Carving with Care

NOTE: If you run into any user interface issues, please play in full screen mode by clicking the fullscreen button at the bottom right!

*Board* at work and want to escape the modern 9-5? Play as Ash, owner of their family's reopened wood carving shop, Carving with Care! Chisel away to your heart's content as you complete the ancient runes found in a family heirloom journal.  Achieve the simple satisfaction of meeting all the townspeople of Koa and tending to their various ailments and woes, one carve at a time. 

For the most tree-mendously satisfying experience, we recommend headphones.

This project was made as a submission to #IGAFoundryJam for the Fall 2024 season! 

Also, we documented the day-by-day process of bringing this game to life on Substack!

Controls

In the Workbench view, you can:

• Rotate wood - A & D keys or mouse scroll
• Pick up tool - right click
• Drop tool - right click
• Add Rune Stencil - left click on journal stencil
• Carve wood - hold left click and drag
• Undo carve - U key
• Clear carving - C key, left click trash can icon
• Reset wood block rotation - R key
• Move to dialogue view via mouse scroll

In the Dialogue view, you can:

• Advance dialogue - left click
• See dialogue history - mouse scroll or scroll bar click and drag
• Move to workbench view via mouse scroll

Credits - More contact info on our Carrd Page

• Ally Studham "Vulspera" - 2D Art, Animation
  
• Becca (Rebecca) Vonada - 2D Art, Graphic Design, Production, Lore
• Cris Luu "Ariyassa" - Team Lead, (Technical) Sound Design, Composer, Production
• Galen Skibyak "Leanasta" - Narrative Design, Lore
• Marc Magruder - Game Design, Puzzle Design, Lore
• Margaret Lin - Business Development, Marketing
• Russell Matney - Programming
• Sisi Peng "artmuse62" - Narrative Design, Production, Lore
• Tess Winlock "Miraiya" - Programming, UI

Assets

• Journal asset - https://humblepixel.itch.io/pocket-inventory-series-5-player-status
• UI button assets - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/gui/gui-casual-fantasy-265651
• All other assets were created over the course of the week-long jam time period.
  • Character sprite, wind chime, wood chip, outgoing tray, and credit scene assets hand made by Ally Studham "Vulspera"
  • Trash can UI asset made by Tess Winlock "Miraiya"
  • All background, tool, and additional art assets hand made by Becca (Rebecca) Vonada
    
  • All audio and sound assets were made and mixed by Cris Luu "Ariyassa"

Software/Tools Used:

• Unity 
• GitHub
• Visual Studio Code
• Emacs
• Discord
• Gather
• Google Drive
• Miro
• JIRA
• Substack
• YarnSpinner
• Crochet
• FMOD
• Ableton
• REAPER
• Clip Studio Pro
• Spine 2D
• Procreate
• Photoshop