ⓘ OVERVIEW
EM was a 2D story-based platforming and exploration game. I lost the game files to a hard drive failure, so only concept art and a handful of videos remain.
This game is loosely set in the Hierre system and was the first rendition of planets Ronetto and Lunscu. It was my main portfolio piece when applying for universities in 2019.
⌨ DEVELOPMENT
EM was made in Unity before switching to Godot 3. This was my first foray into full-fledged game development back in 2018-19. I never made much substantial gameplay for the game, instead focusing on environment art and learning to use game engines.
EM (alongside more concept pixel art I made around the same time like the image above) was foundational for the sci-fi fantasy aesthetic I continued to build on in Sandboard, Gata Guressi, and the rest of the Hierre universe.
You can actually find some screenshots of EM on flyers around Kallay Tirridor in Gata Guressi.
While not canonically tied to EM, a more fantasy, stylized, generic aesthetic also branched from this game into PVP Playground and Head in the Clouds.
I made all art in Aseprite and used Logic Pro for the soundtrack. Some of the soundtrack was adapted and released in my first album, Onion Ecdysis.