About This Demo

A Storied Life: Tabitha is a cozy narrative game about memory, legacy, discovery, and joy inspired by elements of Unpacking, A Little to the Left, and classic word game Mad Libs. 

An elderly loved one has died, leaving you their estate and a letter encouraging you to sell any valuables. But when a mishap spoils their soon-to-be-published memoirs, you set out to repair the damage, piecing together their hidden past using the items you inherit. 

Play three chapters from the full game: 

• Chapter 1: A Warm Welcome 

• Chapter 4: Wine and Dine 

• Chapter 7: Bedfellows 

Explore the Porch, Dining Room, and Master Bedroom of the estate, seek out hidden objects, and discover the stories they reveal. Juggle resources and space to pack away the items you decide are the most meaningful. Then replay the chapters to discover how your decisions reshape the narrative. 

House clearing with care

Explore a picturesque country house and pack away its contents, room by room. Move furniture, lift rugs, and open cupboards to uncover hidden and forgotten objects.

What separates cherished items from rubbish? Slowly sift through fragments of someone's past and decide whether to keep, auction, or discard each object. 

Relaxing packing puzzles

You can't keep everything. Move and rotate items to fit them into boxes. Limited space and weight considerations mean you must let some things go.

Strengthen boxes with tape and vacuum pack soft goods to fit more in. Don't forget to bubble wrap fragile objects or they may break when unpacking.

Restore your loved one's memoirs

Every item you save unlocks a set of associated words. Use these to mend the gaps in the damaged memoirs, completing the sentences to reveal a storied life.

You determine how the past is recorded. Uplifting, silly, shocking, funny, sombre... the memoirs have many potential branches, and every decision is yours. 

Key Features

• Authentic Yorkshire setting: An intricately branching story rooted in North Yorkshire, UK

• Soothing, painterly world: 17 delicately animated, hand-painted levels, enhanced by ambient weather and time of day effects

• Multiple endings: The memoirs you write directly impact the final room's puzzles and how your benefactor is remembered

• Item encyclopaedia: Your journal automatically logs all collected items and the words they unlock, and tracks the funds you raise at auction

• Adaptive word puzzles: Forget to safely pack your items? Broken and pristine versions of the same object unlock unique words for the memoirs

• Secrets and surprises: Uncover unexpected treats by replaying levels and experimenting