Memento in Marrow
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
A girl has a strange wish, a will she wishes to carry on even after her present is over. How far will Yori go to have it carried out? Can Thelma even help with something so bizarre? Can something so wrong possibly feel so right?
A kinetic visual novel about two girls who try to make the best of things, and certainly, things could be much better.
Roughly 15k~ words, about 1/1.5hrs to read.
This game is intended for mature audiences and contains heavy content, including transphobia, ableism, and mentions of suicide and self harm, as well as some sexuality. A more detailed list of content warnings at the bottom. Reader discretion is advised.
This is almost entirely a solo project, with writing, art, music, photography, and programming all by me. It's been a labor of love and ongoing learning experience, and I'm very happy to share it with you all now!
A huge thank you to Hadley for editing down my script, and my lovely playtesters for giving me feedback.
Content Warnings
For mature audiences. Transphobia, transphobic slurs, deadnaming, ableism, fatphobia, bigotry in a medical setting, car accidents, emeto (not shown), blood and gore, drug use, loud and unsettling music, amputation, traumatic events, strong language, discussions of sexuality and sensual content, mentions of suicide and self harm, death.Download
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Development log
- Memento in Marrow postmortem!Jul 28, 2023
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Of all things a faded flyer on a game store bulletin board brought me here. Such a chance encounter, so worth it. The closing lines of the visual novel moved me greatly. I've often thought of my transition, and the ways I've changed my body as simply the assemblage of my eventual death mask. That is to say, this resonated quite deeply. Thank you for sharing.
This VN is dark and incredibly twisted, and yet it's tremendously sweet, unfailingly charming, and deeply human throughout.
10/10 would read again
Amazing game by an amazing person! I'm gonna be thinking about this one for a long while.
thank you. there are no human words to describe how greatly this work you have created means to myself, my girlfriend, and im sure many others. just thank you.
I don't know if I have the proper words for a work like this, but I played through this with my boyfriend and it impacted us both heavily, we're going to be thinking of this for weeks. Every facet of it is so strong and resonates so powerfully. Thank you for making this.
so yeah, this is nearly a solo project entirely(thank you for helping out editor) and it fits together really nicely. the way the music hits properly with the wonderful escalating tracks that just managed to add extra panic to my already overloaded brain, the calm tracks that made crying on them just kind of weirdly serene, and the emotion that was pulled out of me as just, something resembling fear mixed with adoration or... maybe something like the empathy with what happens being too heavy mixing the feeling of "this is trauma now" and "i have known love this deep" both flowing together was odd.
money wont be enought to thank you, words wont be enough too, im glad for you it might feel like enough.
this will be shared, thank you for making it
thank you so very much !
im the kind of person who never really reads content warnings because, i just want to experience things directly and oh dear this one caught me off guard. in a good way, of course. everything coming together with the unnerving atmosphere (which kept me on the edge of my seat, literally) turned into something so positive and powerful shows how great of a story youve written. honestly i dont feel like i am capable of articulating how fond i was of the story and way it made me feel.
i love the sprites you did and i think thelma's tattoos and outfit rocks
i whole heartedly recommend this story for others to experience as well
thank you for writing this
Oh my gosh thank you so much !