DULL ACHE
You are a lone skeleton wandering through a dungeon filled with prisoners who have lost their will to live. Escape by any means necessary or die trying.
KEYBOARD CONTROLS
MOVE: ARROW-KEY
TALK/INTERACT: Z
BACK: X
A short game I made in about a week and a half to teach myself very basic concepts of game-making. It can be finished in about 15 to 20 min and has two different endings.
You can download the ROM for free to load into your emulator of choice.
All assets, sprites, music and writing by Diego García. Sweden, 2021.
Made with GB Studio.
Stay alive.
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Great storytelling, I really enjoyed it!
i found the tunnel but no matter what i do it won't open :-( this game is really fun so far but i can't progress!!!!
For some reason the .gb version kept getting stuck at certain points and wouldn't let me progress, but the web version works just fine.
I like the player sprite, but the dungeon floor design is kind of busy, so there's not much of a chance to really show off your bones!
I loved this game. The art, the music, the closeups, everything. It's amazing how you could reach such a deep immersion and feelings in such a short game. One of the best homebrew GB games I've played so far.
I really like the music
Is there anyway we could listen to any of the music tracks outside of the game? Maybe on Youtube or Spotify or as a downloadable file?
Impressed by the artwork on the characters in this game. Played though on open emu on Mac and on original gameboy micro. No issues getting through the game. Thankyou for a great gameboy game. The skeleton smoking reminded me a bit of the Grim Fandango game I played years ago.
I love, love, LOVE the music and the character themes! They all sound very good in their own way and they're very fitting to the characters.
Love the atmosphere.
Darkness and despair.
I think the floor could be re-worked so other things are clearer to see and identify.
But overall, great!
Hey! Great game, art work for characters was really impressive! Thanks so much for making this!
What a sweet little game! I completed it and it told me something about myself that I already knew, that even as a skeleton I will fight to keep on living, if I can, and I'll do my best to ensure that :) And I do love guavas too!! All the descriptions about appreciating the little things in life just hit so close to home!
My favorite part is when we stand in front of a window and we " ♥ " the feeling. Because the sun, the wind, on our bones, what's not to love?
Thank you for this lovely game! I wish I could download it to play on my laptop.
The narrative and feeling are cool! but I really missed variance on the music. The main the gets a bit repetitive after a couple minutes (sorry)
Loved the style in this, especially the closeups! The choices felt impactful and personal as well, and the characters were all interesting. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff!
Very nice art and music
Good shit! Was a bit confused at the beginning but I got it eventually, was a fun experience, and I really enjoy the artstyle
Thanks! I'm already spinning my wheels about my next short-scale project. The fact that it's been played at all was a huge surprise. I really appreciate the positive feedback.
I never woke up. 10/10
I have found the tunnel, but no matter how much I lean against it, nothing happens... I don't know what to do...
Hey! Thank you for playing. This is the first time someone has reported this bug, so if you're still stuck, could you go a bit more in depth and send me an email at enunhotel@gmail.com with the details so I can figure out how to patch it?
It seems to work now. Not sure what happened. :)
Im playing this on a DMG gameboy. I had the same problem but I talked to the guard and then said no problem and then it worked for some reason
Thanks, it was awesome!
Thank you for playing!