From Brigitta Rena, the creator of A Raven Monologue and She & The Light Bearer.
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....
From Brigitta Rena, the creator of A Raven Monologue and She & The Light Bearer.
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
When The Past Was Around is a short silent narrative experience that can be finished in less than 2 hours. Even though it is a short game, we’ve put all our hearts into delivering a deep and meaningful experience for you. We hope that the brief moment you spend with Eda and Owl would be priceless and unforgettable.
Popular achievements
Tea Time Symphony
Finish the Tea Time with Eda and Owl
common
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66.62%
Shattered
Break all the pots
common
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52.17%
Virtuoso
Play all the music notes
common
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38.75%
Behind The Curtain
Open the curtain
common
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75.7%
Memoir
Look at the photo inside the drawer
common
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75.83%
Sound of Silence
Turn off the Radio Tape
common
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54.6%
Spick and Span
Tidy up Eda's room
common
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74.42%
Requiem
Break all of the tombstones
common
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54.48%
Let The Wind Blows
Open all the windows
common
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31.59%
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A wonderful short experience, packed full of emotions, warmth, gorgeous art, and a beautiful soundtrack. It's a very simple game, don't go looking for hardcore puzzles here. As others have pointed out, it's a narrative game. And it's perfect for what it is.
The use of recurring motifs, especially in the puzzles themselves, has quite the impact. Hard to explain without going into spoiler territory. But it's one of those experiences that is a joy to watch play out, and come full circle by the end. I really appreciate when devs incorporate foreshadowing and recurring motifs well. Hats off to them.
I hope to see more from the dev team in the future!
This is one of those game about loss in a relationship. The drawing is beautiful and there is only music, no voices. Riddles and puzzles are well made, not to frustrating but just hard enough to make you think.
The game is two tours long, a perfect duration, because the music is quite repetitive, and at the end i was kind of annoyed by it.
If you played and liked "Florence" and riddles, you will like this game.
Heartwarming story about love between human woman and anthropomorphic bird creature. Is it better or worse than being a furry? I don't know but I do know that When The Past Was Around is a cool adventure game with fun puzzles and beautiful art.
Pretty much like Florence; maybe the art is better (or simply different) but the story is confused, and the oniric setting prevent to identify with the characters and creates some iilarious and nonsensical situations (why the medicines are in a plant vase???). The puzzles are intriguing - and less linear than Florence - but after three-four levels are tiring... something to open with a key, solve some puzzles in the area to find the key. Stop.
Even the plot twist is weak: we have a perfect couple with no arguing, no struggling other than illness and death. Romantically forced and idealistically boring. Without conflict there can't be a good story.
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