Heartbroken

CONTROLS:

Only the up key is shown as a control input for picking up the heart in game but all controls work so please use whatever is most comfortable on your keyboard.

Move: A and D keys, Left and Right Arrow keys

Jump: Space key

Pick up heart: Shift key, W key, or Up Arrow Key

Enter Door: Shift key, W key, or Up Arrow Key

DESCRIPTION:

Heartbroken is a 2D Puzzle Platformer about guiding your disconnected heart through obstacles.

You play as Shade, a shadow dwelling creature who  has been disconnected from his heart. Your goal is to guide Shade and his disconnected heart through the lonely world of shadows. To do this, you must navigate puzzling obstacles and collect five gems  to open the door at the end of every level.

Use the A and D or Left and Right keys to move left and right and the space key to jump. To pick up and throw your heart, you can press the W key, the Up key, or the shift key, which also works to open the end level door if you have your heart with you.

Even though Shade and his heart are  disconnected, they are still joined together through  a magical lifeline bond. If Shade  dies, he will return  the location of his heart, but if the heart is damaged, Shade will die permanently and the level will restart. The lifeline bond is key to keeping both Shade and his heart alive. This bond is represented by a line drawn between the two. If this line is broken, both Shade and his heart will be in danger and will die if not reconnected quickly.

Figuring out the connections between Shade and his disconnected heart is the key to overcoming the obstacles he will face on his journey. Can you guide this broken pair through the lonely shadow world?

ABOUT:

This game was made for the 2021 GMTK Game Jam hosted by the GMTK youtube channel with the theme "Joined Together". All art was made by me within Gamemaker Studio 2 and all sounds were taken from Freesound.org.