The Trials of Goodbye
CONTROLS:
- Z - START
- Arrow Keys - MOVE
You are the reaper of Death. This is the final person on Earth. You must decide if they go to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory based on your own actions. You may choose to befriend this person or not. The choice is yours.
Includes: minor blood, mentions of murder/suicide
Author's Note:
Made this project just in time for Gameboy Showdown 2023. It's my first run at GB Studio so I ended up running into a lot of sprite and tile limitations - hence the limited assets and occasional glitch. Nonetheless, I'm proud of how this one came out!
ROM is included to download!
Credits:
- Art, Music, Code, Writing by Yasmine
- SFX created by Coffee Bat
Edit 1 (02/20/2024):
Just wanted to thank everyone for playing! With nearly 1.5k plays in total (combining downloads + browser plays), a feature on Indiepocalypse Edition #42, and its exhibition at Super FESTival 2023, I'm so happy that it got so much attention for a lil game I made willy-nilly for the Gameboy Showdown. Hopefully, I'll find time to participate again this year but until then, stay tuned for future projects!
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Great game! Love the phylosophy.
Spoilers ahead:
I think purgatory is the best place for her, and she will definitely make it out, since she has showed so much determination before.
I admit I was not capable of playing the "send her to hell" ending, and had to watch other gameplays. It is just so unfair. She was just 15, and basically none of her choices mattered, since they would all die anyway. But its not like she is completely innocent, since her family opinion should matter too, and you cant strip away other's people choice over their bodies like that.
Powerfull game!
I was a stereotype and sent her to oblivion. Oops.
this game was amazin
Wonderful game. Though it was a strange experience for me because my eldest child has the same name as the protagonist and has Filipino heritage too. Obviously, I had to send her to heaven.
LOl that's a funny coincidence.
Beautiful and philosofical! Congratulations!
Thank you!
A great short GB styled retro horror visual novel. Tala finding herself desperate to fulfil the longest life that she could possibly live by performing the unthinkable to her own family, then the unthinkable to herself down the line, either due to regret or not being able to live alone on a dying world anymore. Wherever Hell is, wherever Heaven is, wherever Purgatory is, you as the Reaper decide Tala's fate. Thank you for making this short tale Yasmine! ^o^
You concise the game so well. Thanks again for playing it btw! Was fun to watch your playthrough.
nice retro
Thanks for playing it Queen Faith! Happy to see people enjoying the game.
;D you welcome ;D
The young girl forced herself into a situation she wishes she could take back. The desire for survival is the motive behind her crime and the same action would results in her own perishing. I do not blame her for taking the easy way out. Not many are strong enough to even survive the situation. I suppose that this is why I sent her to purgatory. Perhaps maybe a spirit like her could live on to redeem themselves.
Same, cool game anyway
I personally consider Purgatory the true ending (in my head canon) so I'm glad you felt similarly too. Her actions were indeed morally grey but I wanted to offer moral options since I think any ending is indeed valid.