Awakening

What is Awakening about?

At its core, Awakening is about discovering the truth about yourself and the world around you.

You may choose to play as either Locke, a young boy with no recollection of his past, or as Aara, a young girl indebted to the Emperor.  To unlock the truths surrounding Locke and Aara, you must navigate your way through the Shifting Sands, uncover the treacherous beauty in the Deep Wood, and seek the true history behind the kingdom of Magicia.

Our goal

We designed Awakening to be a short and sweet experience.  It was originally meant to be a thirty hour experience; however, given it is our first video game project, we quickly realized it was a super ambitious goal for a solo developer and a small team!  That’s why we decided to scale it back: this way, we were able to focus on providing quality game play and story.  

During Awakening’s development, we have slowly but surely joined and created communities with other developers, musicians, story writers, pixel artists, and gamers like you!  It has helped us improve our game, and we hope that Awakening will attract new members to the community to help us further improve our current game and possible future games!

Why is it free?

To the Awakening creator, Richard Beharry, it was always a childhood dream to develop a video game.  Like many people, video games helped him through the more difficult stages of growing up.  Not only did it act as an escape, but it also helped him meet people and make meaningful friendships.

But as a child, it was hard saving up money for a new console or game.  That’s why he decided that his first project would be free so that would be available and accessible to anyone who might want to play it.  Video games were a big part of his life, so he wants to be able to give back to others.

Want to join our community?

You can also keep in touch with us! Here are a few ways how:

• Join the chat on Discord at https://discord.gg/GnUSmWN
• Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeharryRichard 

We usually post funny glitches or progress shots of the game, as well as let you guys know when the next play-testing session is available.

Want to get involved?

We are always on the lookout for play-testers!

Why are play-testers important? For a number of reasons, actually! They help us: 

• Find potential bugs 
• Understand where people are getting stuck
• Test new mechanics 

It’s really important for Awakening’s development; luckily, it’s super easy for you guys! All you have to do is look out for our updates, download Awakening, and play it!

The best way for us to analyze your playthroughs is for you to (1) record your gameplay OR (2) leave a comment on our Discord describing your experience with our game.

Thank you to those involved!

Our professional soundtrack and sound effects were created by Kent Kercher. Visit him at https://www.kentkercher.com/ to check out what other projects he’s worked on!

The beautiful pixel art used to bring the environments to life were done by none other than Andrew Silverman. 

Other pixel art, such as the awesome character pixel sprites and portraits, were made by Fabio Fontes. Follow him on Twitter, @FontesRanter. He is currently working on his own game, which can also be found on Twitter @dunkehr.