Break Chance Memento (BCM) is a visual novel about family bonds across time and involves time travel, tracking down a serial killer, and potential gay romance. It is plot-heavy rather than romance-heavy and can be classified as slice of life, boys' love, and science fiction. We give the game a 15+ rating due to violent/horrific imagery and writing. BCM contains over 6 hours of gameplay including parts where the player explores the city of Nagasaki to look for items and time travels to solve the mystery at the core of the plot. The game is for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers and is sold via itch.io and Steam, retailing for USD $19.99 (full price). Itch.io does allow people to tip, so if you’d like to tip us, we’d greatly appreciate it. There is also a demo available for download which covers the first two chapters (out of five). For more information, please visit bcm.cyanide-tea.net.
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STORY
Four years ago, Shuuki's world was turned upside-down when his twin sister, Fuyuka, died in an accident at just 12 years of age. His parents blamed her death on the negligence of their eldest son, Natsume. The Amamiya family was never the same.
One fateful morning, Shuuki stumbles across the gruesome sight of his brother Masaharu's corpse. When all hope is lost and Shuuki must come to terms with the fact that his brother has been murdered, the mysterious Kyousuke appears before him with a proposition:
"Do you want to bring your brother back? To fix your family's broken relationship? You can…if you learn to travel through time."
Before he knows it, Shuuki is caught in a plot far more sinister than he could have ever imagined. He learns that the key to traveling through time and stopping innocents from being killed lies in mementos: items that are a link between the past, future, and present.
Trigger & Content Warnings: verbal and physical abuse, implied sex, slurs related to gender/sexual identity, blood/gore, murder, violence, student/teacher romantic relationship, glitch imagery, some flashing lights/white screens, and suicidal speech/actions.
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Buy the game here on itch.io.
The game is also for sale on Steam.
This has been a Cyanide Tea production. Please enjoy the game and please, please use spoiler tags. Thank you to everyone who's supported us over the years or helped us along the way. It was a very long journey, but we've finally made it!
