Feel like a child again! Use your imagination and combine shadows on the wall into stories to dream about!

This game lets you place objects, cast their shadows on the wall, and then become a shadow yourself and play the level you created! All with a pure joy only a child may experience.

A winning entry for GMTK Game Jam 2024. Theme: "Built to scale".

Post jam patch out now!
Jam version available as downloadable for Windows.

Design: buday and GGroys
Code: buday
Art: GGroys
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External assets:
"Gymnopedie No. 1" Kevin MacLeod,
"Porch Swing Days — faster" Kevin MacLeod,
"Gonna Start v2" Kevin MacLeod  - CC4 - https://incompetech.com/ 

Paper - CC3 - https://opengameart.org/node/9963 
Floor - CC3 - https://opengameart.org/content/wooden-floortile-seamless-with-normalmap 
Toy cube - CC3 - https://poly.pizza/m/RtwMoLvuTl
Carpet - CC0 - https://opengameart.org/content/arcade-carpet-textures-carpet2512png
Robot toy - CC3 - https://poly.pizza/m/93NCs2zpMq
Toy train - CC3 - https://poly.pizza/m/2jFwyCzAAaP
Lunch box - CC4 - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/lunch-box-c1a8225dba244dca93cebac30e332335
Trophy - CC0 - https://poly.pizza/m/4vUGcdGaaC
Glasses - CC0 - https://poly.pizza/m/9xOJlCsQzX
Toolbox - CC3 - https://poly.pizza/m/20JcnkCnbAc
Bags - CC0 - https://poly.pizza/m/gzvyAQ797z
Truck - CC3 - https://poly.pizza/m/cPVFA5uTr9l 

Lava sound - CC0 - https://freesound.org/people/DCSFX/sounds/366159/
Yupee - CC0 - https://freesound.org/people/MrFossy/sounds/521900/
Whoosh - CC4 - https://freesound.org/people/Mellau/sounds/530445/
Yay - CC0 - https://freesound.org/people/zut50/sounds/162395/
Applause - CC3 - https://freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/324186/

Updated 9 days ago
Published 28 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Authorsbuday, GGroys
GenrePuzzle
TagsGame Maker's Toolkit Jam

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MyShadowsAreBright_JamVersion.zip 100 MB

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I love how cartoony everything is, def reminds me of the drawings I used to make when I was younger!

Thanks! We was going for cozy childhood memories with game's aesthetics, it's cool to see that it works. Thank you for playing!

This was great!

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it

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this would be a very nice puzzle game. i like how you can get in and out of the dream mode without resetting the position of the objects, very pleasant to play

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Thanks a lot! A small post-jam patch is coming soon, and then I'll estimate the possibility of expanding this game with more puzzles and content. 
Keeping object's positions is important for gameplay flow, as trial and error in both real and dream world is required to solve a puzzle. I'm glad you liked this mechanic!