Hearth - Global Game Jam Birmingham

Creation of a game with the theme "Home" in 48 hours.

This story is about a Hearth. Hearth as a species. His species lives from fire and when the fire dies out, they die. Protagonist's village was accidentally burned, so as one of the few survivors, he is in the search for a new home. Along the way he meets a companion, where he learns home isn't a place but is a feeling. Going together through the woods, they conquer many obstacles together that brings them even closer together. Eventually they'll find a place they both can call home.

This is a 2D game where u play as a fire humanoid and walk through the forest and complete the puzzles nature gives you with the help of your dog companion which sticks by your side and guides you through the hard times. 

Mostly story-based game with some unique mechanics like:

- Dog sniffing highlights interactable objects;

- If the player and the dog are too far away from each other, the Hearth will start to lose its flame.

I designed a really cute Border Collie which is the Hearth's companion and did all the animations and scripts for him to either follow or show the player the way, attack when the player attacks and a script for a level where you play as the dog.

Rest of the files are missing.