When the Past was Around

Toge Productions

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About this game

When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

This is the story of Eda, a girl in her early 20s.
Like anyone in her age, she’s lost.
She lost her way in the journey to achieve her dreams.
She lost her way in the journey to find love.

That until she met The Owl.

The man that would help her burn her passion,
the man that would help her find the spark in a relationship,
and also the man that would teach her about heartbreak.

The game tells a bittersweet tale between a girl and her lover in a surreal world consisting of disjointed rooms from memories and time. With each gathered clue, solved puzzles, and unlocked door, the girl will find her way, unraveling the secrets between her and her lover, the secrets which she used to know.

Features:
- A picture speaks a thousand words.
Experience the game’s story not through words nor dialogues but beautifully
hand-drawn art created by famous Indonesian artist, Brigitta Rena.
- A short, sweet and whimsical journey.
Explore a bittersweet tale between a girl and her lover in a surreal world
consisting of disjointed rooms of memories and time.
- Personal and ubiquitous.
a game about overcoming the past and finding the self.
- Solve brain-teasing puzzles.
Various intriguing puzzles to solve and stories to uncover.
- Let the music guide you.
Atmospheric violin music will accompany you from the peaceful days to the
angstiest moments.

Ratings and reviews

It's a really cute game, and I would have rated it higher, but two things made me unable to keep playing after buying the full game: 1) the hint option highlights what you can look at, but there's no leading hint options if you find you still are stuck. It would be really nice to have a way to find out the answer if you have tried everything you can, that way you can continue playing. 2) the print of letters and numbers is super tiny and hard to read on mobile and I have a large screen.

I would have given a higher score but the puzzles in this game are very simplistic. You basically have to find one thing and place it in another place. That is most of the games puzzles. The overall look of the game is excellent. I would not choose this aesthetic for a puzzle game but that is what makes it interesting to me. If the puzzles were improved and possibly interconnected this could be an amazing game. I would gladly pay if the story was more engaging and the puzzles more wide-ranging.

This game is nothing short of simply beautiful. The art is very impressive, and it's a game that focuses on difficult topics through symbolism and puzzles that don't rot your brain haha. IT GAVE ME THE FEEEEELLLLSSSS. Totally worth it to buy the full version (for like 3 dollars lol). It's worth your time and money. AMAZING play.

What's new

Minor bug fixes