Freeware Game Pick: Lost in Eldritch (Joachim Despland)
Lost in Eldritch is a short 2D platformer created by Joachim Despland for TIGSource's Commonplace Book competition, featuring a protagonist who is stranded on an unfamiliar landscape with no memory of events leading up to his current predicament.
Use the cursor keys to move, press the Z key to jump, and hold the A key to walk slowly. The adventure itself is a short one, although most players would find the control scheme awkward and quit in frustration before reaching the end.
Name: Lost in Eldritch
Developer: Joachim Despland-Lichtert
Category: Platformer
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
Direct download link: Click here
Comments
I loved this one. The control scheme I found very fitting, and the animations are very well done.
Posted by: Zanetsu | November 30, 2008 11:45 AM
unfortuantly, whenever I pick up the red things I just get a blank white screen :( I assume im suppose to get text or something..other than that I rather enjoyed it - cool lovecraftian game.
Posted by: Anonymous | November 30, 2008 1:30 PM
Yeah - I have nothing against the control scheme - separate button to jump - everything is fine and dandy. The jumping physics might require a little getting used to with very high drag and low acceleration but aren't game breaking.
Posted by: Lim-Dul | November 30, 2008 3:14 PM
This is the author - thank you for your comments! The latest version of the game should have the problem with the white screens fixed. You can download it at the same link.
Posted by: Bob le Moche | December 2, 2008 6:52 PM
Are you going to expand it at all ? it has soooo much potential, and *feels* alot like what would happen if someone made a super metroid style game in the Cthulhu mythos!
Posted by: Anonymous | December 4, 2008 4:45 PM
There is a new expanded version up featuring sound and music among other things.
This is probably the last version I do before a while, but I do have plans for metroid-like game.
Posted by: Bob le Moche | December 5, 2008 5:09 AM
Very good game. I finished it. The controls and aceleration fit very well.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 5, 2008 7:25 PM