Shi no ganbo

[Introduction]

You wake up in a boat with no memory, drifting in the sea of afterlife. The deities that cover the sky watch you drift to shore, where your fate seems to be cemented as a soulless wanderer.

This is, until you find a small shard of yourself. With a slight sense of self you now try to find the answers to your emptiness

[What is "Shi no ganbō"?]

A side-scrolling platformer that tells a story about loss. Shi no ganbō translates to "Desire of Death", the rest you will have to figure out yourself!

[Theme]

We really took the theme to heart and tried to make the game revolve around the concept of "starting with nothing". We conveyed the theme directly through gameplay, starting the player off with nothing to defend themselves. We further hammered home the theme through the narrative, which I won't spoil here.

Controls

- [W][D] / [Arrow Left] [Arrow Right] - Move
- [Spacebar] / [W] / [Arrow Up] - Jump
- [Left Mouse Button] - Trigger equipped item in slot nr 1
- [Right Mouse Button] - Trigger equipped item in slot nr 2
- [E] - Open inventory
- [E] - Interact (Pick up, activate)
- [Escape] - In game pause

[Credits]

- Belle Rahnasto - [Art], [Director] - WindmillGames
- Simon Rahnasto - [Code], [Producer] - WindmillGames
- Eric Bernard - [Code] - ebernerd
- Ben "langotriel" French - [Level Design], [Casting], [Narrative Design]
- Daniel Docherty - [Music] - https://www.danieldocherty.net
- Milan Kovarbašić - [Sound Effects]
- Dianna Conley - [Voice: Wife]
- Franki "Hankshaw" Garpeman - [Voice: Barbarian]
- Zach Pokres - [Voice: Main Character]
- Aiko Amami - [Voice: Child]
- Humpten Frumpenshire - [Voice: General]