Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony - Prologue
Beautiful, creative game. I had fun playing, I’ve been following the team for a while, I’m sure the game will improve.
Sounds are really professional, I would even buy some of them to listen all day long.
In my hands our main character would definitely get pneumonia.
Also we won’t get along with the eagle in the main menu of the game, when I try to pet his head, he is turning his head :( … maybe he is trying to tell me something… maybe we will see that in the next episode… I’m very excited.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
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Interesting enough, it has the potential to be a solid point-and-click adventure game if the story’s done proper. There are a few issues though, mainly the grammar. There are a good number of grammatical errors. Misspellings, (not mentioning the pirates), odd spacing between letters, even a line of dialogue where an S is on the wrong word where it was meant to be at the end of the previous word.
I’m not trying to sound like a grammar freak, it’s just since text is the main way the game communicates with the player, it’s gotta be solid for it to stick. It honestly feels like they ran the text through Google Translate, or maybe a less experienced translator working on the English text?
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Camp Canyonwood
Welcome to historic Camp Canyonwood! You’re the new Head Counselor, tasked with breathing new life into these old campgrounds. The Campers are here, and they’re hungry for some summer fun. Their amusement, education and most importantly safety lies in your hands. Good luck, and watch for the things that go bump in the night.
Build Your Dream Camp
Gather materials and funds to improve your camp each summer, and design it as you see fit.
Guide Your Troop
Lead troops of campers each summer in pursuit of Merit Badges. The more they learn, the more you earn.
Beware of Dangers
Camping isn’t always easy. Protect your campers from dangers both natural and supernatural.
Live the Camp Life
Hike, fish, bug catch and more in a scenic Utah-inspired wilderness.
Camper Personalities
No two campers are the same. Each have their own unique personalities and quirks. Learn their needs to better reach them!
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Cassius
Cassius is a first-person story-driven puzzle game exploring the mysteries of Blackhaven Hall, a sprawling historically accurate colonial estate evacuated at the height of the American Revolution. Journey back to the 1781 and decode the dark secrets lurking behind America’s founding.
A Secret Mission and A Hidden Mystery
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Explore a massive historically accurate 18th century estate including an opulent mansion, manicured garden, and the sprawling surrounding farms.
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Solve puzzles involving period correct scientific instruments, furnishing, art, sculpture, tools, toys, and rare books.
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Uncover the most closely held secrets of Blackhaven Hall, and confront the lives touched by a tragic history.
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Take part in a forbidden conspiracy that will decide your fate.
About Cassius
Cassius is a continuation of the story from Historiated’s first title, Blackhaven It was developed in cooperation with a diverse set of scholars and experts.
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Blackhaven
its ok.
I’m not saying its unplayable!
The story isn’t bad, and i did enjoy it a few times, but its mostly just walk around, press this, read that, listen to this audio. you don’t actually get to make decisions or explore properly, visually its nice, but there is so little of actual interest to look at, the house itself was disapointingly small, with only two chairs, a small table, a bed, a weird thing on a wall, and a few stone pillars. it doesn’t feel like a proper museum or historical exhibit.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
I really liked this game. For me it was pretty much Job Simulator because:
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I work in history, preservation & archives (the game even mentioned one of my old jobs, Library of Congress)
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I’m Black
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I live in Maryland, visited Virginia lots (obv. not now, not trying to die of modern plague)
Hence why this game was basically Job Simulator for me. From the decor to the scanner/computer set-up to the gift shop to the micro-aggressive White employees (I couldn’t help but to go, “wow, did they just pull these emails direct from the jobs I have been on?") to the douchebaggery of the estate when there are Black American patrons trying to simply trace their family trees, not write exposes, because the estate goes “Oh noes! Our reputation!” - everything is pretty dead on accurate for me. It’s also wild hearing places in Maryland & Virginia and going, “I know where that is and, wow, these documents look just like the ones I scan and transcribe daily.”
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
The Walsingham Files - Chapter 2
These are really nice little games. I like the characters and the plots.
I can’t wait for episode three!
– Real player with 9.4 hrs in game
Really cool game!
I played Silver Creek Falls a few years ago and found the Walsingham Files by coincidence. Since the first chapter is also free to play, I thought I’d give it a try…
I was immediately captivated by the characters and the story again, so I bought chapter 2 right afterwards. And now I can’t wait to play chapter 3! :D
If you are interested in challenging puzzles as well as thrilling and mysterious plots, then this game is definitely worth a closer look ;)
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
I for sure would recommend this game to you if:
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You have already played Her Story, liked it, and would enjoy playing a similar game
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You wouldn’t be put off by lower production values (the acting, in particular, can be distracting)
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You can look past and put up with some minor but irritating design flaws
If the above describes you then I feel pretty confident that you would enjoy Interrogation Files: Port Landsend. It is clearly a small indie game, but it has an interesting story and I was definitely invested in the investigation to figure out what had happened. For me the good very much outweighed the bad, and I personally wouldn’t hesitate to play future games from the same developer.
– Real player with 15.1 hrs in game
I randomly came across this little gem while browsing through FMV games and jumped all over it. I like FMV and I like crime, mystery, and detective games so naturally it was right up my alley. It follows the same format as Her Story by watching clips and searching for keywords, but this game manages to take things a step beyond by introducing multiple suspects.
The case that unfolds is interesting and keeps you invested. The acting ranges from pretty good to some characters who talk while constantly staring off camera to read their lines. I think my favorite part might have been the built-in ‘hint system’ for lack of a better term, where you can click a button to get a undiscovered clip unlocked for you. It’s a big help if you get stuck and it makes going for the 100% achievement much easier than similar games.
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game
Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD
Plague Doctor Contagion, was a short and sweet retelling of different pandemics through time. I greatly enjoyed the music in the game, the graphics are nothing special but still stylized in a unique way I wont forget soon, and the game play could do with more interactivity (examples could be, puzzles, finding objects to help people, or having your decisions affect your outcomes in a more prominent sense.).
For $3 this game is not bad, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the descriptions of the diseases and what they were doing to people, and I liked seeing history played out in front of me like they did.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
You can pet the dog
10/10 Game Of The Year
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
The Leeds Devil
Trapped in the Barrens, No Way Out
You’ve traveled to the Barrens after receiving a letter from a cyptozoologist uncle of yours - an uncle that died ten years ago. As you journey into the depths of the woods the road seems to shift, diverging from your maps; the trees come close, then closer still.
Before you can get your bearings something tears out of the darkness overhead, sending you careening off the road. When you awaken, you no longer recognize your surroundings.
Now, injured and alone, you must find your way through the Pine Barrens while the forest’s strangest denizens have begun to awaken. Will you make your way back to civilization? Or will you join the ranks of the spirits and creatures that linger eternally in the backwoods?
Amongst The Trees Creep Beasts and Ghouls
There are no shortage of strange and unusual creatures and entities in the Pine Barrens - whether it be the ghosts of sacrificed children or the hulking creatures summoned by long-dead witches. Beware. On the night of the Harvest Moon, the spirits are anything but charitable…
The Horrors You Shall Experience
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Hand-drawn, 1-bit art
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A deep, enthralling story
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Unique and varied adventure mechanics
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The claws of the Devil tearing into your throat
Church of Stratum
The end of times is upon us, we must cast aside this land and embrace the land of past times if we are to one day walk in god’s new world.
So goes the speech the Church of Stratum cult repeated every day, until they all suddenly vanished over 40 years ago.
But now by accident you have just discovered their now abandoned underground bunker, make your way through the dilapidated hallways and discover the mystery of what caused the death of the entire bunker.
A story driven puzzle adventure game with a spooky atmosphere that does not have monsters or threats to the player.
CHURCH OF STRATUM IS NOT A HORROR GAME. DO NOT EXPECT TO FIND MONSTERS OR JUMPSCARES
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FIRST-PERSON EXPLORATION
Explore a large section of the bunker and learn about those who called this place home.
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PUZZLES
Solve puzzles to journy deeper into the bunker and uncover its secrets.
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INVENTORY SYSTEM
Collect items used to solve puzzles. Find collectables hidden in the bunker.
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PHYSICS INTERACTION
Open doors using a physics based pull and push system.
Pick up objects, inspect them and then throw them around.
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TIME TRAVEL
The bunker was not always dilapidated, see what it looked like long ago before it fell.
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DEVELOPER COMMENTARY
Lisen to behind the scenes info from the developer on aspects of the game and its development.
Blair Witch VR
My who family use the VR set but its easy for me, my brother and dad to find games, whoever, that’s not the case for my mum who prefers mystery and puzzle games but she liked the look of this and wanted to leave her comfort zone and to say the least we were all pleasantly surprised, the story is good and there’s plenty of times were were laughing at whoever was playing as they froze in place from being too scared.
You can for sure zoom past through the game but we take turn and take time to uncover everything we can, 13/17 chapters done with nearly 10 hours which was a nice surprise lengthwise.
– Real player with 14.6 hrs in game
Do you like taking long walks in the woods with your dog and occasionally wetting your pants in sheer terror? Well then, have I got the game for you! Ok, so this is kind of a mixed bag but it’s a pretty good horror game for VR. Let’s talk pros and cons:
The Good:
It’s a pretty well-made game with great atmosphere. The first ~4 hours, in the woods, are about a 4/10 on the spookiness scale, atmospheric but nothing really scary, but the last ~2 hours, in the house, the spookiness gets cranked up to about 8/10 with bursts of 11/10. It was pretty intense in VR and I had to change my pants a few times… I also liked how the documents had a pop-out window for text that made them very easy to read. Reading text in VR is not always fun but this was a good and intuitive solution.
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game