Digital Romance Memoir
A fully immersive kinetic novel: boot a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music and raw Y2K grit, until one decision changes everything.
It's 1999. Gabriel has lived glued to his monitor for years — but when the only girl who mattered outside the screen gives him a chance and walks away 48 hours later, the computer becomes his entire reality.
Digital Romance Memoir is a slow-burn, reading-driven narrative game played entirely from the desktop of a fictional retro operating system — Prisma OS. No puzzles, no action: just screens that flicker to life after midnight, chat windows that won't stop blinking, and a country quietly falling apart in the background while Gabriel barely seems to notice.
Over four years (1999–2003) you live inside his machine: chasing connections in the dark, spiraling through obsession and toxic relationships, and exploring an internet that no longer exists — rebuilt window by window.
WHAT'S INSIDE
A fully simulated turn-of-the-millennium PC:
- Two period chat clients (AWC and PRM), full of late-night conversations with strangers
- The Pincer MP3 player, with a complete original soundtrack
- The Voyager browser and El Observador — a living news portal that follows the real history of Argentina's 2001 collapse
- Email, photo albums, downloads, and the small rituals of a life lived online
- Built-in mini-apps and games to lose yourself in
- A hidden, unsettling chapter for those who look closely
KEY FEATURES
- Many hours of pure, atmospheric reading
- An entire fake OS to explore at your own pace — every window is interactive
- Original soundtrack by an in-world roster of bands
- A faithful Y2K aesthetic: 4:3 framing, CRT glow, dial-up melancholy
This is a hyper-local, niche kind of game: long, text-heavy and unflinching. It sells rawness and obsession, not romance. And some nights, if you look closely enough, you'll feel the screen looking back.
Note: this game is written in Argentine Spanish.
