Substratum Extractor

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.21
Dig your way to find treasures.. but watch out for intense puzzles you have to solve...

Stayed up all 72 hours with the help of caffeine and other substances to create my magnum opus. Introducing Substratum Extractor, with over 40 hours of hyper realistic graphics combined with intense and addicting gameplay. Unfortunately, I lost the instructions to download and play the game, so you guys are gonna have to figure out this one on your own. But I promise, it's worth it!

Credits
* Programming, art, music: Crow Seeds
* Branding Advisor: Cian Rice (@cianrice.dev on Bluesky)

Hints (only if you really need them, these are in order)
!> Psst... the file browser is the game! The game takes place entirely in the depths of the file system.

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!> Your first step is to free the man in the Desktop Depths, how would you do this?

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!> You can find a key to free the man, try looking for a key, specifically an image!

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!> The suspiciously word shaped key is word shaped for a reason... the key is "Doom", capitalization matters! It's the password!

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!> You then want to extinguish the fires to get even deeper into the files... luckily someone can give you something to extinguish them!

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!> Copy and paste the spilled water cup from the free man into the password for the fires to extinguish them.

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!> From here it's really simple, just go down the hallway and navigate the labyrinth

Comments9

Disvent
Disvent8 Apr 2025, 19:38
Where do I find the password...? It's interesting that there's a game just to start the game — but I'm just a casual player, I couldn't figure it out :(
sbackman
sbackman8 Apr 2025, 20:52
I did not figure it out :(
Rachenite10 Apr 2025, 22:47
Interesting concept. Was able to complete it. Pics were funny
oxnh
oxnh10 Apr 2025, 22:54
I made it to the end very funny and good original idea. It's a shame this doesn't have many ratings, you should maybe make a post on the main page or try to get someone play it on stream because people will love it.
gamescodedogs
gamescodedogs11 Apr 2025, 06:54
In which folder is the game itself?

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