Adventure Game Studio

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EDIT: Now available on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/517910/)

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A short atmospheric adventure game. You wake up in a world where everyone digs and no one dies.
You will never know how you came to be there, but now that you are...
How do you find meaning in a meaningless world?

"Why do you dig?"
"We dig to live."
"Why do you live?"
"We live to dig."

Featuring a unique hand-drawn minimalist art style and an atmospheric soundtrack.

DOWNLOAD THE GAME (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1863/)

Soundtrack is available here (http://gamejolt.com/games/sisyphus-reborn/soundtracks/download/41698/)

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Any feedback is much appreciated...
Thanks for playing :)

Do you have a mirror? Gamejolt doesn't work for me.

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I walked on through the desert and reached the end of the world. The game asked me if I want to quit, I thought this is another meta test, clicked no, gui closed, went on again, was asked again, clicked yes, and finally the game closed. Is this the real end?

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an interesting experience for sure!

What a wonderful experience; I was thinking about Albert Camus the entire game, and then

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it was all confirmed in the credits.

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@selmiak

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There is one more ending, which is probably the real ending because it has credits. There might be more endings though, I'm not sure!

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@BSP

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thanks for mentioning this, I replayed it. Thanks for the continue function emont! And somehow I found the correct spot to dig on the first try :-D (I just replayed it again to see if I could dig somewhere else and it doesn't seem so...)

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what a beautiful ending! ;-D

@Cassiebsg
I've added a non-gamejolt download mirror now - meant to put one on before but forgot.

@BSP
@selmiak

Thanks for playing! Yes I was going to mention there are a few "optional" endings but I think all of them will allow you to keep playing rather than automatically ending the game. When you get to the "ending" ending it should be pretty obvious ;)
Glad you both enjoyed it!

Thanks for mirror. :-D

How many "endings" are there?
Am guessing 4, but only experienced 2. Maybe I should just try the other two... but since you say you can "keep playing" then probably not the real end end...

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I consider the end end as being in color... ;)

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Hi Cassiebg, yes you are correct about the "end" end ;)

There are 3 other ways to end the game, but it's not so much a resolution as just an option to end the story. Hints...

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* Keep going all the way right as far as you can go
* On the screen with the bunch of people who have gone braindead, wait around for a while doing nothing
* When you get the shovel, just keep digging in the desert (about 12 times I think) until you get a message

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Hi,

Sorry to drag up an old thread but I thought it made more sense than starting a new one. Just a quick note to say Sisyphus Reborn is now available on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/517910/)

It's the same game, but now with achievements so you know what you're achieving! Also with a remastered soundtrack from the original tapes ;)

Big thanks to monkey0506 for the AGS Steam plugin which made the whole thing a lot easier for a non-coder like me!

Congratulations about getting on Steam!

This is one of those games I meant to play but other stuff kept getting in the way: I'll have to give it a try!

Quote from: Mandle on Tue 06/09/2016 11:03:39
Congratulations about getting on Steam!

This is one of those games I meant to play but other stuff kept getting in the way: I'll have to give it a try!

Ditto to all of the above.

Thanks for putting it back on my radar :-)

I remember playing this around Christmas over a year ago. I thought it was a beautiful 'experience'. Nice to see it on Steam.

Cool! Congrats on getting sisyphus on steam! ;-D

Thanks everyone! Pleasantly surprised to see how this kind of short simple game is being received on Steam, so if anyone is unsure about submitting a game to Greenlight I'd say go for it! There are thousands of people there just waiting to play a new game they've never heard of.

Congratulations. It's so impressive game . It's one of best adventure games that played . I think saw more than 5 times end of game.
Actually it's one of best my favorite game .
Nice job .

Looks VERY atmospheric, Emont!!!

I will have to try it :)

Ok, finished the game! (at least with the water-ending..)

VERY good story. And your music is excellent too, you clearly are a very sensitive person :)

The story/game is also exactly the type i like, being into Kafka and Borges, and due to my Philosophy uni studies (laugh)

Overall i give the game a 4/5. Gfx are the only issue, yet gfx can always be improved. GREAT work, Emont :)

Thanks so much Mehrdad and Kyriakos! Very happy to hear you enjoyed it.

Just saw this on Steam tonight, congratulations! Getting lots of great reviews :)

Thanks Shaun! I was inspired to submit it to Greenlight after seeing the great reception you got with A Date in the Park, so thanks for paving the way ;)
Great to see that little AGS games can find a new audience on Steam.

I'm so happy you did put it up on Steam, the response has been amazing! And the DLC was a great idea :)

I'm delighted ADITP helped nudge you to put it up :) Now, for more AGS goodies to follow!!!