Realm of Obsidian

by Amy Kerns profile

2009
Horror
thinBASIC Adventure Builder

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Review

A long game with demons, spam, and sound effects, December 2, 2024
Related reviews: 2-10 hours

This is a wild game. It's written in the thinBasic Adventure Builder system. It uses multiple colors of texts and has a ton of sounds.

To help prospective players understand the vibe of this game, one of the first puzzles involves a skeleton in a wheelchair holding a buzzsaw coming straight at you. If you fail to defeat it it tears you apart while a loud chainsaw sound effect plays and red text announces your death.

I found the only way to progress was to open up the source file, and even then it was hard to figure out. I did make it to the end of the preview, however.

The idea is that your father summoned a horrifying demon and was kidnapped into another realm. In that realm is a crossroads. Each of the four paths consists largely of empty hallways with two exits each. However, there are special things in each area, like machines, talkative NPCs, enemies, and special rooms.

This was a fun game, but not very easy to play and could use a lot more testing to smooth out bugs. But since this was released so long ago, it's unlikely it will get finished soon.

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