Me & My Shadow

NOTE: PLEASE PLAY GAME IN FULLSCREEN FOR BEST EXPERIENCE

Me and My Shadow is a puzzle platformer/interactive fiction game about the relationship between a boy and his shadow, representing the darker parts of the human psyche. This is explored through a combination of puzzle platforming rooms, and voiced dialogue. The main mechanic of the game is the ability for the boy and his shadow to split into two characters to allow the ability to solve "co-op style" puzzles.

This game was developed in two weeks for the 2024 Pirate Software Game Jam 15. Due to time constraints, we were unable to fully achieve our original vision for this prototype of our game, however we are still proud of the two levels we were able to complete and we are hoping and looking forward to continuing development on this game in the near future!

Controls:

Left and right arrow/A and D to move left and right

Up and Down arrow/W and S to swap characters

Space to jump

Enter to rejoin the boy and shadow.

Notes:

Not covered in the game tutorial currently, but the boy has the ability to double jump, while the shadow has the ability to have a variable jump height based on how long the jump key is held.

Team:

Cyberpxl - Director, Game Designer

Aaliem - Artist, Ideas

Logicmode - Writer, Level Design, Ideas

Banan - Writing, Ideas

Creepingcat - Additional Programming/Game Design Support