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The Rat Way Home's itch.io pageTeam Name
Flying Bear
Gameplay Instructions
WASD to navigate
Space bar to jump
E to interact
What platform is your game built for?
Windows
List any content that was created before the jam.
We Love Indies (SFX & Music)
FreeSound.org (SFX)
Particle Effects package from marketplace (Godrays and Dust Particles)
UE4 Starter Content (VFX)
Freepik (Rat icon for checkpoint)
Rope Asset by youtuber Lusiogenic
Mixamo Animations for the main rat and the old man
Google Fonts (Amatic SC)
Detailed list in the game's credit. All the rest was made during the game jam by us
Link to Gameplay Footage
https://youtu.be/vZIgifgigP8
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Comments
Very nice game, so charming and love the concept, gameplay, level design, the interpretation of the theme etc. Well done you guys!
Thank youu!! We are really glad you liked it! ♥
Awsome level design! Good job and you guys deserved a prize!
aww thank you NosuC! That's so kind ♥
Love the visuals and the mood as well as the two storylines which intersect with each other (rats and humans).
Haven't understood the jam theme though :D
Overall, gorgeous work, well done!
Thanks for the awesome compliments!
The way we thought of running out of space is a little bit more abstract:
1. The old man is running out of space for memories, he is sick with dementia and struggles with it.
2. The old man is hoarding due to his dementia, cluttering up the space in the apartment.
3. The rat is running out of space to move, as obstacles are closing in. (Poison, rat traps, old man, smoke are all becoming more frequent).
You can read a bit more about how we got to the idea here.
Nice one! Love the lighting and range of colours used. Looks like a winner to me, good luck!
Thanks! Not going to lie, I do hope we win!
Our level artist did an amazing job!
very beautiful game
Thanks a million!
Wow - Well done, really nice mood! (and impressive to have managed this in just a Jam!)
Your game looks amazing as well! Thank you for the kind comment!
The lighting is very beautiful, well done!
Thank you so much, we worked a long time on the atmosphere and the feeling around it.
Congratz team! A very cool immersive game!
Thank you very much!! We are so glad you liked it ♥
Looks super polished, great work!
Thank you for your kind comment! We really put a lot of effort into polish, especially in the end!
Very good game indeed but i dont get the correspondence to the theme
Thanks a bunch for playing and the feedback!
The way we thought of running out of space is threefold:
1. The old man is running out of space for memory, he is sick with dementia and struggles with it.
2. The old man is hoarding due to his dementia, cluttering up the space in the apartment.
3. The rat is running out of space to move, as obstacles are closing in.
Holy Smokes this game looks great!
Thank you so much idee_fixe! We appreciate it <3
This is awesome! Great job
Thank you!! We are glad you liked it ! ♥
Great lighting. Did you use UE5?
Hey, thank you! We were more comfortable using UE4.27 as it felt more stable!
I am not sure if it is about my settings but Lumen did impact performance a lot so even though we were using Unreal Engine 5, we couldn't use Lumen.
oh mann thats sad! lumen is great but yeah, we felt more comfortable using ue4 since ue5 is still in beta