“When I watched these films, they reminded me of her. “My mom went through a lot and we were really, really connected,” Chen said. It’s what Chen was going for - something that reminded her of the animated films she loves, like Kunio Kato’s The House of Small Cubes and Michaël Dudok de Wit’s Father and Daughter. What we’re left with is a short, honest poem of a game that’s both devastating and hopeful. Otherwise, A Memoir Blue’s story is wordless, using its mix of visuals and magical elements in place of dialogue. Chen and the Cloisters team used this feeling to tell the story without words, too - the only language you’ll hear in A Memoir Blue is inside the soundtrack, apart from the action itself. It’s clear there’s a deep sadness to A Memoir Blue, the weight of chest pressure and tears closing in on these moments. Whereas Chen saw the day as a momentous, exciting trip on a boat and a train, to her mother, it was more somber: a mother and her child leaving home to live life on their own. “I recognized how different a child sees the world compared to how adults see the world,” Chen said. The memory Miriam recalls is based on Chen’s own recollection of a trip with her mother, “the most fun day I had with her,” Chen said, but one that her mother remembered much differently. Memories, of course, are all a matter of perspective.
It’s the sort of tactile experience to further immerse a viewer in a story and Miriam’s memories. Currently, A Memoir Blue is only on consoles (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X) and Windows PC, but these movements feel, perhaps, designed for a touchscreen. “I hope get the feeling like they’re reading a short novel or watching a film.”Ĭlicking and moving a cursor helps push along the narrative, whether that’s clicking a fireworks display of jellyfish that illuminate the sea floor or purchasing a boat ticket - stamping it and depositing it into a ticket box - for the mother and daughter. “It’s a very calm game, and most people are looking for something exciting,” Chen said. Image: Cloisters Ineractive/Annapurna Interactive
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