




I let the beta run way over (for weeks instead of days) because I was busy with my Kickstarter. With the campaign complete, I'm turning the beta off. Thanks to everyone who played, especially those who sent feedback and/or transcripts. The game will return to Steam (in a long time!) in its completely developed form. -Wade
[ 2022-08-25 09:38:55 CET ] [ Original post ]
Yep, my recent fiddling behind-the-scenes seems to have fixed the problem. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, and will be running the beta an extra day and a half at least to make up for the time lost.
[ 2022-08-01 09:46:52 CET ] [ Original post ]
Andromeda Acolytes is launching on Kickstarter on August 3 but first it's going to an exclusive Steam beta test from July 30 to August 2. To sign up for the beta, all you have to do is join the Andromeda Acolytes Discord and pick a team MC, Remotes or Phadra. Play for Steam game prizes across three weeks of skill and chance-based adventuring competitions in the lead-up. Everyone who gets involved on Discord will get a Steam key to the four-day beta when it's time. I hope to see you there. -Wade
[ 2022-07-10 13:00:39 CET ] [ Original post ]
Greetings, programs! (For you young folk, that's a TRON reference.) KICKSTARTER INFO Andromeda Acolytes will be going to Kickstarter around July or August 2022. Get ready for that right now by pressing the NOTIFY ME button on the Kickstarter pre-launch page!: [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wadeclarke/andromeda-acolytes-a-state-of-the-art-sci-fi-text-adventure]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wadeclarke/andromeda-acolytes-a-state-of-the-art-sci-fi-text-adventure STEAM BETA TEST and STEAM COMMUNITY HUB and DISCORD INFO
- As soon as I start soliciting testers for the Steam closed beta test of chapter 1 (June or July of 2022) I will announce it here with all the necessary links and information.
- An Andromeda Acolytes Discord server is in the wings. When it goes public, it's going to be where the main social action is. Obviously I will maintain this hub, too, but I will primarily be directing people to the Discord.
[ 2022-05-29 03:56:44 CET ] [ Original post ]
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure set in a young galactic colony still discovering its identities. Type your commands and read what happens next as you negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. This is a prose gaming experience offering all the inner-world power of a novel plus the fine-grained puzzle and world engagement of gaming. The only graphics are in the automap!
Puzzles are woven throughout the game, starting out light but becoming more complex as the story evolves. You'll be doing different things in different locations in every chapter as you help the characters pursue their goals, some noble and some the opposite. You'll explore, deal with friends and enemies, overcome physical and mental obstacles, fight, flee, and pursue mysteries.
Psychology drives the narration for each character in a first-person style planting you firmly in their mindset. What is it like to experience character A through B's eyes? B through A's eyes? To oppose another character you're also playing in the same game? To experience a new world from multiple perspectives?
Andromeda Acolytes seeks to exploit all the possibilities of the text adventure medium to create a thrilling adult narrative and gaming experience unique to the medium.
CUSTOMISABLE UI (because reading all this text had better be comfortable)
- Resize the game window where and how you want it
- Change fonts, zoom levels and margin sizes
- Choose from amongst a number of themes, including system-respecting dark and light
- Toggle the graphic automap on or off, zoom it in or out, and switch it amongst two sizes and four onscreen positions
UNLOCKABLE CHAPTERS
- Start playing from any chapter you've previously cleared. Good for revisiting your favourite bits, or for trying new actions / solutions / dialogue choices
TUTORIAL MODE
- Never played a text adventure before or want help anyway? You can start Chapter 1 in Tutorial Mode
ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES
- A Screen Reader Mode cleans up output for screen readers
- The LIST command will show you all currently interactive features in your location
- GO TO any person, place or thing the current PC has seen during a chapter
- Get HELP for game commands right in the game window or via the pop-out Commands Reference Card
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 and newer. Fedora 24 and newer. Debian 8 and newerGraphics: AnyStorage: 400 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: The Linux setups listed here are verified to be able to run the prebuilt binaries of Electron that are used to deliver Andromeda Acolytes
- Graphics: Any
- Storage: 400 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: The Linux setups listed here are verified to be able to run the prebuilt binaries of Electron that are used to deliver Andromeda Acolytes
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04Graphics: AnyStorage: 400 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Ubuntu 18.04 is guaranteed to work
- Graphics: Any
- Storage: 400 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Ubuntu 18.04 is guaranteed to work
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