#+TITLE: Witchmall

Ghosts aren't the spirits of the dead, like most people think. They're just the residue of intense thoughts - regrets and fears, but also joys and flights of fancy. The old mall you used to visit was shuttered when you were a teenager, and recently it's begun to sink into the bog it was built over. Soon it'll be pulled into the depth of the Earth, along with all the memories made and experiences made there. For old time's sake, you decide to give it one last visit before it vanishes forever. And this time, you know how to talk to ghosts. Or rather, how to sing to them.

* Controls
+ WASD to move
+ Mouse to move the camera
+ Left mouse button to sing lower
+ Right mouse button to sing higher

* Dev Notes
Phew!
My first attempt at this game was very different. Originally, you were going to be flying around on a hoverboard, planting flowers, from which faries would spawn; but I ended up not being able to make the hoverboard work satisfactorily, or the fairy spawning. I tried making it a few times, only to eventually rework the idea into its current incarnation.
This game was made for Kate B as part of the GTW Sekret Santa 2019, which means I'm *really* late. Sorry to leave you hanging, Kate! I ended up checking off these items on her list:
+ Non-standard buttons :: Bet you never played a game where you could sing!!!
+ Music :: Probably not how she expected.
+ "Dr Seuss-esque shit" :: The character design was made with a sense of whimsy that I hope fulfills this
+ Female Protags :: The protag is a female.
+ no violence or death cause I hate it :: There's not really any sort of conflict in this game. You just look at the dudes.
+ The Vibrant and Exciting Contrasted Against The Mind-Numbingly Boring :: If there was one aesthetic guideline I zeroed in on, it would probably be this one. The contrast between the bright, colorful ghosts and the dreary dead mall was extremely intentional--the idea of this game is to bring an inert space to life with the power of your singing, and I hope I captured that well.
+ Homosexuality :: the ghosts dancing with each other behind the escalator are gay and in love
