Back to Dust
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Back to Dust is a storytelling game focused in decision making. You and your daughter are in a conflict zone and running low on food, you must travel to the border and try to enter the neighbouring country. The path to the border is full of other refugees asking for your help. The more refugees you accept in your party, the worse is your travel condition. Will your humanity prevail? Or will your self-preservation instinct overcome?
Features
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* Immersive storytelling with 4 uniques endings
* 10 unique NPCs
* Procedural NPC story building
Controls
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* [Enter] to Start Game
* [Mouse click] to make decisions
Credits
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* Suâmi Abdalla-Santos - Script and Story
* Philippe Lepletier - Art
* Felipe Osório - Programming
* Raul "Super Velociraptor" - Original music
Genres: interactive fiction
Comments22
Nia5 Dec 2017, 02:41
Well done! I saw your progress in the feed early on and made sure to check back for your game. The art is beautiful and it's a creative take on the theme! Great job.
Bredera5 Dec 2017, 12:14
Awesome game, right in the feels! i felt awfull leaving people behind. good implementation of the theme and love the artstyle and the sound! Great job!
TristanF.5 Dec 2017, 12:17
Bravo, beautiful game. Simple yet interesting. One note however, the music feels slightly out of place.
meskaline5 Dec 2017, 16:18
Beautiful game. Congrats. Nice, sad and deep mood.
fancy895 Dec 2017, 16:20
This is so sad. You'd like to help everyone but they are just too many. Very good concept. Thanks.
dawik90005 Dec 2017, 16:27
Art works so well with the game, its amazing. The game itself is a bit slow for me, but the theme is well implemented :D
ponker5 Dec 2017, 19:29
Artwork was good, I liked it. It set me in a nice/deep mode when playing, was nice.
Bottom half of the screen could have been something else than blackness I think...
Bottom half of the screen could have been something else than blackness I think...
Sozey5 Dec 2017, 20:28
This is really good, awesome storytelling. It reminds me of This War Of Mine
dragoon5 Dec 2017, 20:41
I've really really liked the Reings-style-ish gameplay. Very well placed mood, pacing and artwork!
Overall a very good and finished game. Good job team!
Overall a very good and finished game. Good job team!
TuTaraTuta5 Dec 2017, 21:59
This game gives me strong "This War of Mine" vibes, in terms of it's mood and idea, but, unfortunately, it is less impressive, than I hoped. Music gives you right mood, and visual style helps to develop it. But temp of the game is too slow, and it lacks certain diversity.
Overall, I like the way you interpreted the jam theme and what kind of theme you chose as a basis of your games' plot.
Although, I came across the wild bug: I had 4 people in my party, than 2 left, but refugee counter was still on 3.
Overall, I like the way you interpreted the jam theme and what kind of theme you chose as a basis of your games' plot.
Although, I came across the wild bug: I had 4 people in my party, than 2 left, but refugee counter was still on 3.
Imphenzia5 Dec 2017, 21:59
Nice art and suitable music. The game is bound to make you think and I guess it's impossible to balance it out(?) which makes you think about the situations that are going on at the moment. I did spot a potential bug. Someone came along and a bunch of refugees went with them, but it still said we were a party of 5 although we were 4 at that time. For someone as impatient as me a fast forward key would have been nice, but then again, I don't think the game was designed with that in mind which is understandable.
Xacur5 Dec 2017, 22:37
Now I can make a new city with all the people that's following me.
straysheep5 Dec 2017, 23:50
Very thought-provoking game. This sort of game is a nightmare for someone like me who can't say no to people. This is one of the best fits for the theme that I've seen so far.
esper0006 Dec 2017, 01:05
I was so happy when i didn't lost happiness when i did not help someone. That me very confused about myself. Good work!
jynspielt6 Dec 2017, 15:07
Thank you for making a game with this important theme. Its very well executed. Making the Player think obout the self and the other and how it is constructed.
Honest Dan7 Dec 2017, 12:20
This was a high rating mood and visual game, with a real topic. Thanks for letting me play this on stream. I enjoyed the playthrough I had, but feel it is a long game for me to do trial and error. It's not the length of the game especially, but since there is no use control between dialogs, it means replaying the game is less appealing as its just a case of waiting for the dialog options to try different combinations. Really liked your game, a good experience.
Dlaha7 Dec 2017, 20:29
Very nicely done. Beautiful art and story. Only the game pace is too slow for me.
Nathalia Hohl8 Dec 2017, 04:22
Very well done, nice art and story. The only problem is that gameplay is too slow. I got a bad ending and wanted to try getting a different one, but didn't want to spend so much time watching they walk. Wished you could play faster through trial and error, would be really more appealing as a game. I don't believe this would be bad for the atmosphere/mood. Could even be more immersive, since I ended up a bit bored/having bad thoughs about the characters for being so slow.
Great work, nonetheless, keep up improving.^-^
Great work, nonetheless, keep up improving.^-^
Paulo Brunassi8 Dec 2017, 12:45
Simply amazing! I got an ending that really gave me goosebumps. I loved your work guys, congrats!
Dokalfar8 Dec 2017, 19:58
Holy moly the hit in the feels, totally unexpected. The ending I got felt a bit forced, but other than that, great game!
Krassenstein9 Dec 2017, 14:08
Well, i wasn't expecting the end as I have a young daughter myself. You've literally made me not want to play this game ever again in a good way. Too real, the thought of ever losing her is unfathomable. That being said, the audio, mood, graphics are all on point! Loved this!
Well done!
Well done!
Awesome graphics, deep storytelling, good bgm, the gameplay is slow just enough to make the correct mood for the game.
Also, please report Hassan for intentional feeding lol