The Ancient One's Garden: Protect the Priestess

A hololive fan game for Holojam 5, control a takodachi as you explore the Void and protect the former priestess, Ninomae Ina'nis, from corruption sent by a mysterious force.

Gather a squad of Takodachi and assign them to protect the priestess or to follow you into the void, stop the corruption before it can harm the priestess or keep her safe if you lose your way.  As you explore, attempt to piece together the tale of what happened and if any hope yet remains.

Loosely inspired by Mazumaro's Myth Bad Ending, but more directly inspired by my D&D campaign taking place after a similarly Bad Ending.  

Controls:

Hold mouse-click to move around.
When an intractable object glows green, click on it to interact with it.
Approach the Takodachi to befriend them.
Use the Table near the Gazebo to assign followers/protectors.
There's not much visual for Takodachi fixing corruption.  Interact with Corruption to send a Tako to work on it, and they'll circle the corruption as they slowly fix it.  Send more for faster fixing, but it takes time.

Notes:

There is no win condition, the game gets harder and harder over time.
The Void is shifts and changes as you explore, gates never seem to lead where they seem, but there's a trick to navigation so long as you're observant.
Difficulty is...  Questionable.  But my assumption was it will take a loss or two before you feel comfortable fully exploring.

Credits:

A solo project by me.

Hololive characters and music used with permission from the Hololive Fan Work Guidelines.  https://en.hololive.tv/terms

Song: Violet. Artist: Ninomae Ina'nis

(Don't let the beautiful scenery fool you, my modeling skills only include those corrupted cubes.)
"Takodachi" (https://skfb.ly/o8PF7) by Kaijin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
"HoloEN_Ninomae Ina'nis_休閒服" (https://skfb.ly/pqFQT) by mark001561 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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