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I think I got really far in it. There can't have been much more, but while I was searching for whatever I was missing, was killed and the password, while it brought me back to the garden with a tree already sprouted (a different tree than originally I grew), reset almost everything else in the whole game, and so I abandoned it for now rather than go through all of that again.
Even though--or perhaps because--you've committed nearly every conceivable adventure game sin, massive congratulations are in order for creating a SPECTACULAR game. I can't believe I made it through without a walkthrough (took a screenshot the map, poked it into MS Paint, labelled the rooms, drew green lines for paths between rooms, and kept alt-tabbing back and forth between it and the game). I mean it, this is a piece of art, freaky and unhinging and beautiful. To anyone reading this, stick it out--the end is totally worth it. All of the end. The credits and what comes after...! Kudos, everyone involved!!!
Gaaaah I finished it you jerks! Took me a while to have the energy to map it which is why I didn't get to it until now.
I can't say it wasn't frustrating, but I didn't *hate* playing it. It was a challenge, and interesting on a design level too. I've been wondering for a while if there'll be a resurgence of "hard-core" adventure games like there has been with hard-core platformers, and things like dark-souls. I guess you can say you've made the "dark-souls of point and clicks". So... well done? I guess?
Usually I feel bad telling people I got stuck and couldn't work things out, but this time I suppose it's a complement. Except that I didn't get stuck! Ha! Your puzzles were well balanced and fair! So there!
I *did* cheat right at the end tbh and peeked at the walkthrough so I didn't have to...
...go back and write down all the damn motivational posters.
I also just lucked out on the robot menu puzzle I guess, because booze.
I assumed there'd be more walking deads too so i was terrified of using the single save slot, so even though I didn't get into any, I didn't use all my tokens. And did lose progress a bunch of times. So thanks.
Also, you did get a fair few chuckles out of me, and I love that your community comes through in these games too.
All in all, I think every adventure game developer should have to play this before they're allowed to release a game! bahaha! Great stuff!
This is hilarious so far. Only got as far as exploring one half of the labyrinth but loving it!
Let's see if my German (aka google) is up to snuff...
Alle Wörter sind Zauberwörter
TW: suicide, Satanism, German stereotyping
From the makers of BREXITMAN IN AIRPORTLAND - THE RE-BREXITING, LONG DISTANCE COUGHING, & THE END IS NEIGH comes the next installment in the ATTAU(*), a game that will truly make you question your will to live:
¤¤¤ ALL DEMONS MUST GO TO HELL! ¤¤¤
¤¤¤ THE PLOT ¤¤¤
You play as WILHELM SCHENGEN AUS TODESFELDE, a German scientist who wakes up in the office of his new workplace to find out that things have gotten ein bischen strange!
Wilhelm must now traverse the unfamiliar hallways of Viridian Mantel Group’s HQ and find out what in the Hölle is going on.
So, if you think you're a hotshot adventure gamer, let's see if you can survive the most actively hostile adventure game ever created!(**)
Take a deep breath - in fact, take several - and strap yourself in... oh, and GET A PEN AND PAPER READY ‘CAUSE YOU’RE GONNA NEED IT!
¤¤ THE FEATURES ¤¤
- Mazes
- Dead Ends
- Verbs
- Moon logic
- Random monster encounters
- Infuriating puzzles
- User-unfriendly interface (it is quite literally “use”-less!)
- Verbs
- Dark scandinavian humour
- Silly humour
- Danceable industrial music
- Nightmare inducing soundscapes
- Infantile humour
- Philosophical musings
- More verbs
- EASTER EGGS (if you find GOD we salute you!)
- DEATH!
- So many verbs
- Beautiful HD artwork deliberately crunched into 16 bit colours!
¤¤ WITH AMAZING VOICE ACTING BY ¤¤
Richard Cobbett (writer of Sunless Sea & Nighthawks) as Ewan
Dave Gilbert (head honcho of Wadjet Eye Games) as Teufelstein
Alice Grunstra (AKA PapayaChemist) as a Robot Chef
Mette Wichmann Hansen as Gary
… and also
SQH as Wilhelm
&
TorpedoBear as GOD
And special on screen appearance by
Jason Cryer (AKA GEMINI DOES GAMES) as the body of Wilhelm
* the Adventure Think Tank Absurd Universe
** by us
THIS GAME WAS MADE IN 14 DAYS AS PART OF ADVENTURE JAM 2021 #AdvJam2021
Walkthrough - Use at your own peril!
Click to reveal.
THIS IS A BARE NECESSITIES WALKTHROUGH - IT DOES NOT TELL YOU HOW TO GET ALL 246 POINTS OR HOW TO FIND EASTER EGGS.
WILHELMS OFFICE
FLIP pillow - get pin
PICK UP Toilet paper
READ poster - get quote
EQUIP TOILET PAPER
PUSH toilet paper under DOOR
EQUIP PIN
POKE door with PIN
PICK UP toilet paper - get key
EQUIP KEY
UNLOCK DOOR
Benjamin Chandler Memorial Labyrinth
You have to traverse the labyrinth as things are randomly placed!
You will randomly be harassed by a monster named Gary - he will eat you if you don't run! (if you talk to the RNG monster it will stop trying to eat you - at a price!)
FIND 8 POSTERS and READ them get quotes
FIND MAILMAN (randomly placed in labyrinth)
SEARCH MAILBAG - get stamp
FIND COGWHEEL (randomly placed in labyrinth)
PICK UP COGWHEEL (randomly placed in labyrinth)
FIND HANDLE
PICK UP HANDLE
INFORMATION BOOTH
Talk to Teufelstein - get BROCHURE
Talk to Teufelstein - take note of what flavor gum he’s chewing
MAIL ROOM
Walk to the console
PUSH the console and *quickly* walk to the left of the TRAM
OPEN tram to step inside
EXAMINE BROCHURE - get coupon
Equip COUPON
COMBINE COUPON with STAMP - get stamped coupon
INSERT STAMPED COUPON into mailbox
FRONT DOOR
PICK UP PACKAGE
EXAMINE PACKAGE - get Miracle Growth
ARBORETUM
READ signs on FLOWER BEDS to find the one corresponding with the flavour of Teufelsteins’s gum
EQUIP MIRACLE GROWTH
POUR MIRACLE GROWTH into FLOWER BED
PICK UP [fruit]
INFORMATION BOOTH (when you have a fruit)
EQUIP [fruit]
GIVE [fruit] to TEUFELSTEIN - get Satan’s Gum (*chewed* gum, ew!)
THE GIANT GUMBALL MACHINE
INSPECT MACHINE
EQUIP COG WHEEL
INSERT COG WHEEL into MACHINE
EQUIP HANDLE
INSERT HANDLE into MACHINE
PULL HANDLE
PICK UP GUMBALL
EQUIP GUMBALL
EXAMINE GUMBALL - get chewed gum
CANTEEN
READ motivational poster - get quote
TALK to ROBOT CHEF until it shows you MENU
CHOOSE Cuban Rum and Dominican Rum to get CD-RUM
Enjoy the robot chef’s reaction
PICK UP WIRE
CEO DOOR
Equip CHEWED GUM
PRESS CHEWED GUM into BROKEN WIRE
EQUIP Satan’ Gum
PRESS Satan’s Gum into broken wire
EQUIP WIRE
PRESS WIRE into BROKEN WIREGive the sliding tile puzzle from hell your best shot - a CHEAT button will emerge after 100 moves
answer AI’s quote with the corresponding title - if you have not READ the poster in question it will not be an option!
The quotes are as follows:
AMBITION The inescapable dread of needing to outrun abject failure
TEAMWORK The realization that minor contributions of others are equal to or outweigh your own
ASPIRATIONS The ultimately hopeless dreams of unattainable achievements PRIDE The masked contempt of the shortcomings of your peers
DETERMINATION The dogged inability to recognize and acknowledge impending failure
ACHIEVEMENTS The yardstick by which you measure your ineptitude against that of others
DELEGATION The art of hiding your incompetence behind the shortcomings of others
INTROSPECTION The agonizing search for meaning in a sea of meaningless failures
PERFORMANCE The insistence of continuing to parade around your insignificance
DEDICATION The crippling paranoia of having one foot in the grave of destitution
congratulations! you did it! enjoy the cut scene and the outtakes in the credits!
