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By Limbo | https://teamlimbo.itch.io/hereafter
Hereafter is a puzzle-platforming walking simulator developed by Team Limbo. The story follows the player, a psychopomp (a spirit guide of souls) in the form of a dog, journeying through limbo to find a dead child and guide them to the afterlife. The game introduces dog mechanics such as sniffing and it’s visuals are 2.5D low poly stylistic in set in a frozen nature. The beta version of the game is released for PC (Windows) on 07 May 2024 on itch.io.
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Hereafter is a 2.5D walking simulator video game where the player plays a spirit dog that explores the world to find a child. While the player explores the world, they will occasionally encounter simple puzzles and platforming/parkour elements that block the way and are also used as environmental narrative events by using ice statues and key items for those statues. The main mechanics the player has at their disposal are the basic movement controls (walk, run, jump, crouch), push/pull/pickup objects and a unique mechanic called the sniff mechanic.
The puzzle elements the player encounters use multiple combination of these mechanics… Sniff mechanic, Parkour/Platforming mechanic, Push, Pull & Pickup mechanics, One Time mechanics like breakable interactable objects, pressure plate puzzle, and running sequence. The game also features a secret ending, easter eggs and encourages visual-audio interpretation storytelling.
Dog solving a platforming puzzle while carrying a memory item
| Hereafter |
|---|
| Team/Studio/Developers |
| Limbo |
| Producers |
| *Holly Gilles |
| Jeff Wick* |
| Designers |
| *David Walker |
| Rebecca Taylor |
| Jeff Wick |
| Holly Gilles* |
| Programmers |
| *Gonzalo Herrera* |
| Artists |
| *Daniel Cork |
| George Thomson |
| Joe Petrie |
| Katelyn Scully* |
| Narrative/Writers |
| *Daniel Cork |
| Holly Gilles* |
| Audio/Composers |
| *Rebecca Taylor (Designer) |
| Joe Petrie (Composer)* |
| Engine |
| Unity 2023.1.8f1 |
| Platforms |
| Windows |
| Release |
| Windows (itch.io) |
| 07 May 2024 |
| Genre |
| Puzzle-Platform, Walking Simulator |
| Mode |
| Single-player |
Hereafter takes place within limbo, the purgatory between life and death, however the majority of the game is around the location where the dead child (Charlie) lived their whole life in Fort Shores, a fictional town within in Canada. Limbo is depicted as this white haze of an area before you transition to a different setting, a snowed up forest wonderland in Fort Shores. The next setting in Fort Shorts is a cave system that is more about the darker moments in the Charlie's life. Following that there is also the Frozen Lake which is the core reason why the whole world seems as that was the place where Charlie died.
The characters aren’t explicitly shown or explained. It’s up to the player to piece together the emotions and feelings behind each scene and puzzle. However these are the official characters names: The player plays as Suki the psychopomp that has taken the form of a dog that searches for a lost soul Charlie
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