History VideoGame / BestMonthEver

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''Best Month Ever!'' is a 2022 point-and-click adventure release developed by the Warsaw Film School's video game directing program, and is the first such project produced by the program. It is available for Microsoft Windows via Steam, [[UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesX Xbox Series X|S]], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, with forthcoming releases for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/Playstation5.

The story is told by a young Black man named Mitch, and is a flashback to his childhood in the United States in [[UsefulNotes/TheSixties 1969]], when he was eight years old. Mitch lived with his struggling white single mother, Louise. One day, Louise decides to pack up the family's meager possessions into their aging Cadillac and set out on a cross country journey, promising Mitch that it will be the "Best Month Ever!" The reason for this sudden change is tragic: Louise is terminally ill and has less than a month left to live, so she wants to find a safe home for Mitch to live in after she dies. Mitch and his mother bond over the ensuing few weeks against the social, economic, and racial turmoil of late 1960's America.

* TheSixties: The story is primarily set in 1969, with occasional flashbacks to 1961 around the time Louise became pregnant with Mitch. The opening narration discusses America's escalation into Vietnam and the peace movement.

->''69 was a strange year... the year [[UsefulNotes/VietnamWar Uncle Sam got his ass kicked]]... the young told the old, "Fuck off"... the year when people looked at the Earth from [[UsefulNotes/TheMoon a new perspective]]. The year I found out what it means to be a grown-up. I was eight then. My mom worked during the day and studied at night. She was determined to give us a better future. I learned how to take care of myself, cause I didn't want to be a burden to her. We didn't know much about each other then. She didn't say much, and I didn't ask. But it all changed that summer of 69."

* TheSixties: The story is primarily set in 1969, with occasional flashbacks to 1961 around the time Louise became pregnant with Mitch. The opening narration discusses America's escalation into Vietnam and the peace movement.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Timmy and his uncle, who send Louise on a peyote-driven spiritual quest when [[spoiler:Mitch is bitten by a rattlesnake.]]

* CallItKarma: Louise and Mitch arrive in a Texas town which has been devastated by a tornado. The only house standing belongs to an old Black woman whose son was kidnapped by the KKK. She tells Louise that the tornado is God's punishment to the town for what happened to her son.

The story is told by a young Black man named Mitch, and is a flashback to his childhood in the United States in [[UsefulNotes/TheSixties 1969]], when he was eight years old. Mitch lived with his struggling white single mother, Louise. One day, Louise decides to pack up the family's meager possessions into their aging Cadillac and set out on a cross country journey, promising Mitch that it will be the "Best Month Ever!" The reason for this sudden change is tragic: [[spoiler:Louise is terminally ill and has less than a month left to live, so she wants to find a safe home for Mitch to live in after she dies.]] Mitch and his mother bond over the ensuing few weeks against the social, economic, and racial turmoil of late 1960's America.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mitch is ultimately adopted by his father's family after Louise dies, despite initially being rejected by his paternal grandfather, Lester, but in addition to his mother's death, just how bittersweet this ending is depends on the choices you made for him and Louise during the story.]]** GoldenEnding: Instilling in Mitch a set of strong principles, ways of dealing with people, and respect for the law will get him endings as a [[spoiler: jazz musician like his father Frank]], [[spoiler: doctor]], [[spoiler: Congressman]], [[spoiler: wealthy stockbroker]], [[spoiler: champion middleweight boxer]], or a [[spoiler:humanitarian aid worker]].

* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: Both the title of the came, and Louise's promise to Mitch. Based on his ability to bond more closely with his mother than ever before, he feels she lived up to that promise, regardless of what happens in his life afterwards.

* BestWhateverEver: Both the title of the came, and Louise's promise to Mitch. Based on his ability to bond more closely with his mother than ever before, he feels she lived up to that promise, regardless of what happens in his life afterwards.