Keep Going, Orpheus
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
You are a poet. A singer. A lover.
The one you love most, Eurydice, has died, and you have followed her into the Underworld.
The gods saw your desperation and crafted a bargain for you and Eurydice to endure.
Walk without turning to face your lover, and you will prevail.
Keep going, Orpheus.
Created by Pamsdrabbles (tumblr)
Made with Ren'Py
Many of the regular Ren'Py keys have been disabled. If you find you are stuck, you may click until you come to a choice, toggle out of full screen, or force quit the window using Alt+F4.
Shift + A opens the accessibility menu, allowing you to turn on Self-Voicing and change the font.
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What a beautiful, haunting version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. With only his thoughts- doubts, loves, insecurities - to keep him company in an endless void, no wonder Orpheus turns around. I really liked the ambient sound and the minimalist interface too. Great stuff.
Thank you for playing! Your comment is very sweet ^-^
what an excellent, beautiful, and haunting game oh my god!!! i thought i was so smart and i thought i could win, because i know orpheus and i know eurydice and i thought i’d be better because i had the will to succeed and hold on. instead, i was met with the shifting, transient nature of love that endures and yet goes through its own metamorphosis. each time orpheus doubted it was for a good, meaningful, and oftentimes poignant reason. to kill her, to prove her? to show you love her? i loved the exploration of all the different reasons you could turn, and how fitting that at the final throes of the game all the reasons turn to love. love makes orpheus turn around! love binds them together!! ugh you’ve reminded me of why i love their myth so much.
my first ending was to follow through and go on alone and what a treat it was. then i went right back to the end and turned around at the last moment, if only to have a happy ending – and now this game is an exploration of grief too?! you really have done it all…. this game is just so excellent and honestly it will be THE orpheus eurydice game for me going forward. i’m so glad i played!! the minimalism was just the cherry on top to keep everything focused on the lovely narrative <333 we should (or shouldn’t who knows ehe) do something together in the future bc i would kill for the chance to pick your brain apart and send you to the writing mines you’ve just got so much to give to the world…
stooooop!! my ego is already so big >< but yes!! I would LOVE to make something with you!! together with you until the end of time has HAUNTED me, and it would be such an honor to work together. if you ever need a game jam partner hmu or even for a non-jam project my dms are open for you always <3
Amazing experience! I went in with a goal in mind, but the more I read, the more unsure I felt. You explored so many different flavors of trust, doubt, and love. I didn't think I would be caught off-guard, but I was! Excellent storytelling, and the inability to save and skip too makes every choice all the more impactful.
ahhh thank you so much! I had so much fun gutting all the usual renpy controls ^-^