PSYCHOTAPH
A downloadable game for Windows
psycho-, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”)
-taph, from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”)
This is the ideal season for contemplating death.
- Collect
- Trade
- Work for trash
- Chat with corpses
- Attain higher knowledge
Version 1.1 updates:
- Slightly increased brightness
- Removed motion blur
- Added merchant failsafe to prevent possibility of softlock due to buying too many pills
- Minor text changes
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Excellent game, I thoroughly enjoy games that introduce some depth of philosophy as well as inner psychology and interprets it in a unique way.
I'd do some housekeeping on some of the sound levels, some were pretty jarring to the earballs but mostly okay. I'd balance out some of the fuzz and music with footsteps and etc, maybe lessen the harshness as it was... a bit rough without turning everything down for recording.
All in all, I'm looking forward to exploring your other game, and I want to see more in this theme because I don't think there's enough of this type of surreal horror-like approach in games.
Thanks for the feedback!
of course! lemme know if I could assist with any future endeavors, I love helping out indie devs w music and of course, feedback <3
Edit: Got all 11 nails, can't progress as it seems like something is missing. IS there something to do with the book at the scriptorium or where do I find the last trash? Can't progress any further
Yes, start typing the words after you open the book in the scriptorium. The Scribe will pay you in trash for transcribing the text.
That makes 3 people who have told me they got stuck on that part, so maybe I need to add another hint. Not sure what though.
Anyway, thanks for playing!
dude! That's pretty genius and now I feel dumb! But yeah, it is not that obvious you need to type, since there's no prompt to do so, maybe as you open the book have one of the thanatonauts in that room say "Start Typing" or something similar as to not break the atmosphere(?). Gonna go back into the game and check it out, maybe I can finish it now! Thanks for the tip!
No problem, thanks for the feedback! I will definitely consider adding something like that if I do another update. Btw, I just added a full playthrough video if you just want to see the end of the game without playing through everything again. Hopefully it helps anyone else who gets stuck too.
Got myself recording a playthrough (in spanish) of all the indie gems that often go underaprecciated and might post it today or tomorrow in my (really small) YT channel. I don't like to self-promote in the game's comments, so I might not post it here.
Edit: I just finished the game and OMG the reference to the Cenobites was just awesome (or at least I think you referenced them). I really loved your game. Specially the quotes from some of the Thanatonauts. I would love to see more from the world you have crafted here.
Excellent! I would definitely check out your channel (although my Spanish isn't great).
Fun fact: "Pain Thing" actually came from when I was trying to reference Hellraiser in a conversation and I couldn't think of the title. Those were the words that came out of my mouth for some reason.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! My first game, The Onanist, occurs in the same universe, if you're looking for more. Lots of similar dialogue/writing.
Pain Thing was my favorite character. Great game. I give it a 2 out of 2.
The controls are broken is unplayable in the current state, WSAD dont work correctly.
I just beat it and it worked fine...
Hi, if you have time would you mind elaborating? I would like to look into the issue but I haven't had any problems in testing.
In the beginning, it worked until I went to the table and picked up the book. As soon as I picked it up, it went all weird and was like the keys were in different places, so s was going forward and w was going backwards. I can't really describe it better here is a small video i listed
Hmm that's very strange. I appreciate the description and the video, unfortunately I'm not able to reproduce the problem. If you decide to give the game another go and still have issues with the controls, please let me know. Thanks!
so weird creepy