Indefatigable Zeal

by fizzbark

co-authored: @dylan-h, @sarah-quinn, @zacbackdrop, @milestto

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.75

In the Swiss Alps during the 1700s, St Bernard dogs were bred to be first respondents to find buried victims after an avalanche. They carried casks of Brandy around their necks that the survivors would drink for warmth while they waited for the dogs to return with rescuers. You play as a dog and a monk partnership delivering Brandy to survivors on the way home to get help, but something sinister awaits them...

Content Warning:

Contains horror elements: blood, psychosis, alcoholism, and the most disturbing of all: scoping issues.

Controls:

- Click to move The Dog
- Right click to bark
- WASD to move The Monk
- Q to interact as The Monk
- E to interact as The Dog
- Esc for the pause menu

Puzzle Solutions:

Are you stuck on a puzzle but want to see the rest of the game? Check out the walkthrough linked below

Post Jam submission changes:

2023/05/02 Updated the credits page

Screenshots:

Tags: #dogs, #psychological horror

Genres: adventure

Tools: Unity

Comments19

LDJam user 2359152 May 2023, 07:25

An interesting game, I liked it. It's a pity there aren't enough levels)

MKRaw2 May 2023, 11:27

Nice art, hilarious bark! Following the smell idea is very cool

filgreen32 May 2023, 12:20

Two characters to play is always fun, especially when it has different interaction with the world! Agree with @mkraw, smell is cool idea

E-polygon2 May 2023, 12:29

Wow the art of this game is gorgeous, and controlling the dog and monk at the same time is quite an interesting idea, could see this being a longer proper game, could use some more work on the audio bits, but overall quite impressive.

maxds982 May 2023, 12:29

The monk looks pretty scare, but I really liked the bark sound. The dog is so cutie!

Alex Chertilin2 May 2023, 12:31

Great story and playing. What a pity it's so short. I involved

BakosTyren2 May 2023, 13:06

Very well made! Sadly I did get stuck on the puzzle with the burning trees. Still this is very well made. Good Job!

Dylan H2 May 2023, 13:10

@maxds98 "Worlf!"

ChanceA2 May 2023, 13:44

Very creative, I really liked this one!

ANRQAngel2 May 2023, 14:08

Great little game, good idea controlling both characters, good story.. fun to play, interesting old school art style.. I really enjoyed this one even though the story is a bit bark and the dog kept telling me "f..koff!" c",)

Linnet52 May 2023, 14:26

Super charming and atmospheric! I liked the dual character control scheme :D

bixarrio2 May 2023, 14:28

Nice little game. Too short, though...

boytoycomrade3 May 2023, 16:20

loved the game, I am captivated by the combination of such dark mater and bright gameplay to deliver it. it seems that we are truly living the experience of a resque dog! it is a bit hard to get around form the start because ui does not feel very natural, but nonetheless it is an exceptional work, thank you!

Hoffschir3 May 2023, 16:50

Very Cool game, nice !

WooferRae4 May 2023, 17:58

love the vibe, the art really brings it together!

Adam Jewell4 May 2023, 18:08

Really cool. I like the innovative concept of controlling one character with keyboard and one with mouse to collaborate on a single goal. Only took a few seconds to get the hang of and I would have loved to play more with the mechanic in a full version. Graphics were awesome and along with the gritty audio really added to the mood. The whole experience felt like something from a hundred years ago, maybe found in a dusty library if games were that old!

MrEliptik4 May 2023, 21:18

Cool idea, congrats for the entry!

StudioCherno8 May 2023, 05:00

Hey @zacbackdrop, @dylan-h, @milestto, @sarah-quinn, and @fizzbark awesome little game you guys put together!

I really like the visuals and the gameplay is quiet awesome! I like how the monk and the dog have to work together to solve some puzzles, looking forward to the post jam version with more content and the continuation to the story!

-Tim

Francis10 May 2023, 22:33

The puzzle where you have to control two characters and work together to solve is a cool idea!
The sniffing mechanic is interesting, but I'd like to see it present more interesting choices other than "sniff everything!". The avalanche sound at the beginning was really loud and rough on the ears. Would be interested to see what other kind of interesting puzzles you can make with these mechanics :)

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