Between

You are a spiritual embalmer in this graveyard between the living and the dead.

Interact with the gravestones by typing the names of the deceased on your computer keyboard. Unravel their past stories and settle their souls.

Move with WASD.

As typing is the main interaction, playing on a PC is strongly recommended.

An experiential game about death, a journey accompanied by flowers and melodies.

Your main task is simply to visit this spiritual graveyard, read through different lives and epitaphs. Interactive graves are marked with colorful flowers, among which are three special graves that will change shape in the Between world and initiate narratives with the deceased spirits. Interact with the spiritual gravestone and bring a meaningful item to the deceased's grave as an act of mourning.

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A solo production from 2022 to 2024 — models, animations, UI, scripting, etc. by me (Xiao). Music and sounds were made by friends Esko and Ali :)

Initiated by my fear of losing a loved one. I hope death is no longer something you need to fear. It reminds us of the time we have, so we cherish every existing moment.

The things that will be engraved on our gravestones are the ones we should cherish now.