A Life in a Year (Demo)
A Life in a Year is a narrative-driven adventure game that explores the emotional challenges of studying abroad. You play as Laura, a 16-year-old exchange student in a Nordic country. The game navigates themes like language barriers, cultural differences, friendship, family, and more.
This demo is the first iteration of the game, created as the final project for my design degree thesis. Thank you for playing!
Note: For the best experience, the downloadable version is strongly recommended, since Itch.io has had issues on displaying some sound effects. The web version is fine if you don't mind that.
Credits:
All the design, narrative, development and assets were made by me.
Sound effects and music were selected from various sites such as weloveindies, freesound and freemusicarchive. The main theme is Vladimir Estragon by Jahzzar.
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Install instructions
In order to play, just unzip the file and open the .exe
Thank you for playing!
Comments
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I really loved the game! The art style and the concept are super interesting. I truly enjoyed the experience and I’m excited to see how it develops further if the project continues. Amazing work!
Thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed it
Thank you for playing!
I just finished playing the demo and I love it! I really hope you continue making this game. I'm already invested in the story, and I think the concept of a language barrier in the game and being able to learn as you play is so interesting! Thank you for sharing this!
I'm so happy to hear that! I hope so as well, will definitely let you know, and thank you for playing!