Adventure with mythical friends in Origin Story!

Origin Story is an adventure game set in a mythological storybook, where a mysterious force is corrupting the mythological stories within the book. Become Frong, a small frog who must learn to use the powers of writing to make companions and save mythologies.

As you journey through the world, you'll befriend a quirky cast of characters who will help guide you on your journey. Learn new writing-based powers to help you traverse the world and rescue the story.

Origin Story uses mouse and keyboard controls. Use of a mouse is reccomended.

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Origin Story is a Unity 2D action platformer, developed by False Stars Studio, a team of developers from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Credits

• Jason Yang - Producer, Designer
• Ian Horning - Lead Programmer
• Brian Quintero - Gameplay Programmer
• Rene Ding - Gameplay Programmer
• Lu Wang - Gameplay Programmer
• Andrew Dunne - Art Direction, Animations, Environmental Design
• Kelly Huang - Spriting, Animations
• Lauren Nakamura - Environment Spriting, Environmental Design
• Kiara Yupangco - Spriting, Animations, UI Art
• Jeven Zarate-McCoy - Narrative Designer
• Jordan Fickel - Composer, Sound Designer
• William Birney - Composer

Install Instructions

1. Download the game for your system
2. Unzip the folder
3. Run Origin Story.exe and play the game!