Memory Debris
Scattered through every level like glowing drops of pigment. Collect it to heal, to power up, to trade — and, if you're lucky, to unlock something more.
An indie game in development · Unity 6
Dear Z.
Can you help Z collect their memory debris and rebuild the world they made?
The world
A storybook, shattered.
Z is gone. All that's left is the world they made — a storybook broken apart by some unknown force, reachable only through a therapist's hypnosis, and never quite stable.
Most of the time it is a stunning, fragile fairyland: seas and deserts, forests and ancient dwellings, painted in muted ink tones. People there collect memory debris like treasure — for its hidden power, and for the secrets it keeps.
But through the cracks, things get in. To go deeper you'll have to walk the stages of a life that isn't yours, gather what Z left behind, and help the people you meet along the way — while trying to understand, at last, the friend you thought you knew.
- Genre
- 2.5D narrative puzzle-platformer
- Engine
- Unity 6
- Platform
- PC (planned)
- Length
- ~3–4 hours (target)
- Status
- Early prototype
- Release
- TBA
A boat doesn't sink because of the water around it.
It sinks because of the water that gets in.船不会因为周围有水而沉没，船只会因为船里有水而沉没。
The Window
Set a totem of debris on an anchor and a Window opens — a tear in time that reveals a hidden place, a lost object, or a person you could not otherwise reach.
Body & Mind
Two kinds of health to protect: Physical and Mental. Enemies, and the world itself, can wear down either one.
The Life Scroll
Each chapter is a stage of a life. What you find is stamped onto a scroll as seals — and the scroll you carry decides which of three endings you reach.
Inspired by
- Insideside-scrolling 2.5D framing
- Limbopuzzle-platforming, eerie art
- Journeymuted palette, quiet exploration
- Ori and the Blind Foresta small figure in a vast world
- A Quiet Placesound as tension and mechanic
The journey
A life in seven chapters
Each chapter is a miniature world — a sea in a palm, a temple in a teapot — and a stage of a life, rendered in its own single ink tone.
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Prologue
The Clinic 诊疗室
Z is gone. The one person they trusted most — their therapist — offers you a way in: a guided hypnosis into a world Z built for the people they loved.
- Script draft
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Chapter 1
Bridge to the Afterlife 往生桥
Through mist and a field of red spider lilies, a lantern-bearer leads you to a rope bridge. On the far side, someone you know comes apart into light.
- Concept art
- Theme music
- Script draft
- ~20 min
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Chapter 2 · Childhood · 0–12
Sea in a Palm 掌中海
A small boat drifts on an endless sea, free to go anywhere — or so it seems. A great hand has been steering all along.
- Concept art
- Script draft
- ~30 min
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Chapter 3 · Adolescence · 12–18
Silkworm in a Bottle 瓶中蚕
A traveller in a white robe, a city of white domes on a cliff, cocoons along the roadside — and the long, uncertain work of becoming.
- Concept art
- Script draft
- ~30 min
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Chapter 4 · Young adulthood · 18–30
Temple in a Teapot 壶中寺
A golden temple at the top of a thousand steps. Knowledge, ambition, belonging — and what it costs to be let through the door.
- Concept art
- Outline
- ~50 min
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Chapter 5 · Midlife · 30–50
House in a Box 盒中屋
A house in a nutshell: fields, a courtyard stage, masked strangers, and the chains people agree to wear.
- Concept art
- Outline
- ~30 min
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Chapter 6 · Later life · 50–80
Scenery in a Bonsai 盆中景
Open grassland at last, and the whole journey in miniature. A meteor at dusk. An aurora. Wildfire by night.
- Concept art
- Outline
- ~15 min
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Chapter 7
Rebirth in the Afterlife 复往生
Back to the bridge. What waits on the other side depends on the Life Scroll you carried there.
- Concept art
- Outline
- ~15 min
Gallery
Concept art
Mist, ink and a little light. New pieces are added here as each chapter takes shape.
Soundtrack
Listen
Early pieces from the score. Headphones recommended.
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1:17Bridge to the Afterlife
往生桥
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3:35Bridge to the Afterlife (Remix)
往生桥 · Remix
Development
Progress
Where the build stands right now. Updated alongside the devlog.
15 of 24 milestones done · 3 in progress
Done 15
- Unity 6 project setupFoundation
- Movement — walk, run, jump, double jumpPlayer
- AttackPlayer
- Debris collectibles + UISystems
- Totem → Anchor → Window prototypeSystems
- Dialogue systemNarrative
- Physical & Mental healthPlayer
- Enemy AI & basic combatCombat
- Healing debris (green)Systems
- Chapter 2 key artArt & Audio
- Chapter 3 key artArt & Audio
- Chapter 4 key artArt & Audio
- Chapter 5 key artArt & Audio
- Chapter 6 key artArt & Audio
- Chapter 7 key artArt & Audio
In progress 3
- Cinematic / fixed cameraCamera
- Chapter 1 art direction & musicArt & Audio
- Script — Prologue to Chapter 3Narrative
Up next 6
- Respawn & checkpoints ("BornPoint")Systems
- Scene transitions & level loadingSystems
- Weapon systemCombat
- NPC managementNarrative
- Life Scroll & sealsSystems
- Chapter 1 vertical sliceMilestone
Latest from the devlog
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Chapter 7: Rebirth in the Afterlife
Key art for the final chapter — back to the bridge where it all began, at dawn, in colour for the first time. With this, every chapter has its key art.
Chapter 6: Scenery in a Bonsai
Key art for the sixth chapter — open grassland at last, nameless graves, and a whole life laid out in miniature.
Chapter 5: House in a Box
Key art for the fifth chapter — a grand old house at sunset, a household in masks, and the chains people agree to wear.