Ghost of Hanuman

Dive into the world of Khmer folklore and free a god from his curse. 

In this action-adventure game, you play as Visna, a young citizen of the Khmer Empire. One day, while exploring the jungle, he stumbles upon a temple that draws his attention towards it and gets locked inside it. Now he has to solve various puzzles, using his knowledge of Buddhist and Hindu iconography to find an exit. While going through the temple, he finds an ancient Gada, that upon being grabbed, frees the ghost of Hanuman, who now resides within his body. Armed with his spirit, Visna can now channel it and change into an avatar of Hanuman at will. Now they can work together to find the exit from the temple and to free Hanuman from his curse that prisoned him within his weapon.

This was my and my friend's diploma project. Our main goal was to try to represet Khmer culture, as we felt that even tho some of its elements get used in games and media, it's still very much underappreciated. However, as we're not from Cambodia, we did our best to handle the matter in the most respectful way we could, backed by lots of research. Another important thing we wanted to achieve was a retro-game look, inspired by series such as early Tomb Raider and Prince of Persia trilogy, as they also served as a big inspiration to us in the gameplay design. The final product is not a complete experience, as that was not the goal of the diploma project, so it's only the first two levels of the game. However, they serve as a good introduction to the game we had in mind and manages to showcase all important aspects of it. And who knows, maybe one day we might see how the rest of Visna and Hanuman's adventure looks ;)

The team:
Michał Szwec-Nadworny - level design, gameplay design, 3D art
Julia Sekretarczyk - composing original music, audio design
Filip Tomczyk - programming, visual effects
Julia Kijak - 2D art, 3D art, UI design