Mechanical Memory is a first-person narrative game set in a near-future world. The player takes the role of Lillian, a young woman raised by her grandmother and a robotic nanny. After her grandmother's death, Lillian discovers a journal and two memory chips that reveal the buried truth about her family. Through the act of revisiting these memories, players explore the intertwined fates of three generations.
This game takes inspiration from Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's In a Grove, which retells a murder from conflicting perspectives. Likewise, I aim to explore love through multiple subjective viewpoints, focusing on expressing each character's emotions and inner world.
I implemented a dialogue system with a parent-child inheritance structure, which returns different texts based on the current state.
When the player reaches an interactive position, the game will automatically adjust the player's view to face an object containing key information. For each subtitle, I have adjusted its position so that it does not obstruct the screen while maintaining variation and visual interest.
The two spaces have different dominant color tones: Eloise's side is warm yellow, while Leon's side is in cool tones, reflecting their contrasting situations. At the same time, one side is tidy, while the other is messy and chaotic.
Set the weather to rainy using Ultra Dynamic Sky, echoing the rainy effect in part of the third scene. Set the window material to create the effect of raindrops flowing down the glass.
In the final level, the story will be told from Eloise's perspective. Since the timeline is long, the story will be presented as a Life Museum. Each hallway represents a stage of Eloise's life, and every object and painting symbolizes her experiences and emotions.
To reflect Eloise's mental state, each hallway features a distinct dominant color:
Additionally, the hallways gradually narrow, creating a visual sense of Eloise's growing depression.
