A short story about grief, set in mountains during Winter.


❆Our characters❆



Our main character. Visits multiple places out of her memories to deal with something. Today's the last place on her list and it makes her quite nervous.


A person who joins Mia on her walk through the mountains. Not much is known about them. They're pretty concerned about Mia.


❆Features❆

  • Around 10 minutes of playtime (~2000 words)
  • a kinetic novel
  • one ending
  • 2 not-super-pretty cgs
  • Chiptune tracks (might not be everyone's cup of tea, feel free to put on some winter ambiance instead)
  • Can be played in browser or downloaded

❆Additional info❆

CONTENT WARNINGS: grief, mentions of death of family members and an animal, mention of a car crash

CREDITS:

Writing, character art, coding: Waffle at  WaffleEater Soft

Backgrounds, interface: Freepik and Vecteezy.com

Music: Free Music Archive, CC BY license

Made by WaffleEater Soft for Winter Visual Novel Jam 2024

It's my very first game so I'd be very thankful for any comments and tips :D

Thank you for checking The Snowy Place out!

Download

Download
TheSnowyPlace-1.0-pc.zip 76 MB
Download
TheSnowyPlace-1.0-mac.zip 72 MB

Install instructions

How to run: play in browser or unpack the .zip file using a program like WinRAR or ZipExtractor and run TheSnowyPlace.exe!

Comments

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I love this game! The story was very enjoyable and the visuals/artwork are absolutely fantastic! I especially love the images that were used for the backgrounds!

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Thank you so so much for playing and sharing your thoughts! Your comment and video really made my day!