In this episode, Eva and Neil are tasked with helping a new patient named Colin Reeds. The minisodes are accessible in-game as free DLC.Įpisode 2, Finding Paradise, was released on December 14th, 2017. One day, when walking home from school, he rescues a bird being chased by a badger, and begins to bond with it.Ī second minisode was released on the 18th February 2015. The boy, who remains nameless in the story, comes from a Friendless Background, and lives mostly on his own, with his parents only leaving him notes on the door and fridge. Taking place before Neil and Eva's time, the game is an hour-long interactive narrative without any dialogue whatsoever, that focuses on a boy who will grow up to be their patient in the second episode of the series. The second commercial instalment in the series, named A Bird Story, was released on the 7th November 2014 for $4.99. The ending of the game confirmed that it was to be the first in a series, although the name of said series has yet to be revealed.Ī holiday-themed story named "SigCorp", the first of a series of "minisodes", was released in 2013, and details Neil and Eva's work life. As Neil and Eva work backwards through his memories, the game reaches its emotionally affective core as true intentions are revealed. Johnny's in a coma, and his last wish is to go to the moon. The game unfolds as they attempt to fulfill the request of their latest client, Johnny Wyles. Neil Watts work for Sigmund Corporation, a company that is able to use technology to rewrite the memories of dying people to allow them to die happy, as a kind of for-profit Make a Wish foundation. The OST, also by Gao, features Laura Shigihara.Ģ0 Minutes into the Future, Dr. It's seems to imply that the Neil/Eva reality might not actually be the base reality, but I suspect that's territory for future games/stories to delve into.To The Moon is an Adventure Game/ Visual Novel designed by Canadian Kan Gao (of Quintessence fame) and developed by Freebird Games. The post credits scene is the only thing I'm not really sure of. The fact that's it's Eva/Neil is probably a bit of wish fulfillment on Neil's part but it's for the sake of his mother's memory. Neil (with the help of Faye) constructs a reality where his mother doesn't have to choose between her own life or her son's and gets to be the "lavender" to her son's "star" (a successful career/marriage/life). That's because Neil is fulfilling his mother's wish to be a "lavender". Notice how in the "perfect" time line almost everything after Neil's birth is focused on him/Eva and not Lynri. That sounds like regret to me which is something Sigmund Corps specializes in. Lynri tells her father in Act 2 how she spent her whole life trying to be the "star" but in reality only really wanted to be a "lavender". I need to go back a reread the two star/lavender discussions Lynri has with her father but I think that's the crux of the reason for how the "perfect" timeline plays out. ![]() Except in this case his mother is already dead in the "base" reality so it's just the memory of her he's giving the "perfect" timeline to. He's basically doing the same thing he does in the first two games, fulfilling a last wish (with the help of Faye). The "perfect" timeline just looks to be a reality Watts/Faye create for his mother's memory to experience. I'm just going to spoiler tag this whole thing to be safe but here's my interpretation: Watts and Eva getting together in the "perfect timeline" may be some kind of unconscious desire of Watts filtering in which is why Faye makes fun of him afterwards. ![]() Watts makes a deal with her at the end of "Finding Paradise" for his project, which is why she's managing his simulations now. Not only are they replaying the memory, but just like when they use the device on a dying patient they extrapolate new memories from it which is why they act out independently.įaye in "Finding Paradise" and "A Bird's Story" is implied to be some kind of force of nature or mystical being - outliving Colin and admitting to meeting him when he was a child. In the games and the mini-episodes before this you see Neil working on the technology used here, but he was never given a motive for this until now. ![]() I don't think this is Neil's memory, but as Faye explains it is Neil accessing a memory left behind by his mother, which he was previously unable to access. Obviously there is room for interpretation.
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