# hawkthorne/hawkthorne-journey

Digital Estate Planning: The Game

Repository: https://github.com/hawkthorne/hawkthorne-journey
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hawkthorne-journey
Homepage: https://projecthawkthorne.com
Language: Lua
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-11-26T22:24:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5218, "days_push": 645, "days_rel": 649, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1150, forks 451 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:46.650118+00:00)

## What it is
Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne is a 2D platformer game based on Community's 'Digital Estate Planning' episode, built with the LÖVE (Love2D) engine in Lua. It is playable in the browser or downloadable natively for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

## Use cases
- play a 2D platformer based on the Community TV show
- download a free pixel-art platformer for mac, windows, or linux
- play the Digital Estate Planning game from Community in a browser
- contribute to an open-source Lua game built with LÖVE
- study how a 2D platformer is implemented in the LÖVE engine
- find a fan game based on a TV show episode

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source 2D platformer playable on desktop or browser
- you are a Community fan looking for the Hawkthorne game
- you want a real-world Lua/LÖVE codebase to learn game development from

## When to avoid
- you need a polished commercial game with ongoing feature development
- you need a game engine rather than a finished game
- you require permissively licensed assets - artwork and audio are CC BY-NC 3.0 (non-commercial)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, game
- domain: gaming-tools, entertainment
- platform: windows, cross-platform, browser
- tags: love2d, lua, 2d-platformer, community-tv-fan-game, pixel-art, open-source-game, game-development, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- hawkthorne/hawkthorne-journey (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:46.650118+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:33:40.705573+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hawkthorne/hawkthorne-journey (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:46.650118+00:00, sha ff44aaf33cd7)
  - homepage: https://projecthawkthorne.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:38:27.490553+00:00, sha 3440f744207e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.