Heart of the Family

Team Members

Ayomide Asaolu

Joaquin Massa

Thomas Gonzales

Noah Johnson

In this horror puzzle game, players take on the role of an 10-year-old child who is born with the sole responsibility of rejoining his parents failing marriage. The parents, desperate to bring joy back into their selfish lives, came up with the idea of giving birth to a child despite not having the resources, money, or passion to have one. furthermore, the child is lost and confused in a world surrounded by anger, sorrow, pain, and overwhelming expectations, suffering from constant night trauma. Players must navigate through the nightmares caused from going day to day in a distorted image of a functional family using the child's “abilities”, such as a lantern that allows them to see in a small 360-degree field and a heartbeat sensor that helps to alert the player when enemies approach. The game is set in a 2D third-person perspective and features subconscious enemies formed from emotions and confusing thoughts.  Our Main characters Name is Asad he is 10 years old. his goal Is to aim for the bed in a kids mind throughout all the horrors of the world.  Underneath the bed feels like sanctuary, safety even though it may not be.