Endless Echoes

Endless Echoes is an atmospheric hack-and-slash, set to a haunting original soundtrack. Once a legendary hero, you now face your darkest foe...yourself. 

Wield a cursed sword that slowly saps your life with every passing moment. Hunt down Soul Fragments to restore your strength. Recover 13 Soul Fragments to break the cycle and claim victory.

Feed the blade.
Save your soul.
Escape the endless cycle.

Controls

Keyboard

• W A S D - Move 
• Left Click - Attack
• Space - Jump
• F - Dash
• Escape — Pause, Restart, or Quit

GMTK Game Jam 2025

Theme: Loop

The game centers on a game mechanic and narrative loop. You are trapped in a cycle of resurrection, where each death creates a new version of yourself that becomes an enemy. The map structure, enemy behavior, and progression all work towards the theme.

Devlog

This is my first game jam as a dev and first time with Unity. Unfortunately, Unity BSoD and corrupted my scene with about a day still left in the jam. With that being said, I'm pretty happy with the results. It's a good vibe and I learned A LOT.

Day 1, 7/30/2025 - Game and narrative ideation and core mechanics.
Day 2, 7/31/2025 - Itch page setup, graphic assets, added some fog, and wrestled with Unity's compiler for web for about...5 hours :(
Day 3, 8/1/2025 - Health and spawning mechanics, souls, points, win condition, SFX, feedback spice, music.
Day 4, 8/2/2025 - Environment, finalize music, UI, menu, minor balancing, and then Unity crashed and corrupted my scene at 10:58AM. 
Day 5, 8/3/2025 - Things I didn't get to: replacing the models and animations, balancing, and giving the fun factor more love to match the atmosphere. I intended to write in a proper story with some dialogue as well.

Time Breakdown

Ideation - 20 mins

Narrative - 18 mins

Art (environment, animation) - 3 hours 6 minutes

Presentation (game page, UI), page graphic assets - 6 hours 10 minutes

Game Design & Programing - 13 hours 55 minutes

Debugging - 4 hours 30 minutes

Music - 2 hours 13 minutes

Sound Design -  1 hour 5 minutes

Total - 31 hours 32 minutes

Built With

• Unity - Game Engine
• TopDown Engine - More Mountain
• Ableton Live 12 - Music & Sound FX
• FMOD - TBD If I have time...
• Volumetric Fog & Mist 2 - Fog & Atmosphere
• Beautify 3 - Post Processing & LUT
• Synty Dungeon Pack - Environment

Credits

Design, Programming, Sound Design, Music - Silver Alcid

Intro Splash, Playtesting, Motivation, Inspiration, Catering - Krystyn Fortune 

Last Jam

Micro Jam 044 - Flip Ship (3rd Place, Game Maker Category!)

Game Dev & Art - munchy

Music & SFX - Silver Alcid