Entropic Inevitability

Introduction

In this point-and-click puzzle multitasking (yes we just invented that subgenre) game, you play as a scientist set to monitor three contained areas of wilderness where anomalies roam free. Your task is to identify and stabilize the anomalies as they appear, for hints on how to do that, the mysterious journal left on your dashboard should help. When present, each anomaly contributes to the instability bar on the top left, depending on their severity. There is no way to turn the instability bar around, and when it fills completely, you fail. If only that journal knew how to fix all this, if only you could piece it togeter, can you escape the Entropic Inevitability (see what I did there?) of this area, or will it drive you mad?

Note: The answer here is probably the latter, as we didn't end up implementing an ending. We had some plans for a little investigation within the game files that would help players decipher what the runes meant, but due to life happening, we had to remove that from the scope. If you are interested in such an ending being implemented, feel free to let me know in the comments and I'll happily work on it! If there is no interest for it however, I might move on to other projects and keep this one as a sort-of-meaningless endless game.

Anomalies Controlled by Mysterious Forces

The Pond

Found where organic anomalies reside

The Rune

Found where rock-ey(?) anomalies reside

The Cabin

Found where... well, where the cabin resides

Funky Language of Made-Up Runes

As part of the "Show, Don't Tell" wildcard, we decided to opt out of using traditional text, instead, we created a new language of runes to use for notes and text-based communication, the runes serve no purpose for gameplay, they are purely decorative. (Fun fact: they would've been used for a secret ending, but that's hush-hush for now, because we may implement it in a future update separate from this jam)

Quick Guide on Controls

A - D -- Switch camera angle
Pointing and Clicking -- Interact

Note: If everything was implemented perfectly, every interactable item in-game should light up when you hover over it with the mouse.

Credit-Related Information

This game was made for Godot Wild Jam #80 by a two person group. It's our first official tackle at making games and we sincerely hope you find it enjoyable! When scoring, please disregard our lack of experience in making games, however, constructive criticism is very much welcome, we'd love to hear on how we could improve!

As for how the team was split up, I handled all programming and game design implementation in Godot, while my partner created all art-assets in the game. He has no itch.io account, however, you can find him and more of his amazing artwork on Instagram through this link:
@linusarts

Thank you very much for reading and playing!

Sources for the sound effects and music:

• Music by: OB-LIX
• Button Sound Effect by: bubaproducer
• Birds Chirping Sound Effect by: siz0frena
• All other sound effects by: freesound_community