Growing Pains

You play as a child whose dad has recently passed away. This leaves your Mom in a grief stricken, catatonic state. Now you as the older child, have to take up responsibilities around the house, take care of your mom and hold the family together. 

The combined grief and stress also gives the child nightmares that take a physical form at night. The nightmares won’t stop coming until the child and the parent come together as a family and take steps to heal. 

Made by a team of six for the Safe In Our World Mental Health Game Dev Champions 2024.

Controls:

WASD or Arrow keys - move around

Left CRTL - Will show interactable items in the level

E - To interact 

F - To bring up Chores list

Left click - to swing weapon in combat

Right click - block/parry in combat

Shift - to dodge in both sprinkler and combat 

Q - to exit any activity immediately 

Esc for pause/save menu

Quitting out will automatically save your game

Credits

Joe Nibal - Programmer, Game Designer & Team Lead

Peter Havran - Sound Designer & Composer

Michelle Ly (Portfolio) - 3D Artist

Dhannie Rampersaud (Portfolio) - 3D Artist

Amber Baillie (Portfolio) - 3D Artist/Animator

Charlie W(Portfolio) - UI Designer