This is a cryptic first person puzzle/adventure game, where you are stuck in a 10 second time loop. You are a thief trying to steal an experimental time manipulation device, but all goes horrible wrong and you have to figure a way out of your predicament!
IMPORTANT: We didn't get round to putting in a good visual indicator of this but the device creates a time bubble inside the lab that's 10 seconds in the past. It might be handy to fully get your head around that if you want to complete the game (or understand how it works if you just happened upon the answer).
No sound or music, and we were just seconds away from having a proper ending, honestly ;P
We hope you like it (What we got done, anyway)!
Controls:
WASD/Arrows to move Left mouse button to interact Esc to stop interacting F4 to quit game Ctrl to crouch F7 = Invert camera X F8 = Invert camera Y
Disclaimer: Just a bit past the deadline with the working upload, so sorry about that to everyone who made it on time!
[UPDATE] Fixed an error which makes one of the puzzles unnecessary.
Vnator - if you look at the scrawls on the desk you might see that the security guard who operates that terminal harbours a bit of a hate boner for a certain something. Thinking about that with the letters you've got should help you a bit hopefully. Each letter is only used once.
@MvdLaar - Cheers! Yeah, audio certainly would add to the experience :( I think you can rate our entry more effectively if you pretend that you've been struck with sudden deafness ;)
My little brother ended up figuring out the anagram before me. Now I just can't find the disk. Every puzzle solved makes the game more fun. Once again, nice job!
Probably I'm just a dope, but I got absolutely *nowhere.* Lack of an "invert Y axis" option doesn't help; since time is so sharply limited, mousing the wrong way gets extra frustrating.
Also: your .zip file contains the executable with a .txt extension. Is that by design?
Starting the .exe I got a System Error (missing libvorbisfile.dll, libvorbis.dll, freeglut.dll). Downloaded the first 2 of them, couldn't find freeglut.dll after a quick search. Abandoned.
@LordHellMaX - You must have managed to download the file in the few minutes that we mistakenly uploaded a file containing just the executable. The download link now contains all the required files, as before.
Great theme, graphics and design. It'd be awesome with some audio.
Problem is I have not a clue how to solve it, and I certainly don't have the patience to keep banging my head at this for hours. What am I meant to use for this anagram? The IOU message? The scratchings on the desk? The "test_" text on the other computer?
Interesting concept. Like everyone else said, needs some music but otherwise appears to be well executed. However, I couldn't get very far even with the hints here.
Also, is the loop supposed to instantly reset when I hit the G key? Because it is, and since it isn't listed in your controls I figure it might be a testing thing :P
I am getting an "APPCRASH" on my windows 8 laptop when I try to run this.. The console thing manages to run, it goes fullscreen with a white blank game area for a few seconds and crashes.
The camera movements give me headaches but the concept is very cool. There is a bug that makes the game go back to the begining after writing "killing" on the computer.
@Lokarunith - Seems I left "G" bound to reset the environment. Just don't press G :) And what is it about the camera movement that gives you headaches? I'd like to avoid that in the future.
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Vnator - if you look at the scrawls on the desk you might see that the security guard who operates that terminal harbours a bit of a hate boner for a certain something. Thinking about that with the letters you've got should help you a bit hopefully. Each letter is only used once.
Also: your .zip file contains the executable with a .txt extension. Is that by design?
Let's see if you find it a bit easier with your preferred control scheme :) f7 and f8 are now invert x and y axis respectively.
Also .txt file was my fault :P (Rob, the artist)
Vnator - Thank you! Glad you like the game enough to come back to it! Thanks for playing!
Thanks everyone!
Here's the log file: http://pastebin.com/1wNXai22
Problem is I have not a clue how to solve it, and I certainly don't have the patience to keep banging my head at this for hours. What am I meant to use for this anagram? The IOU message? The scratchings on the desk? The "test_" text on the other computer?
BlackBulletIV - Haha. Hmm, I guess this kind of game is not for you :) Thanks for the kind comments!
Also, is the loop supposed to instantly reset when I hit the G key? Because it is, and since it isn't listed in your controls I figure it might be a testing thing :P
good work!