The Rat Way Home
A downloadable game for Windows
Follow the tragic story of an old man as he struggles to keep his fading memories, running out of space within his own mind. Play through the consequences of his illness by traversing his hoarded house, making your way through the many dangers it contains. You play as a rat mom in search of food and a safe haven for your child, traveling through a house that has quite literally ran out of space.
The way we thought of running out of space is threefold:
1. The old man is running out of space for memory, he is sick with dementia and struggles with it.
2. The old man is hoarding due to his dementia, cluttering up the space in the apartment.
3. The rat is running out of space to move, as obstacles are closing in.
"The Rat Way Home" is a Game Jam submission built in Unreal Engine 4 for the Epic MegaJam 2021 contest. It was built by a group of 3 friends, and it's a story of adventure and heartbreak, but also one of hope and family. We have an immense passion for games, and we poured our hearts into the vision of "The Rat Way Home".
Hope you enjoy the journey!
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Development log
- Day 2.5 ~ 4 - Art, Gameplay & RockNRollSep 05, 2021
- Day 1 & 2 - Chaos and ClaritySep 02, 2021
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Perfect in short.
Epic.
Thanks! Much appreciated!!
No problem.
This game was amazing. First game.
Wow this is awesome! Thank you so much! We made it for the unreal megajam of this year. We are glad you liked it ♥
No prob, Ill def see what other games you come out with =D
Damn this is great, only annoying thing was cheese seemingly disintegrating and not being edible. But overall this was such a quality title, fun idea and polished execution.
Thank you so much for your comment!
Yeah, we tried to polish the baby rat behavior, but in the end - we got to a result that was stable enough for our playtesters to finish! I will describe more of that in our devlogs if you want to tune into that.
This game is amazing, I secretly think it was made for me deep down ;) I go as a persona as a RAT (I have been for three years on Twitch/YouTube). Here's a video for you :)
OMG This is awesome!! Thank you very much for your support!! ♥
You're welcome! Enjoyyyy! <3
This is SO good, I'm impressed that is only made in 7 days, the atmosphere is terrific
Thanks for your awesome comment! It took us a long while to get to the visual aesthetic we wanted, but we are glad we reached it.
It looks pretty!
I really liked the cliff hanger :O
Thank you very much for the kind word Tonire! ♥
Very nice! Good job guys! <3
Thanks! We poured our hearts into it. <3
Looks fantastic, great work!
Thank you a lot Jack! We are glad you liked it ♥
And so the line between AAA and Indie game productions blur…
Thanks a million! We put a lot of love and effort into it, we are glad you liked it.