Save As

SAVE AS A printable microgame about what we tried to save — and lost anyway. Everything ended. Maybe it was the world. Maybe it was just a friendship, your old home, or a quiet rainy day. You find a small paper floppy disk — unlabeled, glitched. Inside it lies a 14.4 mm high-density data strip , packed with corrupted words and empty spaces. You decide to recover what you can. Save As is a tactile, introspective microgame about restoring lost memories. You become a data-recovery technician, or perhaps just someone who can’t let go. Between static and silence, you highlight what remains, scratch away what’s gone, and give the memory a name. How to Play Print and assemble Cut, fold, and glue your floppy disk. Slide the data strip inside — this is your corrupted archive. Recover data Read the strip closely, maybe with a magnifying glass. Use a marker or pen to highlight words that speak to you — the fragments you managed to restore. Forced data restoration (when you want to write in the blank {        } spaces) Close your eyes. Scratch blindly across the data strip with a black marker. When you open your eyes, those marks are sectors lost during recovery — traces of what couldn’t be saved. Save the file Label the disk: Save As: [filename] Example: Save As: my dad Add a recovery date: File restored – 12/10/25. Archive or gift Keep it as part of your collection, or give it to someone else and say: “Here. I saved you.” ---------------------------------- What It Feels Like You scan the strip. Between random characters you find meaning. The file becomes a person again — briefly. French toast, example,  {fables}, caring: sure enough -  that is my dad. ---------------------------------- Demo Disk 1 printable floppy 1 data strip themed around family and home, f ragments of warmth, noise, and the people who made you safe. Full Archive Edition ($3) 3 printable floppies (different tones) 3 themed data strips: The Lost Connection (voices you can’t reach) The Room Left Behind (places that exist only in memory) The Archive of Self (versions of you that no longer exist) Editable DOCX template for your own colors and words Printable label sheet Materials Printer and scissors Glue or tape Marker / pen Optional: magnifying glass, flashlight, silence Credits Design & writing by Mauricio Cabaleiro Becker / Carta Mundus © 2025 Carta Mundus Every act of saving is also an act of loss.