Make a game with a story based on a certain story prompt, which also includes an Item, Character and a Location. The game has to be based on all of these things. It doesn't matter how much time you spend on it and it doesn't even matter how long the game is.

Base Prompt: When the protagonist was a child, they used to be best friends with a certain boy (who might or might not be named Michael). However, one day, the protagonist's best friend disappeared and it was as if he never existed. All traces of his existence seemingly vanished and no one seems to remember who he even was, not even those who were his close friends. The protagonist seems to be the only exception.

Years later, the protagonist is now an adult. One day, they are somehow contacted by a person who claims to be the protagonist's childhood best friend, claiming that he needs the protagonist's help to escape from what he calls "the terrible place"...

Item: An antique mirror. It reveals the observer for who they truly are.

Character: An old woman. She thinks that her son is a good man. She'll be confronted with the fact of just how wrong she is.

Location: The attic of someone's childhood home. Something important is hidden there.

RULES:

- You can use whatever assets, resources and scripts/plugins you want, so long as you have the rights to use them, abide by their Terms of Use and give credit.

- Your game must follow the Base Prompt and also include the Item, Character and Location that are part of the prompt.

- Abide by itch.io's Terms of Service.

- There has to be some kind of free version of your game made available for the duration of the both this game jam's submission period and also its rating period, be it a free demo version or the game itself being free for a limited time. This requirement no longer applies after the game jam ends.