Kindred Garden

Initial Development during the Art Center Game Jam 2021, Theme: Better Together

WINNER: Excellence in Art, Art Center Game Jam 2021

Recommended donation: $1 per level you enjoyed playing.

Go here to play: https://jacob-christ.itch.io/better-together

Meet the developers on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ne7bGwKFUA

How to play:

Use WASD for player 1 and arrow keys for player 2.

One Line:

Kindred Garden: In this 2D platformer, a fox and her boy help each other overcome obstacles while constantly moving from an light-world to an shadow-world.

Long Line:

Kindred Garden is a 2D puzzle platformer about recovering from Mental Health, the levels go from dark atmospheres to fully saturated, positive vibes that ultimately ends with a fountain like oasis. The game takes the characters, a fox and her boy, from a depressive shadowy underworld to a bright inviting overworld who learn through play that puzzles are solved better together.

Keys in the game are activities that people do to heal such as rest, eat healthy and drink water, do things you enjoy, talk it out, and have kindness for yourself.  These keys unlock the gravity altering doors that allow the character to travel from the overworld to the underworld.

Team:

Jacob "Papa J" Christ - Unity

Avea Krause - Unity

Ben Vivas - Artist

Nushi Azia - Artist

Fernando Kutz - Artist

Yu Chieh Chen - Artist

Yeri Hwang - Artist

Jessica Fichot - Audio

Daniel Stimac - Audio