Shadow Retriever

Play as the alchemist's shadow tasked with retrieving lost artifacts.

You are the alchemist’s shadow summoned for the task of retrieving lost alchemical artifacts.

Controls

Move: A/D, left arrow/right arrow

Jump: Space, up arrow

Drop (through platform): down arrow

Interact: X

Dialogue: Enter

Game Design Doc (Google Doc)

Source Code (Github)

Music from the Game

Main menu

Gameplay

Credits

All assets and code created by Ben Laube

Software:

Unity (engine)
Audacity and Waveform (music, sfx)
Aseprite and Gimp (art, animations)

Released: July 10, 2024

Shadow Retriever title screen: faint pixel lettering above an Awaken button on a black background

The small shadow character on a brick ledge above a row of spikes, with two ornate circular glyphs behind it

The shadow character beside a small capsule-shaped artifact on a stepped brick platform

The shadow character next to another figure, with an X Talk prompt above it