Description
HJEM is a strange and vaguely sinister rhythm-based puzzle game where everything is in thrall to the music. Beyond its name the game contains no words, just original synthwave music and hazy neon visuals, so the player has to deduce what the game wants from them in order to progress. Remember: SURROUND YOURSELF // FOLLOW THE BEAT // AVOID DESTRUCTION // HEADPHONES ADVISED
History
HJEM was a Global Game Jam 2019 (#GGJ19) project which started out with a simple idea: to create a rhythm-based puzzle game with a twist. What resulted was a game which was inspired games like Tetris or Puyo Puyo, if those games had been squeezed through a synthwave filter. In total we expect it to take the average player about 30 minutes to complete.
Features
- A new twist on classic action-puzzle gameplay
- High-energy, original synthwave soundtrack
- A strange and vaguely sinister atmosphere
- Minimalist, 80s-inspired visuals
- It's completely free to play right now!
Videos
Launch Trailer — YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
Widgets
Selected Articles
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HJEM overflows with a fantastic neon minimalism in which nothing is explained to us; at least, not with words... Everything that HJEM achieves with so few elements is praiseworthy. [Translated]
Maximiliano Baldo, Malditos Nerds
Additional Links
- Release Blog Post
- The blog-post through which this game was released is available at amicableanimal.itch.io.
About Amicable Animal
- Boilerplate
- I am Amicable Animal: part-time lecturer, part-time games developer, full-time tea drinker. I love combining old-school mechanics with minimalist, modern game design, to create puzzling, neon-infused worlds for players to explore. Lately I've been experimenting with alt-controllers, too!
- More information
- More information on Amicable Animal, our logo & relevant media are available here.
HJEM Credits
- Amicable Animal
- Game Designer / Programmer
- Jamesy Downie
- Music (Level 1 / 2)
- Mark Barton
- Music (Level 3)
- Steven McSeveney
- Sound Design
Contact
- Enquiries
- hello@AmicableAnimal.com
- Bluesky
- bsky.app/profile/amicableanimal.bsky.social
- Steam Developer Page
- store.steampowered.com/developer/AmicableAnimal
- Web
- https:///www.AmicableAnimal.com
- twitter.com/AmicableAnimal