Great to see an adventure game in a game jam! I could imagine it would've taken so much time to make all those screen panels. Great work. :D
Play Case File
The Occultist: Old Growth's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Hosts' Choice | #1 | n/a | n/a |
| Story | #9 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Sound Design | #66 | 3.148 | 3.148 |
| Horror | #79 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Aesthetics | #79 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Enjoyment (Best Game) | #80 | 2.889 | 2.889 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
The "bad" ending is just to escape the forest without doing anything special. In order to get the "good" ending, you need to make sure you've made the antidote AND given it to Dr. Stammerts before you leave. In doing so, you should also get a lot of background information about the game world and the story which aren't necessary to beating the game, but which will allow you to figure out a lot about the story which isn't explicitly told to you in the game by the characters. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and that you enjoyed it enough that you want to see the other ending! Thanks so much!
Thank you! As soon as the jam is over, I have a bugfix ready to go for the major issue, and then in about a week I plan to have a whole page of updates and changes added in, so that silly bug won't be an issue any more. Sorry if it lessened your play experience, and thanks again for playing outside the box... I mean cup... of your genre preference!
2 years ago(+1)
I appreciate it! I've got the fix for the major bug, but once the competition is over I have a few more fixes I want to make before I upload it. It shouldn't be long though. Thanks so much for your interest!
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for playing and commenting! In the basement of the tower, you walk up into the door as far as you can go. In the top of the tower, you have to click somewhere between the stairs on the north part of the room and the floor on the south part of the room and walk back down the stairs without clicking so far to the south that you walk all the way around. Sorry about that, but your feedback makes it easier to know what worked and what didn't work, and I can fix that in a future release. Thank you!
First point and click game I've played and I did manage to figure out the controls after a few minutes on the first screen. I did get an error while clicking items in my inventory so here is the error if you need it.
I liked collecting mushrooms and it might've been my downfall!
Atmosphere, sound design and story were the best parts for me.
Thanks for playing! No, you were supposed to collect the mushrooms, it's just there's an error in the engine itself with clicking an inventory item on another inventory item. The developer of Adventure Game Studio is looking into it, but their forums went off line a couple days ago so I haven't found out if they replied yet or not. You can still beat the game without any clicking in your inventory.
2 years ago(+1)
It's a problem, you can still beat the game without having to combine items in the inventory (everything you need to combine, you can do right in the game window, and you'll just throw away any old items). The developer of the engine is looking into the bug for me.
Thanks for playing I'm glad you enjoyed it!
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for making a video of it! I didn't realize people would accidentally tell the Occultist to touch himself so much! Anyway, yeah, the bug is bad... the engine developers are looking into it right now but probably won't have a fix anytime soon. You can still get both endings without having to click one thing on another in the inventory, which is the only time the bug takes place. Also, I can't do much about the speed at which the text moves (it's built in like that into the AGS engine, but in the next release I'll make it so you have to click to progress... it's normally based on how many characters are in the sentence, which is hardcoded into the Adventure Game Studio engine. You may also be interested to know that in the Settings panel (bottom right) is a "Speed" option which changes the speed of the walking and animations so you can get through the game without having to wait for the character to walk around. I put it in at default speed and it does seem really slow.
Thanks so much again for the video, and I hope you get a chance to see the game all the way through!
2 years ago(+1)
Sorry about that, it's a bug everyone is experiencing (I contacted the developer of the engine and they said the problem was in the engine, but someone is trying to fix it for me). It doesn't hinder you from reaching the end of the game, though, because the only items you need to combine can all be combined in the game screen, and if you mess up the character will just throw away the useless one and do it again.
Thanks for playing, and for the kind words!
2 years ago(+1)
Thank you! If you like point-and-click adventures, head on over to the Adventure Game Studio (AGS) website, which hosts the AGS engine, thousands of games made with it, and a forum full of enthusiasts which include legendary game designer Ron Gilbert, who made Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island.
2 years ago(+1)
After you've made the antidote, you should just be able to escape. If not, you have to find a way to ring the bell in the tower. Thanks for playing, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hmm, you didn't get any error messages? I haven't run into this problem yet, mainly it's just been the crash when combining two inventory items (which isn't necessary to get either of the two endings). Did you get an error message, or did it just crash/hang? Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to check it out, and your feedback!
2 years ago(+1)
Thank you! I always have room at my dinner table for lovers of point-and-click adventures!
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