Silence and Darkness

Completed for the Brackey Game Jam 2021.1, this was both my second jam and second game project. The theme was “stronger together”.

After vying to never make a 2D game… I underwent making this 2D game after Tina [who did the game’s art] fielded an interesting premise about senses. Tying this to the theme, I opted to use the senses as a model of something that works better together—while the jam’s theme also provided grounds for the narrative as a whole.

Using Bolt (visual scripting), I underwent making the beast and getting used to 2D. As with my previous jam I’ve learnt a real lot in a short space of time. My greatest lesson this time around was in creating reusable, automated systems by allocating easily accessible variables—which was especially helpful for speedily implementing the dialogue system.

This second jam has been an absolute blast and, despite almost giving up early on due to a wealth of confusion and overwhelm, I learnt a huge amount while producing something which I feel is a marked improvement from my last attempt.

I’d love to know your thoughts after playing, so please do drop a comment or get in touch!

You can also check out my first project here: https://cinemaleo.itch.io/sacrifices

Build Details

Made and built for Windows.

Mac build has been tested, but not by me. [Please say if it does/doesn't work]

Do let me know if you encounter any bugs.  

Credits Art

Characters & Plants: Tina Shaban (@Tunafish_art)

https://www.instagram.com/tunafish_art/?hl=en

Exterior Background: Momit – Forest Road Background

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/forest-road-backgrou...

Audio

Free-use sounds sourced from Freesound.com

Song: Siddhartha Corsus - Ocean Waves [Creative Commons]

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Siddhartha/rainbow-bridge/ocean-waves

Font

Bakso Sapi  by Locomotype 

https://www.dafont.com/bakso-sapi.font

Thumbnail Art

Also by the ever talented TunaFishArt

https://www.instagram.com/tunafish_art/?hl=en