The Way Home
Programming language: C#
Game engine: Unity
Game genre: Casual, runner
Duration of development: 6 hours
Year of development: 2023
Developers: Ann Bernevega, Joona Vähä
"The cat is lost in the forest and tries to find the way home. Help the little kitty to return to its owners!"
About The Way Home
The Way Home is a winner game of BRAHE Skills competition which is a Taitaja event trial. Having only around 6 hours to create a playable casual type of game we decided to create a simple runner. The game is in the state that it was submitted as and wasn't updated since.
The idea of the game is very plain: player can control the character by pressing A or D keys to avoid
obstacles on the way. If the character collides with the rocks - the game is over. Furthermore, the more time the player plays, the faster the cat becomes. In the plans for the game we also decided that there would be bonuses, upgrades and other fun skills obtainable while you play. By collecting enough points the player could buy different skins for the cat and get a revive if they lose.
The game's map and the coins' locations are randomly generated: there are in total 3 variations of how the map can look like. We didn't want "The Way Home" to look and feel repetitive so we decided to add that element.