Small Dragon -- by Piper Hill -- Alpha Demo 1

Small Dragon takes the player on an epic musical journey using a combination of stop-motion, pixel art, old home videos, PowerPoint, and more. You play as a small, green dragon who wakes up on a tiny island taken up entirely by a little house made out of crayons. He searches for clues inside the house that could help him escape -- or perhaps help him prove his own existence to himself. Little does he know that throughout the house are items that will teleport him to five completely different fantastical universes!

In the foyer, a large golden door shines with promise. "Behind me lies the most sacred treasure of ultimate masculinity," it reads. What could that be? And what will it take to open the door? 

Hello! I'm Piper Hill and I've been conceptualizing and writing this game for years. My friend Trevor Van de Velde and I started building it in earnest this past year. What we have available for you here is a small piece in the grand scheme of what's to come. It should take between 25-45 minutes to play (but feel free to take longer with it!) We hope it gets you excited about the project! Thank you for playing.

Consider becoming a Patreon supporter (patreon.com/PiperEHill), where you'll get exclusive access to new updates, content, and information about the game. We plan to release updates bi-monthly, but in between I will showcase unseen art and unheard music from the game!

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Small Dragon Demo Credits

Piper Hill -- Concept, story, dialogue, music, design, art, co-developer

Trevor Van de Velde -- Co-developer, technologist, back-end

Voices:

Opening, Menu Screen, Game Over, SFX -- Piper Hill

Ferdinand P. Blankenship IV -- Victor Jiao

Morse Strobilus -- Maxwell Addae

Puppet Show Voice 1 -- Jackson Hill

Puppet Show Voice 2 -- PF

Plugins:

TheoAllen, Galv, VisuStella, Gamer Tool Studio, Sasuke Kannazuki, MIT, Dungeonmind, Trevor Van de Velde, Jason R. Godding, ODUE, Ramza, Caz Wolf

Playtesters: Allie Murillo, Jacqui Ngo, Raegan Padula, Clay Parks

Puppet Show Helpers: Kathleen Smith, Alton Hill, Laura Hill

This project has been supported by some lovely groups.

Early concept, music, and story were nurtured by Fresh Ground Pepper during the ‘23 PlayGround PlayGroup session, as well as during the BRB retreat.

Development of this demo was made possible through the New Music USA Creator Fund.

A lot of this content was also workshopped with the Untitled Musical Theater Writer’s Group. Thank you Untitled!

Thank you everyone!