Hotaru

Created as a third year Professional Project at  Abertay University in 2020/2021.

Hotaru is a charming narrative exploration game that follows the player in their quest to find the cause of the spreading darkness from the forest. Along their journey they will be joined by an enigmatic narrator as they set out to find the key to bringing balance to the forest: the fireflies. The player will run, jump and collect fireflies through beautiful setpieces and gorgeous atmosphere in this casual, relaxing game.

Credits

Producer, Game Designer & 3D Artist - Fabi Reichsoellner 

Programming & Assistant Producer  - Michael Keenan 

Level Design & Testing - Joas Bremer

Animation, Video Editing & 3D Artist - Heléna Matheson

3D Artist & Character Artist - Cassia Ogilvie

Game Design, Narrative Design & Audio Design - Harry Dub 

Programming - Harrison Gower 

Running Hotaru:

Unzip the submission folder, or open it and extract the folder \Hotaru Build\ from the zipped folder.

In the extracted folder, navigate to \Hotaru Build\WindowsNoEditor and run Hotaru.exe.

From there, you can navigate the menus with your mouse to start the game.

Key	Action
W	Move Forward
A	Move Left
S	Move Back
D	Move Right
Space	Jump
Left Mouse Button	Swing Staff
E	Interact (Collect objects, deposit)
Esc	Pause Menu