Bury Me Where You Will Remember Me

Devlog

• Update 1.2 - Re-visiting the Grave
  April 20, 2024 by Well Thought Games

  I'm getting back in the saddle of game-making, and figured it would be a good idea to pick up where I left off. After some feedback and gameplay tests, I've made some small changes: I've updated art f... Continue reading
• Rememberance
  July 29, 2023 by Well Thought Games

  I posted this game almost a year ago. The lessons from it are about: memory, forgefulness, loss, gratitude, and in game design, how to make a meaningful story and world, with puzzles that connect them... Continue reading
• My Last Words (About the Project)
  August 13, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  How else to wrap up a game about death than with a Post Mortem post? What went right: I set out to make a game addressing things I was feeling when I started; a want to create a project with every par... Continue reading
• The Other Cards
  August 13, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  One design aspect I addressed early on was that if players do not re-visit graves, the graves at the end would become progressively easier to guess just based of the remainder of cards. The last guess... Continue reading
• SPOILERS - Answer 24
  August 13, 2022 by Well Thought Games

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• SPOILERS - Answer 1
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• #12 - Moving Forward - Spoilers, Detailed Answers, Representation, and Changes
  August 07, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  I'm going to dedicate some time to go puzzle by puzzle, move by move, detailing their connection, taking note of what other connections have been chosen and why, and how other answers are excluded, ma... Continue reading
• #11 - First Public Prototype
  August 06, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  I've added both the print and play files to the main game project post on Itch, but I've also created a tabletop simulator workshop version as well! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/... Continue reading

  
• #10 - The First Playtest
  July 17, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  My first play test went better than expected! Because of the nature of puzzle games, there was no way of knowing if the puzzles and connections I was intending would even be considered by a player. So... Continue reading

  
• #9 - Deciding Card Positioning/ Puzzle Order
  July 12, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  As mentioned in previous posts, the game consists of a grid of cards, representative of a graveyard, and the player's goal is to visit them in a particular order, in effort to find their way to a cert... Continue reading

  
• #8 - Progress Update
  July 12, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  So, a quick status update, here is the progress towards creating a minimum viable product for testing: Draft illustrations complete: 29 Total needed: 35 Puzzles in place: 22 Total puzzles planned:25 I... Continue reading

  
• #7 - Card Layout Decisions
  June 09, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  After working on the art, I scanned some pictures and came up with a few decisions to solidify my approach to the prototype. Sample Card: Keeping it simple! Borders: I went with a larger point border... Continue reading

  
• #6 - More Art
  June 08, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  I spent the last week on vacation, and had some time to think of my next posts. I've drawn about 30 card art drafts so far. Following what I was doing before, I am leaving lots of space for added elem... Continue reading

  
• #5 - Draft Cover Art/Thumbnail
  May 25, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  I was continuing down the road of rough drawings, and I came across photos of some of the military cemeteries. They are immaculately maintained, and the markers are uniform in shape and color. It was... Continue reading

  
• #4 - Drawings, and Other Challenges
  May 11, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  Well, it's happened. The aspect of this project that I mentioned, that it was a 'walk of gratitude' has started to set in. The last few nights, I've been looking at images of gravestones. It was both... Continue reading

  
• #3 - (Very) Rough Drafts
  May 08, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  As I mentioned in the previous post, I'd built up some ideas of types of graves, names to give, and small quotes or inscriptions for the headstones. In order to develop a series of puzzles that get mo... Continue reading

  
• #2 - Plans So Far/What I've Started
  May 06, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  I had a vague idea that I wanted to do a game based around a graveyard, maybe within the last year. I started writing down ideas for inscriptions and last words as I thought of them, making a small co... Continue reading
• #1 - Inspiration
  May 06, 2022 by Well Thought Games

  Note: I'm not dying. But there is a theme here. Death can bring things in to focus. It reminds one of life's fragility, and how limited your time is. It reminds you to hug your loved ones. The theme i... Continue reading