The last Sip
You play as a child living in a small desert village. The wells have begun to dry up, and your mother is too weak to walk. You must go alone to fetch water, a journey that seems short but becomes a quiet reflection on love, loss, and endurance. The closer you get to the well, the more you remember.
At the end, you realize that empathy isn’t about saving someone. It’s about carrying someone else’s pain, even when no one is watching.
How To Play:
- WASD to move
Game Jam Theme: Empathy
"The Last Sip" shows that the player’s “weakness” is the story; they can’t fix anything, only witness and feel. You experience the world as a child, powerless but deeply human. Every limitation (slow pace, small world) represents emotional weight. It’s about love, not victory.
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Zach
Fun - 6/10
Functionality - 7/10
Creativity - 7/10
Theme - 8/10
Not bad, but there's definitely some things that didn't feel right about it. The music is needlessly chaotic for the setting and does not match. The story, however, is definitely interesting. It was pretty easy to follow, although the limited art style made most of the interactions feel confusing and out of place; I had a hard time understanding what things were meant to represent. The ending felt too brief; the section of road that leads straight back to the beginning due to the "path feeling shorter than before" felt like a strange choice. Overall, not bad considering your time constraints, but I would like to see more of what you're capable of.
Fun - 7/10
Functionality - 9/10
Creativity - 9/10
Theme - 10/10
The game isn't the type of game I usually play. It was story driven, but the creative outline of the dialogues was really nice. I could feel the characters struggle through the music. There was a part on the second level where with the notes, there was "bones" of animals, I think, which was not clear. Other than that I really enjoyed the story. Great work!!!