Throneburner: First Spark

Entry for Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2 under the theme "The Calm Before the Storm".  Intended for fullscreen (button in bottom right).

"The storm approaches.  Where will it find you?"

Throneburner: First Spark is a short narrative-focused game in a dark fantasy setting, focusing on  world-building and atmosphere.  We meet our character in the menacing stillness before a gathering storm -- emotional, political, and literal.

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Theme:
The game focuses on immersing you in the protagonist’s emotional journey right before the main action of the story begins, allowing us to get to know them in a quiet moment before "The Storm" begins.  The game foreshadows numerous future plot developments and complications, in the manner of approaching thunder.

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Effects credit:
Thunder by straget -- https://freesound.org/s/527664/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
11_Ghosts_II by Nine Inch Nails, Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA)