The Great Work
Performance Tips
- We strongly recommend activating hardware acceleration in your browser before playing. Since this is a 3D game, it can be demanding in web mode.
- Once the initial loading bar completes, we recommend refreshing the web page to avoid potential bugs, such as book pages not functioning correctly.
- Also, in the web version, you might experience some stuttering the first time you enter the house due to materials loading. This should only last for a few seconds.
About the game
You play as Melchiades, a young alchemist who wants to learn the secrets of eternal life. His mentor, Adam invited him to join the Rosicrucian Order, an ancient secret organization of alchemists, who offer their knowledge to those who are worthy.
After succeeding in his initial trials, Melchiades only needs to pass the ultimate test: obtain the philosopher’s stone.
Usually, such a feat would be beyond the capabilities of a single individual, but through the ages of collected techniques, Kadmon offers their initiates the recipe to test them; however, there is a catch.
Controls
- [W, A, S, D] to move
- [Left Mouse Click] or [E] interact / grab items
- [Right Mouse Click] drop items
- [Left and Right & Mouse Click] or [Q & E] turn pages
- [ESC] pause the game / skip cutscenes
Hints
Shadows spawn over time and decrease the light in the environment. In order to fight it you can craft flares. The recipes have the formulas for them, and exposing the shadows to them will give you more time to craft the philosopher's stone !
Game Design Document / GDD -> Link
Have fun ;)
Comments
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Cool idea, had a tough time knowing what to do, and this isn't my kind of game. I'm intrigued by the story, and the atmosphere (ambient sound, lighting, and mood) are well done. I wish I had more clear instructions, any time I grabbed an item it kept making duplicates, good job.
Thanks for trying the game! We are working on a full update for desktop with better design and explanations. It will be published this week.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2214428057
Here's a blind playthrough of this game with live commentary!
Wow! That was super constructive and useful. I'm sorry you had so many issues, really it's as you said, webgl is pretty bad. We've been taking the feedback into account for the update. Mostly about the stuttering and freezes lol but also about how to use the flares. We knew it wasn't clear, but we ran out of time to playtest and tweak them (they dispel nearby shadows after 3 seconds but they should last longer). Thank you for your patience and for playing until the end!
WebGL is never a good version of any game! :)
Figuring out how to build the flares were fun, they just weren't too useful for me.
Hi I just played couple minute the game and the game just freeze and I can't get the game to full screen maybe you should make download version
Thanks for trying out the game! Sorry you had that experience, we are working hard trying to fix it, but we are not allowed to update it or make another version until the jam ends.