Rina and the Mouse King

This game is a project I made for a university class in game design. During a second project, I will expand the lore and story as well as adding new levels and mechanics.

The prompt for the project was "control", so I decided to go for a theme that uses puppets, strings and chains. The antagonist, the Mouse King, is intended to have a strong aspect of control and oppression whereas the protagonist, Rina, uses dance (creativity) to cut the strings and free the shards of power, representing freedom.

I take inspiration from the origin story of "The Nutcracker", "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and gameplay inspiration from 2d action adventure games such as "Lady Sia" and "Shantae".

I made all the assets present in the game, except for the backgrounds and foliage that come from an asset pack I bought on the unity store (by Eder). The game was made in Unity Engine.

Playable with: Keyboard&Mouse or Gamepad (mapping are for XboxOne controllers for now. More to come if the demand is there)

If you wish to know more about me, you can also take a look at my following pages:

• Behance: https://www.behance.net/hugolefebvre
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lefhugo