Speculator's Field Guide

This is the first game I ever made with Unity, don't be too harsh!

A narrative exploration game made for a course on environmentalism in video games at UC Santa Barbara. The core gameplay is more or less like a visual novel, but it also features 2d pixel art sections in which the player must walk around. We added these to make players feel more integrated into the setting. During dialogue segments, the player must make choices, some of which can lead to their death. The dialogue options chosen also determine what entries the protagonist - a naturalist researcher - collects in her field guide. The underlying theme of the game is that frightening natural phenomena which we do not understand may only be frightening because of the ways we approach them.