It’s Halloween month, the times are getting shorter, and the chilly is simply starting to creep in. Over within the great world of Bitsy, a improvement instrument that focuses on creating small, explorable worlds, that signifies that the month-to-month game jam targeted on the theme of Harvest. The result’s one thing healthful and heartwarming, like home-made soup. Grab some scorching tea and have a look.
The Spirits of Bluebirch Forest is a really candy game, which its developer Nic says was “harvested from an appreciation of nature.” In it, you tackle the position of a forest spirit gathering numerous crops from a household farm. It’s a very good introduction to Bitsy, in the event you’ve by no means performed a game made within the engine earlier than, exhibiting off how easy sprites and three colors can go a good distance in evoking a selected temper. In this case, it’s cosiness, curiosity, and a way of fulfilment.
For one thing a bit extra melancholy, attempt Midnight Harvest. It follows the character of Death, impressed by Terry Pratchett’s Mort, as they discover the human realm for a objective past their job of escorting folks to the Underworld. I actually love the setting artwork on this one (see above), particularly the way in which the spherical canopies of the bushes are picked out in just some pixels. The story is unquestionably seasonally acceptable, however in a “quiet falling of the leaves” far more than a “slasher film” method.
If you’re searching for one thing extra creepy, then I might advocate Their Share. At first it appears unassuming, although stunning. Every space is illustrated in polished element, and there are many them. There’s even a mini-map to maintain monitor of the place you’re, which is useful if you wish to be sure you’ve seen every part. And it’s best to, as a result of there are plenty of unusual secrets and techniques hidden on this world, subtly including as much as one thing unsettling. There’s not a lot overt past descriptions of unusual desires and infrequently discordant music, nevertheless it’s undoubtedly sufficient to get within the Halloween spirit. I’m additionally an enormous fan of how the color scheme adjustments as a day wears on, as if the solar is sinking beneath the horizon.
You can try all the jam entries on itch.io; all are playable in browser for pay what you need with no minimal.
