Alone in the Gloom

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.25
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Community★★★★★★★★★★2.57
It is the dawn of the 20th century. A Cambridge scholar and explorer has led a team to the depths of the South American jungle to investigate a newly discovered temple complex claimed to predate the Olmec by several centuries, showing evidence of stonework thought beyond the capabilities of preclassical Mesoamerican masonry. As they begin to explore the strange temple, our professor accidentally falls into a pit and is separated from the group. All alone, he must find his way back to the surface, and maybe score some fascinating pieces of research data while he is at it...

Comments24

Falkreon19 Dec 2011, 06:01
Ha! I loved the ending.
todwurst19 Dec 2011, 12:05
Very cute. I liked the ending too.
FinalMirage
FinalMirage19 Dec 2011, 19:56
I enjoyed it. Ditto to what everyone above said!
7Soul20 Dec 2011, 04:03
I don't get the ending, i think i crashed the game or someting ._.
ArchPenguinBot20 Dec 2011, 19:29
Forgot to mention that it was a great game!
ArchPenguinBot20 Dec 2011, 19:29
Was there sound? If so, it did not play for me.
solkar
solkar20 Dec 2011, 20:03
I liked it and agree about the ending.
ladron
ladron21 Dec 2011, 01:51
Fun! You just need to add some sound/music and you've got a great little game on your hands.
PimpDaddyScoot21 Dec 2011, 12:27
i have no idea how to get past a second door.
PimpDaddyScoot21 Dec 2011, 12:28
but that said i love the style... then again i was a big zelda fanboy on gbc ;)
Gaeel21 Dec 2011, 17:42
Works really well, would have been nice to see another game mechanic than push blocks, especially since the one item in hand thing could lead to some interesting gameplay.

All in all though, a fun little retro arpg puzzler with some nice graphics and a fun little story.
iforce2d21 Dec 2011, 17:53
for us dum-dums who are stuck in the third room... any hint?
PimpDaddyScoot21 Dec 2011, 22:16
i sink it be a bug ;)
ve no kann push ze blocks!
PimpDaddyScoot21 Dec 2011, 22:38
ahhhhhhh i see... we can push the blocks but we must try longer. - should be a pushing animation or something so it doesnt look like we are just walking against a wall
end is cool ;)
TaslemGuy
TaslemGuy22 Dec 2011, 20:37
Really great. Only poor thing about it was the lack of sound.
matthias_zarzecki24 Dec 2011, 11:52
I fell in a ditch and died.

Awesome! Solid adventurer. Nice work.
Tom 7
Tom 731 Dec 2011, 19:54
Good ending :) I liked the graphics a lot but they look so familiar! Are they original for the compo? If so you have a great retro style!
DrPetter1 Jan 2012, 22:58
Brorsan grät en tår över saknad musik. Looks great, of course. Plays smoothly. Kind of clever puzzles, without being nasty. Nice and cozy mood, but would definitely have been elevated by a hollow theme song. Spooky ending. I like it.
jeffz4 Jan 2012, 05:11
lack of music is a real shame
Usoma6 Jan 2012, 10:29
Great game, it had a very nice feeling. The musik/sounds are missing but i dont matter.
callidus
callidus7 Jan 2012, 14:11
nice little game :-) good ending, really wanted some sounds though, music would have set the atmosphere just right
Tifu
Tifu7 Jan 2012, 16:44
Good game, this could really be awesome if developed with more puzzles, music etc =D
whilefun7 Jan 2012, 18:33
nice job, very cool!

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