Tip of the Iceberg
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Game Summary
Tip and Mama Jo have lived together on their iceberg for Tip’s whole life, but it’s finally time for Tip to find his own waddle. Mama Jo isn’t happy about Tip’s leaving, but she wants to take him hunting one last time to show him parts of their ocean he’s never seen closely before. What will they find once they dive deep below the tip of the iceberg?
Objective
Journey around the underbelly of the iceberg and find Mama Jo's 4 hidden oysters. Hint: There are two on each side!
Genre
Point-and-click narrative adventure.
Controls
On Ice:
- Point and click to move
- Spacebar to advance dialogue
- ESC to Quit application
Underwater:
- Move with mouse (Tip follows cursor position)
- ESC to Quit application
Meet the Team!
Qianning Tang - Project Manager, Artist & Animator
Twitter: @QianningTatum Email: qianning@berkeley.edu
Shay Yano - Game Design, Programming, & Sound Design
Twitter: @shaynanigansEXE Email: yanoshay.exe@gmail.com
Casey Ramos - Narrative Design & Sound Design
Twitter: @caseydovar Email: cgaramos@bu.edu
Words from the Creators
We created “Tip of the Iceberg” after a team heart-to-heart about motherhood that boiled down to… “Wow. What we grew up knowing about our mothers was really just the tip of the iceberg.”
Our team was especially drawn to the concept of unconventional motherhood, and how completely human mothers are behind the mask of table-setting and finger-wagging. We wanted to tell a story about a mother who feels closer to the mxthers we may be one day; one whose stories from childhood to adulthood swell with turbulence, apprehension, and doubt.
We asked ourselves, if we were to write a letter to our future child today, what would it sound like? And we started there.
The topics explored in our point-and-click narrative adventure game are childhood, coming out and rejection, depression and isolation, and finally, the finding of one's own home/community.
We hope you enjoy our game, and huge thanks to Side Quest + Sledgehammer’s Women in Games Game Jam for inspiring us to bring this story to life!
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I tried out your game, and it was good, for what I was able to play of. The control were a little unorthodox at first but I was able to to figure them out and adjust. I didn't hear an music, just sound effects, but the fx were good. I liked the art style, very minimalistic feel. I was able to eat some fish, couldn't tell if that was doing anything though, and also found 2 pearl things in the iceberg. After the second one, the big penguin showed up and the game broke. 1 message box appeared, then the player just started drifting slowly away and I had zero control at that point, so I quit the application. So with that, I think you did a good job with what you showed!