Seaside Picnic
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, a experience of Nihilism and self-salvation.
Length: 5 ~ 10 min, with multiple endings
The storm is coming. The storm has neve left.
Body can feel, and mind can think. Gather thoughts from around you, speak up to your mind, don't lose your world to the storm.
The touch of your hand that I'm holding tight is real, the fine bubbles of lemonade flowing on the tip of my tongue are real, the sweetness of picking up the scattered crumbs that melt in your mouth when you break off the chocolate, is also real ... Maybe you and I exist in this world for such a moment.
Have a lemonade day!
(Spoiler) Narrative Explanation & ideas
"Depersonalizing means feel divorced from one's personal self by sensing their body sensations, feelings, emotions, behaviors, etc. as not belonging to the same person or identity." And that means, fragile to the storm. The storm is always there, so maybe the calm isn't a good thing.(Spoiler) Thoughts
The player's perspective is the depersonalized body, and the blond character is the mind. Body can feel, and mind can think. The body only has instincts and can only express itself through existing objects, memories, emotions. Sometimes I feel my body trying to tell me something. Maybe the vague and fragile soul could easily feel disconnected from the world without "it" telling me all the things.The story doesn't 100% comes from the creator's own experience, and I can't possibly express even 10% about what I wanted to tell. But thank you all for playing!
Controls: Point, Click and Drag
Game by CYT & EiZi, for Brackeys Game Jam 2024
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I cried a lot ive been goin through this myself for a while honestly hrlped me love this amazing work
This was really nice, at first I thought the storm was maybe an allegory for venturing out, and moving away to a new life, but after the other ending I realize what the girl was truly struggling with. Very cool, touching game. I love the art style, and I love the feel, thanks for makng.
Seaside Picnic is a touching, relaxing game with beautiful artwork. Congratulations! Here are ALL THE ENDINGS:
This is such a piece of art!
The art is absolutely gorgeous!
This was wholesome! The art is so pretty and the song works very well <3 Congrats!
This is so beautiful and very nice, congrats for doing this in such a short time <3
I chose lemonade and I got a lemon tree by the sea. Producer CyTea is a genius.
Thats a very beautiful Illustration for your game.
If my days go stale I'd also go cheese!
I'm still astounded how very well made this is!
sweet
beautifully strange and absurd
Cool Game!