Down The Rabbit Hole

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.29
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.61
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.29
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★35%
Lewis is sad, he has been for a while.
Life is too much,
he feels trapped in his own mind.

Help him to calm and de-clutter,
complete the puzzles and escape his palace of anxiety.

The game is a point and click with puzzle mini games. Complete the games to escape the room.

When we heard about the theme we began to think of classic psychological thrillers; that led us to think of being trapped in and by themselves and so we came across the idea of the mind palace (if you don't know it check out Sherlock or the Method of Loci). We looked at CBT and mindfulness techniques for the games and were inspired by C. S. Lewis and Tim Burton.

We used Construct 2, Clip Studio Paint Pro, Photoshop and good old elbow grease to create the game and were powered by cheap crisps, beer and kebab meat.

We still have loads of ideas and assets on the cutting room floor - we had the overambitious plan to have every object be a trigger for a game or event but time and sleep got in the way.

Thanks for playing, hope you get something out of it!

Cheers and Merry Xmas!
Genres: puzzle
Tools: Construct

Comments15

sugarbyte13 Dec 2016, 02:05
Super stylish, loved the art style! Your inspirations really shine though, and I'm really on board with poor Lewis' plight. Nice job.
wujood
wujood13 Dec 2016, 17:52
Nice game! :)
thomascurry13 Dec 2016, 23:35
Love the art style. This made me think of the old Discworld games I played as a kid. Really well executed!
shnitzhell
shnitzhell13 Dec 2016, 23:44
very niche game, a lot of style. good job!!!
Jungle
Jungle13 Dec 2016, 23:58
Interesting game. Nice artwork!
etherealWhisper
etherealWhisper13 Dec 2016, 23:58
As a fan of Lewis Carroll you really got me here. Loved the graphics and the concept. The circuit minigame was a bit frustrating, but overall very well developed.
matthewpalaje14 Dec 2016, 00:22
Really love the art style. The game was very well executed!

Great job :)
Zambini15 Dec 2016, 09:40
Very well done. I could see given more time outside of a jam this could be something spectacular. Your style was unique and worked quite well.
Greek8516 Dec 2016, 10:18
oh! Nice!The theme is amazing, Great!! Can I find it on indiexpo? I'm making videos about the games of this Jam, but only about the games hosted also on indiexpo! Tell me if you will add it, so I can include it in my next video ;)
psychomonster
psychomonster17 Dec 2016, 10:58
Unique style. I love all the details of the artwork. Did not finish the game, but I will return later. Good work so far :)
cushycode22 Dec 2016, 06:43
Very atmospheric game!
I love your squirrel, haha.
fishbrain
fishbrain1 Jan 2017, 08:29
Brilliant! Probably my favourite so far!
Ant0nin1 Jan 2017, 17:25
Nice art audio & graphics, des collègues français ?

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