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life: Start To Return

About this game

=== Live an ordinary life as a junior game programmer! ===

~ A 1st Person Bottleneck Style Visual Novel ~

Traverse the bustling Paracoast City through a span of 4 In-Game Weeks and overcome various everyday ordeals such as going to work, paying rent, and making time for yourself on your free time.

Additionally, make meaningful connections with those called Achates Bonds. These are relationships forged from shared moments that promises to give insight on different characters within and out of the Main Story.

=== Key Features ===

  • 3 Different Endings - Experience the linear Main Story and how you live life will impact the outcome of the ending!

  • 6 Additional Side Plots - Each of the 6 Characters include their own Unique Plotlines and 5 can be optionally Dated!

  • Point & Click Gameplay - 13 Explorable Areas and 14 Different Programming Scenarios.

  • 33 In-Game Days - Explore to your hearts content throughout this duration!

  • 2-5 Hours of Gameplay - Approximately 70,000 Words!

Start your life and unfold the bizarre truths behind this so called, 'Ordinary Life.'

life: Start To Return

Live an 'ordinary life' as a game programmer and discover what lies beneath it.

Developer

Salutations=System

Publisher

Salutations=System

Release Date

10 February, 2026

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