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Playing this made me recall memories from my grandparents small rural town from almost fifteen years ago. Growing up partially there, then having to move there temporarily, and now that I live in another country the sporadic visit here and there. And every time it feels a bit smaller, a bit more empty. Most of the places that I knew of closed, the familiar faces I used to hang out with gone with fate unknwon.

This was incredibly beautiful work and it perfectly captures both the slow grinding of a place and community to a halt no matter how much you want to hold to it, and the feeling of how you keep diverging from the life you once knew and realize how things keep changing without you.

The embroidery was beautiful, the writing deeply engaging and I am honestly impressed how all threads tied together and drove the point across about telling stories.

This will live in my memory for a good while. Thank you.

I had to play the game twice because I got so overtaken by all sorts of emotions during the ending that I had to stand up and walk a bit around the room, missing a couple of lines. Incredible work of love where everything works together to drive the point home. Just an astounding game, thank you for making this,

This is the first game I played from the jam and the one I keep thinking about. There's something about how concise it is, about how the entire game's world is only the sea and the diving bell that makes me keep thinking about it. Great work!

I feel like an intruder writing a comment for this game, but: Some of Eleanor's internal dialogue lines about loneliness and dealing with a work life that grows duller and duller by the day are going to stick with me for a while. I was not expecting that from a game jam game and I am not exactly sure what to make of it, but it does shows how good you are at conveying feeling.

Good luck with the jam, this is an impressive amount of work for a month and half game. This was really good, I think you have a shot.