Sayonara Golden Days
by NotDeadLuna Studio
A narrative-driven puzzle game where you explore an unfinished project created by a college gaming club, uncovering the reasons for their breakup through investigation and play.
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Sayonara Golden Days invites players to revisit the remnants of a failed game development project created by members of a college gaming club. You assume the role of a disillusioned game developer who decides to open their abandoned work one final time. As you interact with the environment, memories of your former teammates surface and blur together with the game's reality, pulling you deeper into a world of fantasy and nostalgia.
The core gameplay revolves around two main activities: investigating your surroundings to piece together the past, and engaging with an incomplete puzzle game embedded within the experience. The puzzle game itself serves as a commentary track of sorts, revealing truths about what happened to the club through its design and narrative elements. The game contains over 30 puzzle levels alongside thousands of images and audio tracks that build atmosphere and convey meaning. Throughout this experience, you encounter various small details—butterflies, a virtual reality headset, and pixel-based visuals—that contribute to the game's melancholic and reflective tone about lost friendships and abandoned creative ambitions.
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- Release date
- 2021-05-19
- Supports
- Windows, macOS
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