A downloadable game

About

This game was developed as part of a Bachelors Thesis that analyzes how video games can help us reflect our own mortality and how this serious topic can be interpreted as a meaningful game mechanic. It was developed over the course of roughly 12 weeks and may recieve some updates in the future.

Game Description

The Sacrifice is a 2D adventure game that tells a story about love, loss and an ultimate sacrifice.

Players experience the story of a romantic couple and how they got torn apart by an untimely death. But since the main character is unable to accept the loss of their beloved partner, they decides to travel to the underworld to retrieve her themself.

<The Sacrifice> is designed to counter our so called 'Death Denying-Culture' seen across all media by openly displaying death related and drawing an analogy between death and its core game mechanic- Every choice players make will come with permanent consequences and can't be ignored.

Key Features

Explore a story of love, loss (and a reunion?)
Dig your own grave!
Travel through the underworld and search for your beloved partner
- Collect flowers that each show a unique memory you both shared
- Sacrifice parts of your body to keep on searching

...Making an unltimate sacrifice which comes with permanent consequences

How to play

WASD for movement, Space to jump
Mouseclick to attack
E to interact
Space to jump

Some scenes require your to explore them with only your mouse

Credits

Concept, Art and Game Desgn by Ditzie Doodle
Lots of Coding help, especially for the 'sacrifice mechanic' from Stefan@DigitalPenguin
Phoenix by Stephen Rees
Fairy Dust, First Steps and Troubling Dreams by Boris Sandor
Beautiful Piano (Romantic, Cinematic&Inspiring) by Oak Studios
Key of Moon by Enchanted
Air Prelude by Kevin MacLeod
ound effects are from freesound.org