Tessa's Ark: Chapter 1
A downloadable game for Windows
A Sci-fi RPG set in a world where humans exist as beings of pure thought, and perception defines the boundaries of reality. Navigate through a puzzle filled environment where the question of whether it exists at all remains to be answered. Decide what's real and help Tessa escape to safety as she battles both the boundaries of human existence, and the limits of sanity.
Key Features:
- Solve a series of ever evolving puzzles to navigate your way through the digital world.
- Visual Novel Style presentation with RPG stat. tracking and leveling system.
- Perception is malleable; decide what you want to believe is true and unlock different endings based on these beliefs.
- Don't just save the world, decide if it exists at all.
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Install instructions
Just open up the zipped file and open the executable. Enjoy!
Comments
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I don't know if I was just me but the puzzle wasn't changing at all from that one that's the third picture.
You should have just needed to hit the "Next" button in the top right corner. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what the issue is. You're the only person who is reporting this to me, so if it persists a screenshot of the issue would help me find a solution.
If anyone out there has played Neutron Dust's pre-alpha of Hypnotica then they'll expect this to be just as out there concept and story-wise... and they'd be right!
In Tessa's Ark you wend your way through a digital world, all the while questioning your actual existence within this world and debating whether you life in the "real" world is actually the one you should be trying to get back to. It has mild Matrix-y vibes, only with added mathematical puzzles added to the mix!
Yeah, you heard me. Aside from the really wonderfully-drawn cutscenes you get to try your hand at figuring out delightfully challenging number puzzles to progress to the next part of the story. There's a clever little level up system in there too which helps you survive your missteps for a little longer should a puzzle prove a bit too taxing!
I'm loving everything about this so far. The story is top notch, the characters are honestly wonderful and the puzzles are head-scratchers but not hair-ripping-outingly difficult. Really looking forward to more of this one! =D