Väinämöinen the adventure!

Hello and welcome to try out my little platforming test game! This is my first ever game project and I made it with the intention to learn unity, game making and coding in general. The game still has known bugs like the background disappearing if you die far enough away from a checkpoint, being able to cheese the boss from a distance and being able to lead the boss inside a wall. I decided not to iron out these bugs because I don't want to get stuck on this project for too long. I uploaded it to itch.io so it can be easily accessed by family and friends. And of course, you! If you're interested. The game is extremely short, maybe 10 minutes.

Väinämöinen the adventure is a basic 2D platformer with a musical note shooting mechanic. You can attack enemies from the distance and double jump to complete simple platforming challenges. The game is set in the world of Kalevala where you play as the magician bard Väinämöinen. Your mission is to find the young warrior named Joukahainen and beat him in a singing competition, just like in an old kalevala tale. And by singing competition I mean just spit notes at him until he dies.

Kalevala is the Finnish national epic that's sang in runes and contains many tales about various characters like Väinämöinen, Joukahainen, Ilmarinen etc... These tales also tell you a lot about ancient Finnish mythology and beliefs. This game is merely set in the universe and doesn't tell much of a story. Fighting Joukahainen is indeed a reference to a poem where the two have a singing battle, but it is merely a reference.

Inside the downloadable file you'll find game credits where I tell you where I got the sounds and the music for the game.