Bury Me, My Love

2017 visual novel

2017 video game

Arte France
Plug In Digital

Producer(s)Florent MaurinDesigner(s)Florent MaurinProgrammer(s)Paul JoannonWriter(s)Pierre CorbinaisEngineMonoGamePlatform(s)

Android
iOS
Nintendo Switch
Windows

Release

Android, iOS
25 October 2017
Switch, Windows
10 January 2019

Genre(s)Visual novelMode(s)Single-player

Bury Me, My Love^[a] is a visual novel developed by The Pixel Hunt and published by Arte France. The story follows Syrian couple Nour and Majd as Nour tries to flee the Syrian civil war to Europe.

Gameplay

The player chooses Majd's texting replies to Nour and gives her advice.

Development

The game was developed by French studio The Pixel Hunt with design studio Figs and was published by Arte France for Android and iOS on 25 October 2017. The Nintendo Switch and Windows versions were released on 10 January 2019 by Playdius Entertainment. A free prequel was made available on the website on November 3.^[1] It uses interactive fiction language ink by Inkle.^[2]

Reception

Pocket Gamer called it a "must-play" for its emotional storytelling, but criticised the Switch conversion.^[3] Polygon recommended it for its "brilliant storytelling".^[4] GameSpot praised it for exploring "uncharted territory", but criticised replaying choices to be tedious.^[5]

At the British Academy Games Awards 2018, it was nominated for Best Mobile Game and Game Beyond Entertainment. It was nominated for Games for Impact at The Game Awards 2018. At the International Mobile Game Awards 2018, it won Best Meaningful Play.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Bury Me, My Love is a Syrian goodbye phrase. Originally also "Enterre moi, mon Amour"^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Sowden, Emily (3 November 2017). "Nour's Choice is a short prequel to the Syrian refugee story, Bury Me, My Love". Pocketgamer.com.
^ Maurin, Florent (8 December 2017). "The emotional rollercoaster of making a video game". Game Developer.
^ Cowley, Ric (4 January 2019). "Bury me, my Love Switch review - "Beautiful game, wrong platform"". Pocketgamer.com.
^ Campbell, Colin (9 January 2019). "Bury Me, My Love is the stirring story of a refugee's dangerous journey". Polygon.
^ Wakeling, Richard (8 January 2019). "Bury Me, My Love Review - Trials And Tribulations". GameSpot.