James Cho

"You're still here... right, Lilia?"

Sticks & Stones is a narrative driven 2D platformer with a dynamic combat system. Play as a young, melancholic traveler named Rue and venture around the surrounding forest. The area may not be what it seems, as further travelling into its depths reveals a blazing, mystical environment on the brink of collapse.  With an ethereal entity threatening to destroy everything in their path, witness the clash between two opposing perspectives and fight within a fantastical arena.

Choose your side and fight for what matters.

This project aimed to answer the research question: How can personal attribution of grief and narrative techniques within a video game further the player’s immersion of emotionally resonating with a fractured relationship? My focus within this project therefore centered on building a compelling a narrative that could be both evocative through it's presentation and be seamlessly immersive.