Once Upon a Spring

Mental illness is not a choice, but we can always decide how we coexist with it. After a life journey infested with setbacks and downturns, Chunling finds herself at a crossroad - to take or not to take - her own life.

In this puzzle game, the player delves deep into the turbulent mental space of an elderly woman, to relive her troubled life, to uncover her many secrets, and ultimately, to decide her very fate.

My main roles: I was brought onboard when the project needed a new direction. I synthesized the origin story along with the game genres that interested the founding members, and essentially re-crafted the entire gameplan for design and development. I have been heads-down driving this project forward ever since. I also became the software developer along the way.

Feel free to check out a verticle slice from the download link below!

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