A Taste of the Past Jam Version

Beautiful game, honestly had me crying in the last couple scenes. Thank you for making this.

Thank you so much for making this game. I lost my mom two months ago and this game gave me a lot to think about. I relate so much to Mei's character and the struggle that she is going through. I have two little sisters and have been trying to take care of them since her passing.

 Grief and loss are such hard emotions to convey but you did it perfectly. There are so many times I want to ask my mom a question or talk to her but I can't. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to reflect on that. Love you mom, can't wait to see you again <3

I have always thought that video games are an artistic and cultural medium, so seeing an experience like this where the issues of the loss of a family member and the cultural and family connection offered by the food we eat and taste are handled is undoubtedly a story. that moved my emotions with an ending which can be quite emotional if one empathizes with the situation of the protagonist.

Mechanically it is quite simple, even though it is quite representative of what it is to cook a dish that I really want to try preparing, even though I am afraid that it would not be the same without the correct ingredients and substituting what I can get close to home, but at least the minigame of mixing the sauces wasn't quite polished.

A fairly complete experience for what is a product of a game jam which is free and also was eventually polished to later release it on Steam so that more people know about it and expanding the ending a bit.

A beautiful experience that you may revisit at some sad moment in life.

I'm not crying, it's just the onions. But seriously this is fantastic. I lost my grandmother last October and this hit hard. I wish I found this game sooner.

dude this is such an emotional thing, i cant imagine losing my dad and playing this really made me think about my past and whats gonna happen in the future, thank you

Thank you for making this, I lost my grandpa this month and this helps me imagine what he might have said and I cried it all out!

This is a masterpiece. It made me cry so hard. It's so good. Good Job!!!

I cried so hard.. I wish I had this kind of bond with either of my birth parents, but the closest to this is the bond I had with my Mema, who passed a few years ago from brain cancer. Thank you for making this, and giving me an opportunity to cry out some feelings while playing. Wonderful game and wonderful art, 1000/10

This is so pretty game~~~~ I love it so much :3

This was so emotional!! Such good feels, and good writing. I would love to read this in a graphic novel format!

🍇🍇🥝💖💖💖 I LOVE THIS GAME you did a lovely job on EVERYthing and I had a bad bay and you made me happy with this lovely games soi Love You💖😁☺️

That was a lovely game, the music and art were perfect, as well as the way grief is handled and how it all ties up together in the last speech of the protagonist. Very short and sweet. As someone who has lost a grandad a couple of months ago, this felt close to home.

As someone who lost a parent at a relatively early age (although not as young as the heroine of this story I) can really relate to her experience. The way other people treat her, the way she feels, the way everything grinds to a halt for a while. But then you gradually find life again, even if nothing is ever like it used to.

This was a beautiful game and it was just... Amazing. The amount of emotions and story and everything put into the game in that much time was astounding and made it so fun to experience.  The art and music were fantastic and really went together well to make he game that much more of a whole experience. The personality and history of each character was well defined and done! Was an amazing gem of a game and had so much fun playing it!

Confused. It says “Remember this” and then the screen shows me three colored bowls. I assume I need to get the bowl it showed, but it doesn’t do anything, and I’m just stuck on this page with three bowls.

I really like this game! It was very emotional, I hope I get to see more of your works in the future, Best of luck! :D

Absolutely love this game! Please keep up the good work <3

Loved the mini games throughout and the overall story, were you guys inspired by What Comes After(It’s pretty similar to this one)?

what a beautiful game!! 10000000000000000000000000000000/10 <3

Such an emotional journey. I just loved it, there was cute graphics, relaxing sounds and interesting story and dialogue. Only thing I hope there would have been was subtitles on voice acted parts but other than that it was so great!

this games amazing!

I wasn't expecting something so sad!  But I really enjoyed playing this game.

Asian here? yiieee

I really love the game art and the calm environment makes the game seems cute and peaceful. i could give more than 5 stars just bc of the game art lol. Nice game, I love it

This game was pretty good! I like it!

The game doesnt work for me, it just gets stuck on the ingredients page.

This was soooo a other than that this was very good :)
- Have a great day everyone ! ~Aizen 🕊️🤍

It's been nearly a year since my grandmother, who raised me, passed away, and I've been working on trying to transcribe her recipes onto my computer. I found this game and started playing by sheer coincidence. I didn't know about the grieving aspect of the plot, so it kind of hit me unexpectedly with heaviness. Of course, I did really like the game. A lot was funnily on the nose.  I recall at one point I was making one of my grandmother's recipes and it didn't turn out right. I got really angry and people were telling me that it still tastes fine. They didn't understand why it set me off so much. I childishly kept yelling about how I wasn't going to ever be able to make it right and how it was "gone forever now."  Really I felt guilty about not having cooked with her more often or not having paid enough attention, not acquiring enough information while she was here, not being able to do it like she did, so I thought it was interesting how a lot of Mei's dialogue sort of mirrored that as well. I think this game did a good job with using food/recipes to symbolically represent the stories, information, and memories shared with a loved one, and with the past as a whole. Coincidentally we also had a mother's day gift for when she returned from the hospital that she never got to receive, having died on mother's day, so that part also unexpectedly got a lot heavy for me when I played.
Overall I hadn't set out to play a particularly emotional game, but I ended up liking this game quite a bit. If you'd excuse the sappiness, I never really had allowed myself to process my grandmother's death and reflect on it, and this game provided a bit of that, so I'm glad I got to play it. 

This game is so  pretty and calming! Thank you for making it :)

*I implore people to dive into this visual novel*

Such a sweet and positive take on everyday life for some people. The idea that Mei wanted deep down to be forever connected to her mother through her favorite dish is soothing :) 

Here's my readthrough* for all to explore, Enjoy!

The writing is great on this game, it was like reading a good book. Thank you!

This game was awesome, I love everything - from the art to the music to the voice-acting. It was a great experience and I'd do anything to relive it again :) You guys did a great job :D 

WAHOOOO

Incredibly heartwarming game. The character designs and backgrounds were beautiful! The music fit well. The mini-games and dialogue choices kept me engaged. (Also adds some replayability.) It was surprising to hear voice acting and it was well done for what it was! My only nitpick is that I wish there were subtitles during those voiced segments.

I did run into a bug where you can get softlocked. If you don’t advance the dialogue in one room, the next room won’t let you interact with anything and you get stuck. (Not sure if this is the same issue as you mentioned in the "important" section of the description.) I happen to get a separate video of this occurring, let me know if you’d like to see it!

Regardless, it was a great experience! Keep up the fantastic work!

A very pleasant experience. Greatly enjoyed the audio and story. Nice job! :D