Description of game + CREDITS
This is the project we have created during Global Quantum Game Jam 2022, the initial idea was already brewing during Game Makers Toolkit Jam in making "Slice and Dice", and we decided to proceed in developing this concept forward.



"Willow's Awe" is a narrative-driven dungeon crawler, set in a fable world of the fierce warriors among smaller forest/meadow animals. Main character, Borvin the Ruthless, is a badger warlock who is out on his first quest to slay monsters and protect the Willow Shire.

The quantum physics inspired features are used in ability of our protagonist to use his "lucky coin", which when flips enters the superposition - once it collapses it provides additional flavor to the player's decision making and outcomes in narrative experience.



Team:

Lassi Niinikorpi - Lead Developer

Petter Skult - Narrative Design, Game Designer, Developer

Kim Kupiainen - Audio Design, Developer

Natasha Skult - Lead Artist and Game Designer

Anna Skult - Artist

Polina Petrova - Artist

Ira Sarsila - Artist

Markku Iltanen - Level Designer, Artist

Aleksi Jalonen - UI, Animation

How is your game related to the theme "PATTERNS"?
We have patterns of the behavior and the level generation of the dungeons, we used quantum-inspired features for the spawning of the enemies as well level design.

How is your game related to quantum physics?
The quantum part is used in dungeons (randomization) and the peotagonist has "lucky coin" which when tossed enters the superposition and then gives the additional layer to the outcome which will affect the narrative side of gameplay.