HEAT.wav

Aric McBay, 2024

URL: https://www.aricmcbay.org/

HEAT.wav is a turn-based tactical game; you play a heat demon trying to expand your domain, all under the watchful eyes of your diabolical supervisor, Beelzebud. In eight short levels, HEAT.wav playfully explores the intersection of capitalism and heat emergencies through humorous dialogue, with game mechanics inspired by real-world environmental hazards and symptoms. It was created for the March 2024 IGDA Climate SIG Microjam by Aric McBay, a gamedev and climate justice organizer.

Accessibility

This game supports text to speech, and provides subtitles for spoken text.

Age

The game displays a ghoulish figure that might be scary to very young children (e.g., under 6). However, there is no violence. The vocabulary and subject matter is intended for ages 12+.