Bury Me, My Love

Bury Me, My Love
Bury Me, My Love
Developer(s)	The Pixel Hunt
Publisher(s)	Arte France; Plug In Digital;
Producer(s)	Florent Maurin
Designer(s)	Florent Maurin
Programmer(s)	Paul Joannon
Writer(s)	Pierre Corbinais
Engine	MonoGame
Platform(s)	Android; iOS; Nintendo Switch; Windows;
Release	Android, iOS; 25 October 2017; Switch, Windows; 10 January 2019;
Genre(s)	Visual novel
Mode(s)	Single-player

Short description: 2017 visual novel

Bury Me, My Love^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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.^[1] The Nintendo Switch and Windows versions were released on 10 January 2019 by Playdius Entertainment.^[2] A free prequel was made available on the website on November 3.^[3] It uses interactive fiction language ink by Inkle.^[4]

Reception

Pocket Gamer called it a "must-play" for its emotional storytelling, but criticised the Switch conversion.^[5] Polygon recommended it for its "brilliant storytelling".^[6] GameSpot praised it for exploring "uncharted territory", but criticised replaying choices to be tedious.^[1]

At the British Academy Games Awards 2018, it was nominated for Best Mobile Game and Game Beyond Entertainment.^[7] It was nominated for Games for Impact at the 2017 Game Awards.^[8] At the International Mobile Game Awards 2018, it won Best Meaningful Play.^[9]

Notes

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wakeling, Richard (8 January 2019). "Bury Me, My Love Review - Trials And Tribulations". https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bury-me-my-love-review-trials-and-tribulations/1900-6417060/.
↑ Favis, Elise (2019-01-10). "Bury Me, My Love Review - A Powerful Story Of War-Torn Lovers" (in en). https://gameinformer.com/bury-me-my-love-review-game-informer.
↑ Sowden, Emily (3 November 2017). "Nour's Choice is a short prequel to the Syrian refugee story, Bury Me, My Love" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/bury-me-my-love/nours-choice-is-a-short-prequel-to-the-syrian-refugee-story-bury-me-my-love/.
↑ Maurin, Florent (8 December 2017). "The emotional rollercoaster of making a video game" (in en). https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-emotional-rollercoaster-of-making-a-video-game.
↑ Cowley, Ric (4 January 2019). "Bury me, my Love Switch review - "Beautiful game, wrong platform"" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/bury-me-my-love/bury-me-my-love-switch-review-beautiful-game-wrong-platform/.
↑ Campbell, Colin (9 January 2019). "Bury Me, My Love is the stirring story of a refugee’s dangerous journey". https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2019/1/9/18174460/bury-me-my-love-review-nintendo-switch-pc.
↑ "Winners List for the British Academy Games Awards in 2018 (Plain Text)" (in en). https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/winners-list-for-the-british-academy-games-awards-in-2018-plain-text/.
↑ "All The 2017 Game Awards Nominees" (in en-US). https://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-the-2017-game-awards-nominees/1100-6454944/.
↑ Harris, Iain (2018-03-21). "Virtual Virtual Reality and Bury Me, My Love take the accolades at 14th annual IMGAs" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.biz/indie-titles-clean-up-at-14th-annual-international-mobile-gaming-awards/.

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

[:0-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Wakeling, Richard (8 January 2019). "Bury Me, My Love Review - Trials And Tribulations". https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bury-me-my-love-review-trials-and-tribulations/1900-6417060/.

[3] Favis, Elise (2019-01-10). "Bury Me, My Love Review - A Powerful Story Of War-Torn Lovers" (in en). https://gameinformer.com/bury-me-my-love-review-game-informer.

[4] Sowden, Emily (3 November 2017). "Nour's Choice is a short prequel to the Syrian refugee story, Bury Me, My Love" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/bury-me-my-love/nours-choice-is-a-short-prequel-to-the-syrian-refugee-story-bury-me-my-love/.

[5] Maurin, Florent (8 December 2017). "The emotional rollercoaster of making a video game" (in en). https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-emotional-rollercoaster-of-making-a-video-game.

[6] Cowley, Ric (4 January 2019). "Bury me, my Love Switch review - "Beautiful game, wrong platform"" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/bury-me-my-love/bury-me-my-love-switch-review-beautiful-game-wrong-platform/.

[7] Campbell, Colin (9 January 2019). "Bury Me, My Love is the stirring story of a refugee’s dangerous journey". https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2019/1/9/18174460/bury-me-my-love-review-nintendo-switch-pc.

[8] "Winners List for the British Academy Games Awards in 2018 (Plain Text)" (in en). https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/winners-list-for-the-british-academy-games-awards-in-2018-plain-text/.

[9] "All The 2017 Game Awards Nominees" (in en-US). https://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-the-2017-game-awards-nominees/1100-6454944/.

[10] Harris, Iain (2018-03-21). "Virtual Virtual Reality and Bury Me, My Love take the accolades at 14th annual IMGAs" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.biz/indie-titles-clean-up-at-14th-annual-international-mobile-gaming-awards/.

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