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Dorotea
Dorotea is a free horror top-down game I made in 2 weeks for the ItaloCurso Game Jam 2025 (a Game Jam hosted by some big italian streamers).
It's a real Game Boy game that you also can play on your Web Browser, Windows PC or Xbox Series X|S with the input of your choice (keyboard / gamepad / touch).
IGDB (Show on Twitch)
You can also add my game to your stream. I've added Dorotea to IGDB
https://www.igdb.com/games/dorotea
Soundtrack
Listen to the soundtrack of the game here
Youtube (With Oscilloscope view) • Soundcloud
Incipit
Dorotea is a researcher specializing in the history of her hometown of Conversano, near Bari
An important event is just a few days away. Her job involves cataloging and archiving books and artifacts dating back to the 1600s, stored in a room that hasn't been opened for decades.
But the past never stops watching her...
About my game
Dorotea is an horror game for Game Boy with Game Boy Color support that you can complete in about 10 minutes. The Windows PC version is just the game packed with an emulator and pre-configured.
The game was developed, written, designed, and composed almost entirely by me using the GB Studio engine and IDE with other tools, all in about a couple of weeks
There are only a few tiles and sound effects I borrowed from other authors, listed in the Credits section.
The theme
I created this game for the italian Italocurso Game Jam 2025. This year's theme allowed me to create a tribute to my city, something I've wanted to do for many years.
Fortunately, Conversano is a city full of art, history, and legend, having also been a central hub for centuries, both politically and religiously.
For this project, I didn't just want to "take" a specific story, I wanted to combine and mix different elements (real and fantasy) to create a unique tale, strongly inspired by, yet heavily spiced with elements of my own imagination.
For this reason, I should point out that the game is not a reliable historical or topographical document. Many references are purely coincidental.
I should point out that I don't consider myself a musician nor an artist. The limitations of the Game Boy and my experience with the NES—a very similar platform for which I've already created a couple of works—helped me a lot.
If you see a hand, it's a photo of my hand re-drawn in PaintDotNet (No filters, it was hand painted).
