Set foot into this mystical fantasy world as you work together with your friends to overcome monsters, isolation, and external & internal conflicts – building friendships one card at a time.
Set foot into this mystical fantasy world as you work together with your friends to overcome monsters, isolation, and external & internal conflicts – building friendships one card at a time.
Our two Heroes versus the dreaded Hobgoblin King.
After claiming victory against their foes, our Heroes add a new card to their collection.
Left all alone, our Hero struggles with their internal fears of loneliness.
Back together once more, our two Heroes continue their journey of self-actualisation.
Emotion is the centre of the game design process, it's what we try to evoke with each player decision - that bond being nourished through feeding their magic circle.
Hobgoblins and Harmony is a small project made during my post-graduate studies to explore our emotions during the global pandemic.
As players advance within the game-world, they will notice the setting progress from traditional, archetypal fantasy to something embedded in real life. This progression aims to uncover concepts such as escapism and the gamification of real life, exploring how they relate to coping mechanisms and video games.
The game is roughly an hour long and requires an online peer-to-peer connection to play. However, we added a local save to allow players the ability to finish it at their own pace.
All technical aspects were coded by me and the art by my peer, however, the design and writing was collaborative and I hope you enjoy the experience we created.