Mad Moments: Echoes of 1998
Navigate an interactive memory by touching four anchors and choosing honest responses to uncover the truth about a 1998 television broadcast.
How to play
- Start the memory from the 2026 apartment by clicking the VHS tape anchor.
- Click the 4 glowing memory anchors to reveal past events from 1998.
- Read the dialogue and the helper text carefully before making a decision.
- Select the response that listens most closely to the truth to gain a point.
- Collect all 3 truths to reach the epilogue and complete the story.
Controls
- Touch
- Tap the 4 anchors and dialogue choices to progress the story.
- Keyboard
- Not supported.
- Mouse
- Click the 4 anchors and dialogue choices to progress the story.
More about this game
Mad Moments: Echoes of 1998 is an interactive story where you explore a father's memories of a television broadcast. The goal is to collect exactly 3 truths by interacting with 4 memory anchors and choosing the most honest dialogue options. The game shifts the timeline between a quiet apartment in 2026 and a bright studio in 1998, with sensory overload moments increasing the visual intensity to 0.72. A run ends when you reach clarity and hold all 3 truths, leading to the final epilogue.
Tips
- Always choose the dialogue response that acknowledges the past harm without preparing a defense to secure the 3 required truths.
- Memory anchors like the VHS tape and sketchbook only glow when they are ready to be touched in the timeline.
- If you miss a truth, the story will ask you to return to the tape and listen differently to try again.
Questions
How do I collect truths?
You collect the 3 truths by choosing the dialogue options that reflect accountability and honesty. Avoid the choices that offer defensiveness or excuses for the events of 1998.
What happens during the overload scenes?
During overload scenes in the 1998 timeline, the visual intensity increases with distortion effects set to 0.72. This represents Lisa's sensory overload under the bright studio lights.
Who are the characters in the story?
You follow Ian in 2026 as he reflects on his eight-year-old daughter Lisa during a 1998 broadcast. Lisa is now a mother, and Ian must understand his past actions.