Overview

"Last Steps Home" is a cosmic horror game created for The Eye Jam II (theme: "Decay"). You must escape an encroaching decay wave that destroys everything in its path. Your mission: run from your office back home to reunite with your wife before it's too late.

This game was developed in just 3 days using Bevy (a Rust game engine), my first experience with the engine itself, adding an extra challenge to the development process. Despite being sick during most of the jam, I managed to create this intimate pixel art experience about cherishing what matters most.

The game's mechanics are intentionally simple, I admit, but my goal for this jam was to produce a mostly complete experience (menus, multiple states, sounds, etc.) to test Bevy's capabilities and uncover any roadblocks. I achieved that goal.

Gameplay

Controls

• Use your mouse to navigate menus.
• Press Space bar to jump.
• Press Space bar to skip cutscenes and certain story segments.
• Run away from the decay wave chasing you.
• Reach your wife at the end to complete your final steps home.

About This Game

• Theme: Decay (The Eye Jam II)
• Development Time: around 3 days (developed while recovering from illness 🤧)
• Engine: Bevy (Rust 🦀)
• Platform: Web (the export is a bit buggy 🙃)
• Style: Pixel art (sorry I'm bad at this 😅)

Known Issues

Once the voting period is over I'll provide an update but here are some known issues:

• Audio: Sound may be buggy or intermittent in Safari. Try using Chrome or Firefox for the best experience.
• Ending: The finale doesn't quite match my original vision — some sound effects are missing and animations end a bit abruptly due to time constraints.
• Code: The source code isn't public yet, but I'll refactor and release it after the voting period ends. The codebase got a bit messy under the time pressure!

Tools Used

• Engine: Bevy (Rust game engine)
• Code Assistance: GitHub Copilot (code suggestions and error fixing)
• Pixel Art: Aseprite
• Audio Production: Logic Pro X (music and sound effects)
• Text-to-Speech: Qwen3-TTS (voice generation)

Sound & Music Assets

• EAS Sound Effect from Sound Effect Generator
• Keyboard Sound Effect by DRAGON-STUDIO from Pixabay
• Button Press Sound Effect by DRAGON-STUDIO from Pixabay
• Shock Horror A Sound Effect from MyInstants
• "Run B*tch" from MyInstants

Credits

• Design, Art & Code: Divin Gavran
• Music & Sound Design: Divin Gavran
• Voice Generation: Qwen3-TTS
• Sound Effects: Pixabay, Sound Effect Generator, and MyInstants

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• 🎮 Made for The Eye Jam II
• ⚡ Developed in 3 days
• 🦀 Built with Bevy (Rust)
• 🌐 Web only (no download needed)
• 👻 Cosmic Horror with Decay theme
• 🖱️ Mouse to control character and navigate
• ⏭️ Space bar to jump and skip cutscenes