Hallucinatory Machinations Of A Fragile Mind

You find yourself in a mysterious courtyard and set out to investigate it in this adventure-puzzle game with touches of horror and/or humour (depending on your perspective).

This is my entry for the SA Game Jam 2020 (72-hour category). The 2020 theme was “Returning From The Brink”.

The game will launch in full screen mode.

Credits:

• Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson):
  Game design, narrative and writing, programming, audio, and art
• Fonts:
  Alike Angular by Sveta Sebyakina, Alexei Vanyashin, and Cyreal (Open Font Licence);
  Nevis by Ten By Twenty (Open Font Licence); and
  Nothing You Could Do by Kimberly Geswein (Open Font Licence)

Software Used:

• Audacity, Base64.Guru, Bfxr, ChipTone, GIMP, Notepad, and Twine

Game Notes:
There are a few small areas that hold the promise of something but nothing actually occurs. Had I had more time I would have fleshed them out further. You can probably get a sense of what I had intended to do with them.

The ending was the first part I wrote. It might appear that it was the last part that I wrote but that is not the case.


Technical Notes:
The only third-party assets I used in this game were the fonts.

The audio consists of base samples I created in Bfxr and ChipTone, as well as raw audio samples I recorded myself, all of which was edited in Audacity.

I created all the graphics. The shape’s colour blocks change with every runthrough. It’s randomised. This wasn’t necessary, of course, but it’s a little touch that makes me happy.

==UPDATE==

SA Game Jam 2020 award winner!

The judges had this to say: “The game is well executed, the experience feels complete, and it offered some exciting surprises. Through its writing, the game evokes strong imagery, and the feeling of a bigger world that exists beyond it.

The judges felt that the developer did a fantastic job of getting the most out of her tools, using Twine to incredible effect. This is no small feat for a hobbyist developer, and the reason why we’re awarding Hallucinatory Machinations Of A Fragile Mind with this prize.”