Karhutla: Otan's Story
A short game about a baby orangutan, its mother, and a forest on fire.
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Made for phones, with sound on. Tap to move, hold and drag to steer, and call out to Mother with the Call button.
Tap Play to load the game here. For the full screen, use the fullscreen button in the game, or open it on itch.io.
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The story
Otan is a baby orangutan living happily with its mother in an Indonesian forest. They play, look for fruit, and call out to each other. Then one day, the fire comes.
Separated from its mother, Otan must find a way out alone, through burning forest, choking haze, and land with nothing left to eat. The map changes with every new game. Not every journey ends in safety.
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Why we made this game
Karhutla is the Indonesian word for forest and land fires. They destroy the homes of wildlife, release carbon stored in peat, and create haze that harms people's health far beyond the fire itself.
Orangutans are Critically Endangered. Each ending in the game carries a real-world lesson, and what we can do about it.
The game is free, and it always will be.
It's a beta. Tell us what you think.
Which ending did you get? Was anything confusing? Leave a comment on itch.io or email us. Every reply helps us make the full version better.
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