WEBVTT -- English 00:00:00.843 --> 00:00:02.843 Hey guys! My name is Craig Hodge, 00:00:02.959 --> 00:00:04.959 creator of Branch Games, 00:00:04.977 --> 00:00:07.283 and this is my game To Light. 00:00:14.726 --> 00:00:17.510 The story is about a kingdom on the verge of collapse. 00:00:17.512 --> 00:00:20.983 The King is missing and the Queen for unknown reasons 00:00:20.984 --> 00:00:23.108 has turned against her people. 00:00:23.109 --> 00:00:27.202 But worse than that is that the princess is plagued by darkness. 00:00:27.204 --> 00:00:32.341 Actual, physical, tangible darkness that destroys everything it touches. 00:00:32.341 --> 00:00:34.341 She tries to hide from the darkness 00:00:34.343 --> 00:00:36.343 but the harder she tries 00:00:36.344 --> 00:00:39.338 the more it pushes her away from the ones she loves. 00:00:39.340 --> 00:00:41.340 She starts to hate herself 00:00:41.341 --> 00:00:45.090 until she meets someone who actually sees her for who she really is. 00:00:45.091 --> 00:00:47.289 In the end, her and her friends 00:00:47.289 --> 00:00:50.679 must find a way to destroy it once and for all, 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:53.232 but the only way to get rid of darkness 00:00:53.234 --> 00:00:55.234 is to get To Light. 00:00:57.204 --> 00:00:59.204 I wanted to make this game for really 00:00:59.204 --> 00:01:01.920 a combination of three main reasons. 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:03.920 Number One, I'm a gamer. 00:01:03.921 --> 00:01:07.927 I've been playing games my entire life for as long as I can remember. 00:01:07.927 --> 00:01:12.334 Mostly games like Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, 00:01:12.343 --> 00:01:14.361 that kind of RPG style game. 00:01:14.947 --> 00:01:16.947 Reason number two, I'm a Christian. 00:01:16.947 --> 00:01:18.947 I've been a Christian even longer than I've been a gamer. 00:01:18.948 --> 00:01:22.060 I firmly believe that everything we are supposed to do 00:01:22.061 --> 00:01:24.061 as Christians should edify Christ. 00:01:24.061 --> 00:01:26.203 Should show Him to the rest of the world. 00:01:26.203 --> 00:01:28.203 And reason number three, 00:01:28.204 --> 00:01:30.204 we just had our first baby. 00:01:30.206 --> 00:01:32.206 How that all fits together 00:01:32.206 --> 00:01:34.212 is that I've always wanted to be able to 00:01:34.213 --> 00:01:36.213 play games with my children 00:01:36.215 --> 00:01:38.215 when I grew up, but as 00:01:38.215 --> 00:01:40.215 a Christian I realized that most games 00:01:40.216 --> 00:01:43.858 out there that are available, they don't have a Christian message. 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:45.859 Sure they're fun to play, 00:01:45.935 --> 00:01:47.935 they're entertaining, but they 00:01:47.936 --> 00:01:50.941 don't edify Christ. And I wanted to change that. 00:01:55.007 --> 00:01:57.007 The story is an allegory. 00:01:57.009 --> 00:01:59.438 As I said earlier, it's really about darkness. 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:03.093 We all have darkness inside of us, 00:02:03.094 --> 00:02:05.144 but while we were still in it 00:02:05.146 --> 00:02:07.146 God called us out of that darkness 00:02:07.147 --> 00:02:09.740 into His marvelous Light. 00:02:10.687 --> 00:02:12.764 Something I'm really excited about in this game 00:02:12.765 --> 00:02:14.765 is the art style. 00:02:14.766 --> 00:02:16.766 The brilliant young artist who is 00:02:16.768 --> 00:02:18.768 in charge of all of our character designs, 00:02:18.769 --> 00:02:21.325 who is still in High School by the way, 00:02:21.326 --> 00:02:23.326 has done a fantastic job 00:02:23.328 --> 00:02:27.062 so far of bringing all of these characters to life. 00:02:29.330 --> 00:02:31.508 We would be so grateful if you would consider donating 00:02:31.509 --> 00:02:33.509 to this project so we can 00:02:33.510 --> 00:02:35.510 reach as many people as possible with this message 00:02:35.512 --> 00:02:38.007 that is glorifying to God. 00:02:38.008 --> 00:02:40.008 And it would be an amazing blessing too if we 00:02:40.008 --> 00:02:42.008 even went over our goal, 00:02:42.009 --> 00:02:44.009 so we can make the game even better and 00:02:44.044 --> 00:02:46.860 hopefully make more like it in the future. 00:02:46.861 --> 00:02:48.861 If you can't give, we would love it if 00:02:48.862 --> 00:02:50.862 you would support us by sharing this project with 00:02:50.864 --> 00:02:52.900 as many people as you can, 00:02:52.901 --> 00:02:55.169 and more importantly, praying that this game 00:02:55.179 --> 00:02:58.468 is successful in sharing the love of Christ.