I recently made a small demo for an essay. I know it’s complicated, but it came as good as I could have hoped for. It kind of mixes pixel art with cell-shaded animated characters, a bit reminiscent of 90’s adventure games. I had a playtester give me a lovely compliment, saying it reminded him of the classic PC game Alone in the Dark, before I even mentioned it. It made my day to hear that, thank you, Alex. And yes, it totally was one of my inspirations.
Since the demo is conceived to research a specific topic, which is narrative design, it can seem a bit too theoretical. But I hope you can see past that and have a nice time with it. ^^ the demo, it’s at https://sunjem.itch.io/vision-of-meia/
