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Release Date 3 February 2015
Release Type Freeware
Content Advisory Occasional, mild | None | Occasional, mild
Operating System Windows
Setting Sci-Fi
Genre Investigative
Story Original
MAGS
Language English
Graphics 320x200, 16-Bit Colour
Downloaded 1,775 All Time

About

Abel Lowen, a Stringshaper, gets woke up by his apartment's alarm clock in the middle of the night. When he'll finally get up, late for his band's rehearsal, he will find out that almost nothing seems to be working properly.

What's happening? Are others experiencing the same problems? Why is his neighbour hallucinating in the middle of the hallway?

Spanish Translation by Maximiliano Vaccaro (https://twitter.com/maxivaccaro - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxivaccaro/en)

LostTrainDude Design, Coding, Music
A Homie Adventure Coding help, proof reading, English translation
A Night That Wouldn't End Everything
A-Mused [MAGS January 2014] Everything
Agent Trinity - Episode 0 - The Ultimatum Everything
AGS Awards Ceremony 2018 Intro Show (music)
Bitstream Music
Captain Disaster in The Dark Side of the Moon Beta Testing
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots Testing
Dakota Testing
Dreamagine Concept, Writing, Scripting, Art.
Fanbots Code, Design, Voice Acting
Maniac Mansion Mania Episode 40 - Trapped in the cellar v.3.1 Italian Translation
The Fickle Hands of Fate Everything
The Journey of Iesir Demo Testing
The Visitor Testing and proofreader
The Visitor 2 Proof reading
TRAVELERS (Prototype) Everything
UNGA needs MUMBA testing, voice acting

Kastchey Art, Design
A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is Watching Us Polish translation
AGS Awards Ceremony 2017 GUI graphics and AGS trophy
AGS Awards Ceremony 2018 Graphics, Production, Intro Show (graphics)
AGS Awards Ceremony 2020 Organizing, Production, Graphics
Birdy Birdy Graphics
Blue Lobe Inc. pixel art
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots Promo Art
Content Dialog Check & Modify
Ego in Planet of the Apes Beach background
FALL translation, dialog check
Fanbots Art, Design
Here Be No Sirens Story, Art, Scripting
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers testing
Space Tunneler Title Screen
Space Tunneler Deluxe title screen
Spot The Difference Graphics
State of Mind Backgrounds and Tester
Suspicious mind Graphics and dialogs
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive Title Screen and promo art
The Awakening Art
The Cradle Character art, animations, additional scripting
The Potion Master (MAGS version) Graphics / coding / additional puzzles and story design
The Rat Pack (Full version) Graphics
The Rat Pack (MAGS version) Artwork, testing
The Shaft Art, scripting, story, writing
Wages of Darkness graphics and animation

CaptainD Brainstorming Help, SFX, Proofreading
A Sloth for Both Seasons Story, game design, voice acting, SFX, worst singing in history
AGS Cycles Everything
All Pigs Deserve to Burn in Hell Play Testing
Baldy's Adventure Play testing
Beyond Dream and Time Proofreading, Betatest
Beyond Eternity episode 1 Voice acting
BlindSweeper Everything
Blue Lobe Inc. voice acting
Captain Disaster and The Two Worlds of Riskara DEMO Story, coding, SFX
Captain Disaster in Death Has A Million Stomping Boots (Demo) Game Concept and Design, some graphics, testing, voice acting.
Captain Disaster in The Dark Side of the Moon Story, game design, graphics, animation, sound effects. voice acting
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots Lead Designer, VA, SFX
Cave of Avarice Writing and additional testing
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship Testing, proofreading
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship Testing
Colour Clash Everything
Columbus Lander Voice Acting and Testing
Conspiracy: Below-Zero Voice of Agent Malden
Daleks Coding, graphics, partly responsible for birth of 6 year-old daughter who provided the sound effects.
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator writing
DSM: Are we alone? Ideas collaborator and Beta testing.
ELF: And soon the darkness... Beta testing.
Eternal Chrysalis Story, Puzzles, additional Graphics, Pink Socks
Fanbots Sound, Design, Voice Acting
Feria d'Arles Testing
Finger of suspicion Voices of Lord Fairfax and the Butler
Flow Problem Everything
Football Game Testing
Indy Bones: The Book Of The Gods Additional ideas and Beta test.
JACK Voice of Charles Davonport
Let's Cook: with Koala Tester
Lunar Lander Everything apart from music (freesfx.co.uk) and explosion sound effect (my young daughter)
M*A*S*H: Point n' Click adventure game Testing
Maelstrom Obscura: Case 1 Twins voices
Mr Bear Teaches English Voice acting
Neofeud Voice Acting
Number Rescue Design, scripting, graphics, sound, voice acting
Play It Again: An Improv Point & Click Adventure Voice-Acting & Dialogue
Red Hot Overdrive Sound FX editing and brave testing
Sharky's 3: The Heist Testing
Shoaly You Can't Be Serious! (Deluxe version) Everything
Shoaly You Can't Be Serious! (MAGS version) Everything
SLEUTH Voice acting
Snow Problem Concept, coding, SFX
Sonic and friends in: Club House Additional ideas and Cartoon character will-writing service
Space Tunneler Coding, SFX, Graphics
Space Tunneler Deluxe design, coding, SFX, most graphics
SPHONX Story, Voice of Professor Nowicz, testing
Sphonx Tech Demo Story, Professor Nowicz\' Voice
Splinter Voices of the Tarks
Spot The Difference Design, Scripting, Graphics
The Hamresanden Chronicles II: The Black Prism Testing
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive Everything
The Cabin Testing
The Cat Lady Voice acting
The Cat Lady DEMO Voice actor
The Journey of Iesir Demo Writing and design
The Old Man and the Sea play testing
The Potion Master (MAGS version) Story / puzzles / sound design
The Rat Pack (Full version) Design, coding, voicing
The Rat Pack (MAGS version) Design, coding, SFX, testing
Thrymly disguised voice acting
Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew Voice Acting
Troll Song - Verse One - DEMO Story, Game Design, Voice Acting
Troll Song Verse One - Completely Stoned Story, Game Design, SFX, Voice Acting
Unexpected at the Rising Star SFX, Voice Starbuck + Deimos + Easter Egg
UNGA needs MUMBA dialogue editing, additional puzzle ideas, voice acting
Zid Journey (demo) Proofreading (English)

Awards & Reviews

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AGS Awards 2015 Nominee

AGS Awards 2015 Nominee

Best Music & Sound

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By SirPrimalform on 14 April 2021

Amazing world building. I'd love to see an expanded version!


By Racoon on 3 September 2020

I tried this game because the graphics seemed nice to me, but what really got to me in the end was the music and the story. Really good world building with only a limited number of rooms.


By selmiak on 28 January 2018

A landlord's Dream builds a huge world through clever writing with only 3 rooms to visit (and a terminal that enrichens the world) that has all your cyberpunk and scifi needs coverd with said terminals, implants, chargers, brainhacking and AI overtakes. Also a fantastic prophet is to be met and calmed by shutting down his visionary brain.
Some rather abstract puzzles are met with some fun puzzles, follow the video if you are stuck. The minimalistic soundtrack follows along with the story and the cool background graphics in low colorcount pixelart.

Find a longplay of the game here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCZNiKyI2gI


By LostTrainDude on 23 March 2016

Thanks everybody for the lovely comments and the helpful feedback!

Also, to answer cat: yes, while we were developing it we noticed how the world was getting fairly out of scope for a MAGS game and this led to an unfortunate series of cuts to the gameplay. We spent too much effort in giving purpose and "life" (though music, sound, dialogue and art) to the few rooms available rather than focusing on puzzles, and it shows.

The good news is that we are planning on working further on this as we speak :) So please stay tuned, if you want, and thanks again!


By cat on 8 March 2016

Interesting setting and good story telling with a deep game world. The graphics are fantastic and the music is fitting. However, there are hardly any puzzles and no real gameplay.


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