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Kriss' Journey

A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal

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Release Date:

May 5, 2025

Developer:

orlodax

Publisher:

orlodax

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“This game represents my first foray into game development as a solo developer, and Early Access offers a unique opportunity for me to learn and grow alongside the community. As someone new to this process, my goal is to collaborate with players to refine gameplay, identify areas for improvement, and introduce content and features that enhance the experience. I’m fully committed to regularly updating the game, responding to feedback, and evolving it into a polished final product. Early Access is not just about developing the game—it's about building a community that shares in this journey and helps shape something truly special.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“One to two years.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“I plan to gradually roll out additional chapters.
Existing content shouldn't change.
Features I wish to add include cloud saves, achievements.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“It's the first ~30% of the story. Basic game mechanics are implemented.
See "About This Game" section for further details.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“No.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“I plan to consistently communicate with players through Discord. Player feedback will play a central role in shaping Kriss' Journey further development, as I actively listen to suggestions and integrate them into the game. To ensure greater transparency, I will also share any upcoming features and improvements, providing the community with a clear view of what’s ahead.”

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About This Game

The Idea

I always wanted to bring my stories to life through a video game. Looking at stories of legendary developers of the games of my childhood (Prince of Persia, Myst, just to name a couple) I got nostalgic and I thought:

"Hey why not make an Interactive Fiction like they used to do back in the days when I didn't even know what a computer was?"

The Story

So I took my old science-fantasy novel, which I wrote when I was in high school (before isekai was mainstream) and started adapting it to be an interactive experience to be run inside a terminal, with a minimal (we may say absent) interface and with a command line to type commands when needed.

Type stuff and try doing things. An help menu will appear for your convenience, if you press TAB

The Mechanics

You will experience the story through the protagonist Kriss' eyes. You will read the description of the scenes, you will have to make decisions, choose the right thing to say in dialogues, type actions to perform in order to collect objects and/or progress to the next scene. There are many paths to get to the end, and not all choices are good. Old games did not forgive you: if you made a mistake, you would usually die. Badly.

What would you do...?

The Technology

The game is developed with .NET. It displays text and symbols in a wide variety of colors: not less than (and no more, actually) SIXTEEN! :D

Make sure you have a color monitor in order to fully enjoy the game stunning "graphics"

The Philosophy

This game is the result of my love for video games, story telling, computers and coding. Thus, it is open source (look for my username on GitHub) and will be free for everybody and forever even after the development is completed.

If you enjoy the game and if you want to support my work, you can buy me a coffee.

System Requirements

Windows

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: 1 GHz
Memory: 128 MB RAM
Graphics: 256 colors monitor
Storage: 60 MB available space

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system