A demo version of Vivere Memento, a detective visual horror novel by indie studio Neo Vulgate Cycle, has been released on Steam. The game tells the story of mystical Ukraine in 1919.
"1919, Ukraine. It's the last moments of independence, and fear of the future and despair in the air are mixed with the will to live. A self-proclaimed detective comes to the club, asking about the girl from the photo whom no one remembers. A singer who dreams of writing her own songs finds strange poems of unknown authorship. Together, they try to unravel a tangle of riddles and mysterious disappearances but stumble upon something that the human mind is unable to fathom," the game's description says.
The player will be able to join the investigation of the two main characters, which will last for 7 in-game days, explore the streets of the Ukrainian city of 1919 and see the lives of people behind the front line. The atmosphere of noir, black-and-white silent movies, original songs, and chthonic horror is included.
Vivere Memento has a very pleasant Ukrainian language using the Kharkiv spelling of 1928, which began to be developed during the Ukrainian People's Republic, and a very good text that would not be a shame to publish as a separate story.
As we have already mentioned, the Vivere Memento demo is available on Steam. The release of the visual novel is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024, so add it to your Wish List.
The Latin phrase Vivere memento translates as "remember that you live," which is the antithesis of the well-known phrase Memento mori, "remember death." Ivan Franko used this expression for the title of his poem "Vivere memento!" written in 1883. In fact, all Ukrainians should remember that we are still alive, despite all the efforts of the Russians to destroy us. Let's keep going!