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Mycologist Dr. James Turner had been stationed at an Antarctic research base for the past decade. He and his wife were nearing completion of their study into the ancient fungal organisms buried deep below the ice, when something had gone very wrong.

Peridium is a short point and click horror adventure originally made in just over 5 days for Adventure Jam 2017. (Check out the dev log video here!)

FEATURES:

  • Point and click (if you daaare!)
  • Fully voice acted
  • Multiple endings. The good ending and the bad ending (Just kidding, they're both bad endings)

CONTROLS:

  • Left click to interact, walk
  • Right click to examine (if you're not sure what to do, look around!)
  • Move cursor to top left of screen to access inventory.
    • Left click to select item, then again to use
    • Right click to examine, or clear selected item

CREDITS:

MADE USING POWERQUEST:
A 2d adventure game tool for Unity made by Dave
https://powerhoof.itch.io/powerquest


StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(101 total ratings)
AuthorsPowerhoof, SeaDads
GenreAdventure
Tagsadvjam2017, Horror, Point & Click, powerquest, Short
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksHomepage, Twitter

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peridium-windows.zip 102 MB
Version 1.3
peridium-osx.zip 119 MB
Version 1.3
peridium-linux.zip 125 MB
Version 1.4

Development log

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Loved the The Thing like atmosphere, a big fan of this retro style.

excellent game big thumbs up  

I think this is my favorite of your free games! Reminds me of the short horror film Zygote (on youtube).

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Even tho this game is a few years old, it's still a banger of a hit. Suspense on every turn.
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Nice atmosphere and setting, the story is a bit vague but you can figure out what happened. 

Here's my no commentary video with both endings:

Loved this game just the right amount of pressure

I love how vague the story is, it really just leaves you at a complete loss regarding your choice at the end. I'm a sucker for pixel art so this was an absolute treat and the voice acting was also way above the average for indie games, really nice job, would totally play this as a loner full release.

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really bizarre game. not sure if thats good or bad reminds me a lot of beneath a steel sky for some reason.

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I love the ambiguity in the story.  It's the type of story that you're left thinking about and whether or not you made the right choice.  The art, music, and voice acting was fantastic.  Even in the middle of summer, I felt colder after the experience.

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Amazed by how much story you could tell within one-screen game. Puzzles were fun and I liked how you were not ashamed to put the fade in - fade out screen when the character needed to climb on that barrel. Such an old school feel. I will play your other adventures as well :) 

The Game was good,but i want to know if i made the rite decision in the end. loved it.

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The voice acting really make the game more tense, ITs so much fun and at the end i still confused 

Nice game with great voice acting! Loved it!!

Hey Powerhoof, I really like your game concept, will you be bringing Peridium to Mobile Platforms in the Future?

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Tres bonne surorise

J aime beaucoup avec la voix du narrateur ca change tout c est excellent  !

your game was fascinating thank you so much i really loved it :):):):)

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I rly don`t knw how this got into my device but really thx for unconscious me for this gift wht a wonderful voice acting dudeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!

He he, thanks. Friend of ours (@YeOldShrimpEyes) does the VO for all our adventure games :D

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Very good work and it's amazing you did all that in just five days! Great voice acting and I enjoed the atmophere and the graphics.

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Impressive game, very evocative of the paranoia in The Thing and Who Goes There/Frozen Hell, the original stories that inspired John Carpenter's movie. Would love to see this expanded into a longer game!

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An incredible game, I've really enjoyed it. I recently both featured it as my first game on my Short Games and Demos corner of my Youtube channel, as well as my first story on Medium. Check it out: 

A fantastic Point & Click adventure. I cannot believe this was made in 5 days. This recently appeared on my Game Review series First Take: 

Fantastic game! You really set up a high bar of what is achievable in 5 days :) Excellent work!!

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Really cool game, I liked it a lot!

-Made a Video. (Old Video)

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Brilliant work! Can't wait for The Drifter.

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Oh, sick! Especially that moment when you first walk across the room and see... how far things have gone. Very nice, very creepy, great art! The full voice acting is something special, as well.

Super enjoyed this game!  We played Alluvium before and loved it; was definitely not disappointed by this game :D

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great game, quick and terrifying.

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Completely brilliant.  I suspected where it was heading, but the buildup was perfect.  

fantastic  

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Omg, so many questions !!!! Keep up the good work, I'd die for a long game of yours tbh. There's something about your games that make them familiar but original, idk, really great. Thanks for making them.

for some reason the mouse is not working in the linux version

Same problem here - it would be amazing if this could be fixed, as the game's intro was so extremely promising!

Oh, damn. Is there any particular distro or whatever you're using? No promises, but I can try and take a look.

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Doesn't seem so - it neither works on Slackware64-current nor on openSUSE Leap 15.0, but I'll try with a Ubuntu Live CD tomorrow to be sure.

The problem is that the mouse cursor can't be moved - clicking seems to work fine, though, but that's obviously not enough to play an adventure game ;-) The log file doesn't seem to contain any relevant information about the problem.

This problem does not occur with Murdercide 2017 and Alluvium, though Blood Mechs also seems to be affected. Your other games which I've played already don't seem to support mouse input.

Oh very weird that murdercide/alluvium work and peridium doesn't. Hrmm. Could be the specific version of unity I used for that one, I know there were issues with one version with controllers being plugged in or something. I've rebuilt with a later version, so try it again (v1.4) and let me know if that works!

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Yes, that did it - thanks a lot, I've just finished the game twice!

It has it all: It's a bit frightening, it's a bit funny, but it's such a polished 2D adventure experience! The dialogues are well written, the puzzle design is satisfying and the voice acting is, as usually, top-notch. I felt in love with "Peridium",  so I was very happy to see that you not just got the 1st place in the whole Adventure Jam 2017, but also the Developer's Choice Award as well as two Judges' Picks. And I have to agree with them, that's why I not just wrote a praising article about it and uploaded a playthrough video, but I also included it in our GOTY 2017 list. Well deserved, because you guys showed off all your skills once again. Thank you for this game. <3

Best wishes,
Sebastian

Thanks Sebastian!  I'm hoping to do something for the upcoming Adventure Jam too!

I'm super glad to hear that! Can't wait to see what all the marvelous devs may come up with in that one... <3 And I'm definitely looking forward to your new entry! :)

This is one of the creepiest 2D games I've ever played. Good job, man!

This pixelated HORROR game is freaking amazing like  for real!
 It was a pleasure to make a video of this game!
So much feels in this one...


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Great voice acting make this game worth playing.  Also very cool endings. Great Job... :) 

I liked this game a lot, the ending had me like "WTF" but it was good nonetheless!

Check out my gameplay below, and do the YouTube thing and subscribe!

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