Shardz

What if your memories were fading—what would you do?

Step into a dreamy world where the past is stitched together by fragile fragments of memory we call Echo. 

🃏In this game, you’ll guide a protagonist whose identity is slipping away, piece by piece. 

Not all who are lost… are forgotten.

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COMMANDS: Walk: W/A/S/D 
Interact + Next Event/Action/Message: E
PS: MAKE SURE TO INTERACT WITH AS MANY OBJECTS AS YOU CAN FIND IN THE GAME.

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👥 Main Team

Game Director / Creative Director: Naru
Project Manager: Naru
Game Designer: Naru
Programmers: Naru, Anton Georg Gschanes
Art Team: Naru
Narrative Designer: Naru
Sound Designer: Naru

🤝 External Collaborators

🎨 UI & Sprites

Gowl – Pixelwood Valley | 16x16 Pixel Art Asset Pack, Nature Pixels V2
craftpix – Free Forest Objects Top Down, Free Top-Down Bushes Pixel Art, Main Character's Home, Free Top-Down Trees Pixel Art
IvoryRed – (Pixel) Poker Cards
Hewett Tsoi – Alagard Font
zLizard – Ornate Retro UI Free Sample

🔊 Music & SFX

joyunhsiao – Sorrow in Blue, Drenched in Black
LilShir – Worth The While
GarnaVutka – Moment of Inspiration (Loop D)
Farebly Music – Thinking and Tinkering, Unlocking the Moon
Jonah Afonso – Creeky Door
Niin j – Heart Beats
William Diebold-Schuster – Forest Sounds - Quiet Recording Loop
9few – Low Heart Beat & Monitor Beeping
Negligent Alien – Harsh Radio Static FX - Noise
OYStudio – Lonestar

📚 Tutorial Credits

🎥 Game Code Library

PERFECT Tilemap Sorting Layers – Top Down Unity 2D #3
Player Tracking and Camera Bounds – Top Down Unity 2D #4

🎥 Visual Effects & Unity Tutorials

Raycastly – Unity LEAF PARTICLES in 80 Seconds
Rare Coders – Twinkling Star VFX | Unity Particle Systems
PitilT – Make Your Levels Beautiful with URP, 2D Lights and Particle Effects
Omogonix – Player Eye Blinking in Unity – C# Tutorial

💾 Code Contributions by Anton Georg Gschanes

Card Game Manager
Event Manager
Interactable Objects
Game Manager

🛠 Tools & Technology

Unity 6.1
Photoshop
Aseprite
RPG Maker MZ

💖 Special Thanks

🎓 Mentors

Hagen Eric Sparka
Lena Falkenhagen

🎓 Code Professor

Anton Georg Gschanes

🌟 Support & Inspiration

Samy
Izineia Rosa da Costa
University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Riot Games Inc – The Demon's Hand
To the Moon by Freebird Games / Kan Gao

🏢 Studio & Publishing

Studio: NaruVerse
Publisher: NaruVerse
Distribution: Itch.io

©️ Copyright

© 2025 NaruVerse. All rights reserved. Assets and music used under their respective licenses.

💬 Closing Messages

"Start with your own love for creating, but always keep the player in mind—games are made for them.” – Naru

"Art exists because life is not enough." – Ferreira Gullar