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SCORCH: HUMANITY FALLEN

Post-Apocalyptic Hack & Slash 2D Side-Scroller In Development

The Game

THE WORLD
ALREADY BURNED.

Scorch: Humanity Fallen is a post-apocalyptic 2D hack-and-slash set in a world that collapsed when the ozone layer failed. What's left is rough, dangerous, and alive.

Pick a class, fight through surface wastelands and underground tunnels, manage your resources, and make decisions that matter. Built from scratch in TurboWarp, packaged with Electron. Free demo on itch.io, then Steam.

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Systems

WHAT'S IN
THE GAME

Class System
Choose how you play. Classes include Crafter, Alchemist, Collector and Adventurer
Heart Health
Community-voted heart-based health. Simple, readable, and brutal when you're down to the last one.
Dual World
Surface wastelands and underground tunnels. Different gear, different threats, different rules on each layer.
Crafting & Economy
A coin economy with Lin's weapon shop. Loot materials, craft gear, manage your inventory.
Day/Night Cycle
Atmosphere completely shifts when the sun goes down. Plan accordingly.
Quests & Dialogue
Full NPC dialogue trees and a quest system. Side characters have their own arcs and opinions.
Tabbed Menu
Clean tabbed interface covering Inventory, and Quests.
Original Soundtrack
Multiple atmospheric tracks composed in BandLab.

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IN GAME

Characters

WHO YOU'LL
MEET

Playable
ERIN
A survivor in a world that stopped caring. Erin is the protagonist — the character you play as throughout Scorch: Humanity Fallen.
Character
HEATHER
The administrator of Sanctuary. Heather is the love interest of Scorch: Humanity Fallen and carries a significant part of the story — she's not a side character.
Character
THE GENERAL
General of Defence and Governor of Sanctuary. He maintains order with an iron grip and believes his methods are the only thing keeping what's left of civilisation alive.
Antagonist
THE WARDEN
A fierce bandit warlord who has captured the Clearing by force.

Voice Acting

WE'RE CASTING
NOW

Scorch: Humanity Fallen features full voice acting for its main characters. We're currently in the casting phase — if you do voice work, or know someone who does, we want to hear from you.

All casting is handled through our Discord server. Jump in, introduce yourself, and ask about open roles. We'll share character briefs, sample lines, and recording requirements there.

Join Discord to Apply ↗
HEATHER Casting Open

Lead female role. Warm but guarded. Central to the main story.

THE GENERAL Casting Closed

Authoritative, measured. The voice of power in Sanctuary.

THE WARDEN Casting Closed

Menacing and deliberate. Commands fear more than respect.

SUPPORTING ROLES Casting Open

Additional NPCs and minor characters. Details in Discord.

Development

WHERE WE
ARE NOW

Overall Completion ~30%
✓ Done
Core Systems
Health, combat, economy, class selection, day/night cycle, surface/underground, tabbed menu.
✓ Done
World & NPCs
Dialogue trees, quest system, companion Heather, Lin's shop, NewCaldur.
In Progress
Content
Expanding locations, quests, enemy variety. The core works, now it needs filling out.
Upcoming
Voice Acting
Heather and key characters.
Upcoming
itch.io Demo
Free public demo. The first thing most players will see.
Upcoming
Steam
Full paid release. Steamworks, SteamPipe, the lot.

FAQ

COMMON
QUESTIONS

A 2D side-scrolling hack-and-slash with dark atmosphere, handbuilt systems, and a story that takes the setting seriously. Not a parody of the apocalypse — a game about surviving one.
TurboWarp — a high-performance fork of Scratch — packaged as a desktop app using Electron. The engine doesn't limit what the game can do. It just means Clay built everything from scratch.
The demo is free on itch.io. The full game will be paid on Steam. Price isn't locked in yet, but it won't be expensive.
No date yet. The itch.io demo comes first. Steam follows after the demo's out and the remaining content is done. Announcements go out on Discord and YouTube first.
Windows PC is the primary target. Mac and Linux are possible via Electron but not confirmed. No mobile or console plans.
Already has happened. The heart-based health system was picked by the community in a Discord vote. We run polls on real decisions. Join the server if you want a say.

Get the Game

COMING
SOON

Free demo on itch.io first. Steam release follows. Follow on Discord to be first to know when links go live.

itch.io — Demo Coming Soon Steam — Coming Soon