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)