The Last Light of Ursavus

SUBMISSION FOR Summer Slow Jams 2023: Narrative. Theme: Doomsday

~ Preface: this game is a work of art and not a scientific representation of dawn bears history; all events and characters are made up from imagination and are not supposed to be scientific/realistic

~ Triggers: flashing lights, mention of death

~ This is my first time working in Game Maker 2 or anything that needs an actual script, so many things are not how I would like them to be (no title screen - it broke my game when I started making it at 4 am, a few hours before deadline, so I panicked and scratched the idea) but the game itself is a complete experience, and I will polish it after Jam! <3

Move with arrow keys

Interact with Enter

Call inventory with Space

BLURB:

Explore a dawn bear village before doomsday strikes.

Get to know the villagers, their hopes, fears, and beliefs.

Story:

We wake up in our den and go look for our parents at the field. They lament the crops freezing over and ask us to go to big Ted in his mollusc café, to ask him for advice.  

Main mechanic:

Classic adventure game: talking with characters, delivering items, watching cut-scenes

Engine:

GameMaker

Game by:

Kanity (everything is done by me: music, code, art, narrative design, writing, etc)

Programs used:

Paint Tool Sai

GameMaker2

SketchUp

Photoshop

*Special thanks to Illumio for coming up with a name for this game.

*Special thanks to my dad for giving me his article on brown bears to proofread – it was my inspiration!

Ideas after Jam:

Game Menu

Mini-games

The shadow below MC...

Dialogue system 

More developed inventory system

BONUS: character design plans! ~