‘These Heavenly Bodies’ Finds Disturbing Things in Angelic Imagery

These heavenly bodies plays with tension and foreboding in every minute you spend watching strange angelic images (and their disturbing content).

CONTENT WARNING: Cult/religious, cannibalism.

Thanks to films like The omen And Stigmataand also the religious Thriller/Horror genres, it’s not exactly obscure to ask you to conjure up the idea of ​​a holy man who’s been asked to investigate a recent, suspect scientific discovery. That’s the starting point for These heavenly bodiesToothandClaw’s lowrezjam 2024 entry, which sees you take on the role of that holy man who visits a laboratory where they examine three recently unearthed angel statues.

What makes this all so special isn’t the what or the why, but the how. Lowrezjam challenges developers to create a game or experience at 64×64 resolution. This isn’t the most restrictive jam out there, especially considering there are so many low-resolution or bit-based engines out there. What’s impressive is that ToothandClaw has managed to convey incredible atmosphere and detail by pushing that resolution to its limits, creating something eerie even within this visual limitation.

These Heavenly Bodies is now playable (for free) on itch.io.

About the author

Dan Sullivan

After nearly a decade of selling games, Dann decided to try his hand at writing about them instead. A few years later, he’s the founder and editor-in-chief of Big Boss Battle, where he and his team cover games of all shapes and sizes. When he’s not in that role, he’s often on the hunt for small, memorable gaming experiences.