Filling the void

Filling the void is a game made during the GMTK2018.
It is a walking simulator... without walking !

Introduction

Welcome to my house.

I never left this place since I was born but that's funny how life can make you have an introspection about a place that you know almost better than your own self. When people speak of the « soil of evidence » I am always thinking about the floor of my house. How I walk in and go from room to room just for the pleasure of hanging around. Yeah I know it's silly it's my own place but still.

But this time my walk isn't the same...it's filled with some memories. I mean more than before.

To take some distance from this house...and from myself...

Let's « walk » together.

Introduction

Fill in the void is a « walking simulator » like in 2D with a top down camera.

You play as Phil who walks in his house from room to room to make things clear with his place...and himself.

Explore the different rooms to learn what happened

Interact with items and memories

Text driven and puzzle solving mechanics

Game info

Hardware : PC

Audience : Young adults, adults

Estimated time of play : 5-10 min max

Camera : 3rd person - top down

Graphics : 2D

How to play

Fill in the void is a 2D walking simulator game where the player goes on in the story through the different rooms by using the mouse as a one button experience. The mouse allows the players to highlights of each room to reveal a narration through text or puzzles.

Each transition requires the player to move the mouse to trigger the walk to the next room.

Game universe

Phil is coming back to his house to understand what happened in this place and to himself.

« Fill in the voids » has no particular sci-fi or fantastic set up. It takes place in some kind of  house that gives you the feeling of being isolated.

Objectives

Visiting and clearing all the rooms then getting access to the last “room” which concludes the game.

Game mechanics

The mouse arrow highlights the spots (items or specific place in a room)

One button game. The clicking triggers the texts and puzzles.

A game designed by Arche-san & Mehdi Deez

Music and fonts used - (CC0) :
https://www.1001fonts.com/kongtext-font.html
https://freesound.org/people/quadraslayer/sounds/411138/