Currently Funding: Gods Will Be Watching

Currently Funding provides a look at games that are in the process of running a crowdfunding initiative.

Gods Will Be Watching by Deconstructeam

Funding Target: €8,000
16th July to 15th August 2013 on IndieGoGo
PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android

Gods Will Be Watching is a survival point 'n' click pixel art adventure. Originally conceived during a game jam, Gods Will Be Watching is an endeavor to expand the game into a fuller experience with new scenarios, animations and options.

In the original prototype (playable for free here) the player takes control of the leader of a group marooned on a distant planet, their only hope of survival lies in repairing their broken radio and scraping together food, medicine and firewood until another ship passes in range.

Each member of the group has a morale level that drops over time, with events and your actions influencing their fragile state further. Whilst the gameplay is relatively simple and minimalist, the decisions you are faced with, combined with the pixel-art and the effective soundtrack, work together to conjure up something that feels worthy of your time and is greater than the sum of its parts. The game manages to pass between being quirky and haunting. You will face some tough decisions when food, medicine and morale starts running low.

The demo can be over in a matter of minutes, yet it had me playing for a number of hours trying to figure out an effective strategy to survive the 40 days on the harsh planet... and going to some dark places on some of those attempts in the name of survival.

The larger game being funded by the IndieGoGo campaign promises 6 expanded scenarios, along with animations for each action you choose. One stretch goal already hit has brought in unlockable cinematics, with future stretch goals promising a free DLC in the future, and another for English voice acting.

Deconstructeam is aiming for a February 2014 release.

Check out their website, their Facebook and Twitter.
The IndieGoGo campaign is available here.