text to signal which objects can be interacted with in the point and click bgs (something I should learn from). Overall, the technical aspect was really well executed. The only thing I found was that if you click the set of drawers or the lamp on the right it takes you to the wardrobe scene(that might be intentional or a wip, mentioning it just in case).
It was a really solid demo. Congrats, can't wait for the full version!
heh viewports in RenPy could be scrolled, you just have to give them mousewheel True.
Thank you for the comment! 🌹🌹