Crystal Clarity

Explore treacherous caverns as you make leaps and bounds in this exciting 3D platformer! On your journey to overcome the Trial of Clarity you'll encounter many obstacles as you search for all 20 crystal shards. Along the way you may even fight in difficult encounters with Rockweiler's that will upgrade your Crystal Clarity ability as you defeat more.

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Messages from the creators:

Eric -

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit the page for Crystal Clarity! This game was worked on, on and off, for the past two years by me and my friend Jonathan. I originally started this with the hope of adding another piece of work to my game dev portfolio to help me get a leg up in the job market. I never intended it to go for so long but in that reality lies one of the greatest lessons I learnt from this project. Starting this project I didn't know how to stay focused on my goals, I probably didn't even know for sure what my goals were. I didn't know how to keep myself motivated to work, for months nothing would get done on the game as just thinking about the game would drain me. But, while I came close sometimes, I didn't quit it and at some point life just finally got through to me that sometimes you've just got to give your all to something despite not knowing if you'll get any of the results you want from it. Life's all about living in the moment, working towards your goals with hope in your heart being happy knowing you're doing your best. And for now I did my best and am happy with the game (even if, like most game devs, I'm screaming inside knowing all the imperfections and just straight up jank there is in the game lol). 

This game definitely gave me a lot of clarity and made me a better game developer so it was definitely worth it. Hope you have fun playing it! (And hopefully the performance and clipping issues aren't too bad for you (-‿-"))

Jonathan -

This project was really fun to work on. This was my first large art project that I took on of my own volition without it being for an assignment or because someone else asked me to. I feel like I wouldn’t be anywhere near where I am as an artist now without this project. From modeling characters, to figuring out where my artistic style and passion truly lies, I’m really grateful to have been a part of this project. I’m really happy with the way the game has turned out and I can only hope anyone who plays it will be as well. Fun fact: I’m a bit of a speedrun enthusiast so if anyone feels like leaving some comments on the itch.io page about new skips, strategies, or run times please do! I’d love to hear about it so I can do my best to beat everyone’s times! And of course, thank you to anyone who plays the game. Thank you to Eric who made this possible with me. And thank you to everyone who has watched me and supported me as a growing artist. Please enjoy our game!

Be sure to checkout Jonathan and his friend's Kieran's business at the following:

Doodles and Dummies - YouTube

Doodles and Dummies - Instagram