Hero of the North

Dahak is a huge, terrifying sea lion. He’s taken over the penguin kingdom and captured your people. You’re the last penguin left. You’re the Hero of the North. In the game, players control this hero. Your job is to survive, avoid traps, and rescue as many penguins as you can. Dahak doesn’t make it easy.

Inspiration

Hero of the North was inspired by Level Devil. We liked that “troll” platformer style where the game tries to trick you. But we wanted to add a real story behind it, so every level feels like it matters.

What the game does

This is a story-based platformer made for Reddit. You move through snowy areas and dodge hidden traps. Some traps only show up when it’s already too late and while some traps just require little thoughts. We designed the game around daily levels. A new level unlocks each day, so players always have something fresh to try. We also added a scoring system called Trust Points. You earn points based on: How fast you finish the level. How less the level was replayed. How many penguins you rescued. Finish quickly, save more allies, and your people trust you more. These points place you on the Hero Rankings leaderboard, so players can compete.

How we built it

We built the game using Unity and C#. We used Devvit and Devvit Web to get the Unity game running inside Reddit as an interactive post.

Challenges we faced

The hardest part was getting Unity to work properly inside Reddit. We kept running into CSP (Content Security Policy) issues. The game wouldn’t load, even when we followed the upload guide. We had to troubleshoot a lot before it finally worked.

What’s next

The game still needs work, but we have plans: Polish everything: better art, UI, and smoother gameplay Add more levels: more daily content and new trap ideas

Credits

The audio and art come from Pixabay under a free license, or they were generated using AI.

Built With

• c#
• devvit
• typescript
• unity