The Echo (ALPHA DEMO)

Thus, my 365-day game jam comes to an end. I am NOT happy with the results but hey, we started a new project finally.

This is The Echo, the name is not final, actually nothing is final here - This game demo is the earliest playable prototype, treat it as a "teaser" to what might come in the future.

I'll be working on this game in 2026 and hopefully be releasing it on Steam. The textures, the music, the mechanics, the UI and everything is far from finished and they're more of a placeholder stuff.

What is The Echo all about?:

This is a puzzle game, and usually with puzzle games, you get something to use to SOLVE the puzzles - Meet Echo, he's basically you, but from the past? You can use him to interact with stuff, press levers or stand on pressure plates. In the future I'll add way more mechanics and cool creative levels to take the advantage of the Echo, but for now that has to do.

How does Echo work?:

It's tricky, but simple - Press Q to start recording your movement. This movement will be saved and remembered by Echo, you can either press Q again to stop recording or it'll automatically stop after 5 seconds. Press E to summon the Echo, he'll spawn on your current position and play the movement previously recorded.

Why is it so short? I finished it in 3 minutes... :

This year was bad for my game development journey, I focused more on other stuff in my life. It is only a small preview of what the game could look like. I might release a detailed video on YouTube on that.

Why'd you even release it if you're not happy with it?:

January 1st, 2025 - I made myself a challenge to create a game within a year, or go bald. Lemme tell you something, I don't want to go bald.

Are you going bald?:

I'm happy to say, no. I'm not going bald. The challenge was to create a game,  no other requirements. Even a demo small like this, is still a game.

What is the future of The Echo?:

Bright. I have whole a lot of content already made cut out from the demo, because I don't wanna risk revealing too much so early. Check out my YouTube, I'll be posting there updates on the game. As I said earlier, I'm pushing this on Steam in the future, and when this game releases, it will be awesome, I'll make sure it'll be awesome.

When will The Echo release?:

I don't want to put a deadline on myself, because I will ignore it most of the time, and when it'll be close to the deadline, I will be skipping sleep just to finish anything and it'd be bad. Lets just say I'm aiming for 2026 release, but delays are still possible.

Assets:

- Michał Bieniecki - Soundtrack

- Kenney - UI Icons

- Snoblin - The Character

- Craftpix - Tileset