Last Voyage - Max LL

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

Mastering by Harris Newman

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

[frierennnn]

as a nurse, i have accompanied patients in their dying moments, some without family. i always feel sad about the fact that they had to go in such a manner, with tubes and wires and IV lines just to keep their heart pumping. this game gave me solace that maybe their spirits are on a sea somewhere, munching on their favorite snack, just being at peace

[opheliacbm]

Yesterday, I lost my husband, he was battling lung disease for a very long time.
In his own way to help me cope and before his passing, he suggested me to play this game as he had played it before.
And as I progress through, I'd imagine that he would also undergo this process, this game gave me a new perspective on how death is portrayed and how souls would pass on to the afterlife.

It hurts until now, to see he's no longer among the living.. but I have to move on, I have to stay strong not only for him but for my friends and loved ones, I don't regret playing this game.. it did help me cope with the loss.
Rest in Peace my beloved Ryan, you're no longer in pain and I hope... wherever you are right now, you're finally free from your burdens and enjoy your time among the stars. 💖🌸

[NiGHTSIntoMemes]

Atul was the one who hit me the hardest. It's always the ones you don't get to say goodbye to...

[smolapplepie]

Saying goodbye to Gwen was so freaking heartbreaking to me, not only because she was the first spirit we get to recruit but also because I really related to her so much. Her whole family situation and her complex relationship with her father and everything, I literally just saw myself as a videogame character in her. I cried like a baby when it was time to let her go, I still feel a little empty inside haha

[Baldtolo]

Okay, ladies and gentleman, like if you cried, it's totally fine and there is nothing to be ashamed for, saying goodbye is one of the hardest things.

[neighborlyairsoft]

The saddest thing is knowing Atul rowed himself… he didn’t get our final hug, trying to save us the pain of goodbye. I would imagine he was not sad in that moment, but content. Just wanting to spare us the sadness.

[Tooberculosis]

I haven't played this game and know nothing about it but the amount of dignity in this song truly does sound like one last adventure. The melody sounds heroic but the instrumentation is pure solace.

[dalilbaby]

When you're rowing to the everdoor enjoying the nice white background till you notice the brown bridge starting to come in view. :(

[Rycluse]

Summer: I'm so proud of you, Stella. And I know Rose would be, too. Thank you for everything.
Me: *completely nonverbal sobbing*

[magic]

The everdoor scenes probably wouldn't have been as emotional and heart wrenching as they are with out this wonderful piece. I can't help but cry listening to it now. Good job Max, good job.

[aveomnissiah]

"People live by come and gone. But art is forever" Gustav never said this it Jhin's quote but i think he will agree with it.

[lNeml]

Spiritfarer gives people Death's perspective. It's funny.. in most games and movies Death is portrayed as this evil and inescapable monster who arrives to kill you, when in actual fact you're already dead when he arrives. He's just there to help you over to the otherside as shown in this game.. He's really a nice guy who takes you into the beyond for rest or to begin your next life.

[freddiephillipssnuts]

The moment that Stella gives them that last long hug and the music starts to crescendo it always makes me really emotional

[ルイスはLAから]

"I never wanted to let Mom down. Or make people not like me. I don't want to do bad things! But, sometimes I do. And I always regret it! I don't think that makes me bad. Do you think my mom will be disappointed in me? Disappointed I had to go? I tried! I really tried! But I don't think I did it. I like it when I win! But I couldn't this time. I think it's ok. It's ok to lose sometimes. I really think it is. I am really trying to be brave. But... I'm... I'm really scared. I wish I could be a super hero. And never be afraid. I've hoped so much that this was just a nightmare. If this is a nightmares, why can't I wake up? I was trying. Trying and trying. I wanted to wake up. I always talked to myself. 'Stanley wants to wake up!'. But it never worked. I never woke up. It all felt so real. And it made me sad. So sad, I couldn't think of anything other than sadness."

[jasonmacumber]

Alice and Stanley destroyed me. Just listening to this song brings tears.Very hard for me to deal with. I walk my boat, now a shrine to the friends I made and the loneliness is almost too much to handle. I am approaching the end, which I expect will wreck me yet I am so thankful I got this experience.

[zeitreise]

Alice was the character I felt regret most, I came up to the scene when she stood at the top of the boat but I still didn't find out her favorite food and fully decorate her room yet. So I left her there so I could do that, but when I saw her stand there in the middle of the night or during a rainstorm, I couldn't handle that, I knew I had to let her go. When Stella hug her at the Everdoor and this song was playing, I cried so hard. Thank you so much for making this song TT
P/s: After Alice left, I still wore her daughter's clothes, I thought it as a tribute for her.

[michaelandmagic]

This show is cool because it doesn’t just teach you HOW to say goodbye, it teaches you the different types of goodbyes. Ones that end on a good note, ones that end on a bad note, people you like, people maybe you don’t as much, ones where you don’t even get to say goodbye, and it was overall just a magical experience seeing how each one effects me differently

[MrStaypufty]

Out of all the characters, Elana hit me the most. She hated hugs while I loved them and she was cold and bitter while most everyone else was warm and affectionate. She brought the best out of me and pushed me to my limits. I had to try her challenges multiple times because I just couldn't get them done right the first time. Every time I completed them she barely said anything, said I almost made it or something similar, but never straight approval.

When it was her time I took her to the everdoor and she didnt say much the entire time. She preferred the simple silence instead of a strewn out goodbye speech, except, at the end, some of her final words to me.

"I'll just say it. Truly. From teacher to student, I am proud."

Out of everyone I met and went with for their final moments, I straight up bawled and cried at this. Everyone else was always so supportive and happy for me and others, but those words just echoed in my head and heart and I felt so relieved when I read them. Even though she was strict and hated hugs, she was proud of me and I needed that.

She was the last one to go for me, so the first thing I did before leaving and hugging everyone else was to give her spirit a hundred hugs to make up for lost times.

This game is so absolutely stunningly beautiful.

[CHIEFLUKE]

Damn you Alice I'm a man that never feels but you are the one that made me break. Letting her go cut me deep. Once she started losing her memory and being forgetful it reminded me of my own grandparents and how they often forget things plus how I'm not gonna have them around much longer. I'm forever keeping the outfit her daughter wore on for the rest of my playthrough.

[downumthedivine]

You know. After i finished Spiritfarer. I still continue to think about it.

How in a way, we are all like Stella.
Each of us can make an action to impact another's future.
Each of us can help and care for those around us no matter the quality of the person.
But each us will guide each other until the very end. When not only will we have to say goodbye. But we ourselves, will too be gone.

It's bitter, but beautiful.