Groundfolk

Explore the Eternal Forest that is protected by the great tree called Ikipuu, meet residents of the forest, overcome challenges to unlock upgrades and  gather items to cook recipes while enjoying platforming with KBM or Controller!

Goal of the demo
Find 3 items of power that are spread across the map behind some manner of challenge. and return them to the great tree in the middle to win.

Open feedback here:
https://forms.office.com/e/v8bjViJXYZ

Controls:
Check the screenshots.

If you wish to reset the save data:
Open pause menu with esc / start and press reset progress, game might freeze but pressing esc couple times fixes it.

Known issues:

If Ähky grabs the player when it's not in the attack state, player gets stuck on it's hand, try pressing O to escape if this happens.

We've wrapped up for this summer.

We adjusted things based on player feedback, added quality of life

Updated visuals for:
Player, Ähky, Mama, Environment

Updated AI for Ähky

On top of other things.

Unfortunately, our game didn't meet the criteria of our fall studies, so development will be put on hold...

Developers:

Artists:
(Character, Animation & VFX)Joni ritvanen
(Environment) Sami Tolan

Programmers:
(Player, AI) Matti Kemppainen
(Menus) Aapo Kojo

Audio & Audio programming:
Johannes Koukkari