The Gospel of Lark

The Game

"The Gospel of Lark" is a not entirely serious retelling of the classic christmas story in a modern world inhabited by talking birds. Explore a cardboard world stylistically inspired by Paper Mario and Bug Fables, talk to dozens of cute hand-drawn birds and help Joseph and Mary find a place to rest for the night (and maybe a mojito on the way).

Controls

• WASD or arrow keys to move
• Space or Enter to interact
• Shift to run

Credits

Made by Theresa (idea, artwork, level design, piano) and Lukas (programming, dialogues, level design, ukulele), using sound effects from zapsplat.com and additional textures from opengameart.org:

• "Snow Texture" by Downdate
• "Seamless Beach Sand" by n4
• "Handpainted Wood" by PamNawi
• "Animated Water Texture 128px" by YCbCr

Thanks to Aziza for spontaneously agreeing to a short beta-testing session, even though time was running short, and giving us valuable (and very encouraging) feedback.

Some More Thoughts

This is our first foray into the world of adventure games and I have to admit, worldbuilding and writing dialogues even for such a small-scoped game is a lot more difficult than I imagined. Still, I'm reasonably happy with how things turned out and even though there's not a lot of content or mystery to be solved, I hope that you enjoy engaging with our weird little world.

Have fun playing!