The Last Swarm Warden
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The temple of the swarm wardens was once bright and peaceful. You wake up, alone save for the guiding light of the fireflies... and the shadows that lurk at the edge of your vision. Let the fireflies guard and guide you as you venture out into the darkness to find the sacred lanterns.
We're quite used to making snappy action games, so this was our deliberate first foray into something more tense and narrative-driven. Please be kind to our jank and forgive my one-take voice work!
WASD - move
SPACE - interact with beacons and levers when close
LMB - click on lanterns to light them
This is a tense and languid game. There's minor horror and creepy elements but that's it. Just letting you know!
Design - Smartwilliam and pickens-inc
Programming - pickens-inc
Art - Smartwilliam
Sound/Music - pickens-inc
VA - pickens-inc
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Update 13/10/24 - v 1.01 has been released. Consider whether or not you wish to play this version. It is identical, aside from the following:
- Crash and softlock fixes
- Controller support (it's not great but it exists)
- Subtitles
- Frame-rate optimistation
Accessibility is important but is often missed during the jam. It was important to me to include a version with subtitles. If you struggle with hearing or have issues with the frame-rate, consider playing v1.01, which has no other changes beyond accessibility and optimisation.
We're quite used to making snappy action games, so this was our deliberate first foray into something more tense and narrative-driven. Please be kind to our jank and forgive my one-take voice work!
WASD - move
SPACE - interact with beacons and levers when close
LMB - click on lanterns to light them
This is a tense and languid game. There's minor horror and creepy elements but that's it. Just letting you know!
Design - Smartwilliam and pickens-inc
Programming - pickens-inc
Art - Smartwilliam
Sound/Music - pickens-inc
VA - pickens-inc
_____
Update 13/10/24 - v 1.01 has been released. Consider whether or not you wish to play this version. It is identical, aside from the following:
- Crash and softlock fixes
- Controller support (it's not great but it exists)
- Subtitles
- Frame-rate optimistation
Accessibility is important but is often missed during the jam. It was important to me to include a version with subtitles. If you struggle with hearing or have issues with the frame-rate, consider playing v1.01, which has no other changes beyond accessibility and optimisation.