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Synopsis

In 1776, Washington's forces retreated after their defeat in Brooklyn. One scattered unit found themselves in uninhabited territory; one which even the Iroquois refused to set foot in.

Canonsmire is a historical, text-based horror adventure. Find a way out of the swamp while avoiding a vengeful spirit from Native American folklore.

This game was created for Orifice Jam.

Controls

  • Number keys – Actions
  • Arrow keys/WASD – Movement
  • Escape/Backspace – Cancel action
  • Shift/Ctrl – Skip text
  • Del – Hold at flag screen to erase saved data

The current version has no music or sound. If anyone can make DOS-style bleeps or eerie MIDIs, let me know!

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorgivemeskeletons
GenreInteractive Fiction, Adventure
Made withClickteam Fusion
TagsCreepy, Historical, Horror, Minimalist, Multiple Endings, Narrative, Retro, Short, Singleplayer
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard

Development log

Comments

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Reminds me of the old BBS games I used to play like Usurper. What was this coded in? Also MF? :)

It was made in Clickteam Fusion. :) Ooh, BBS was before my time - like Trade Wars, right? I was mainly inspired by Infocom and PC-88 adventure games.

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Do you do requests for games sorta like your last two? Small games that would be in a jam style. Also, why multimedia fusion? Is there a ASCII text or text book object that makes this easier?

BTW: Usurper (my fav. ASCII game from that era is here to play  https://serionbbs.com/usurper-info)

I'm too busy to take requests right now, sadly. :(

There's no reason for Fusion, it's just what I've used for years. The text is just an IBM VGA font, no special object. There's nothing authentic about it, I just superficially made it look like an old ASCII game.

I imagine using an engine like Twine or Quest would probably have been easier, but I'm not familiar with them.

I'll check out Usurper!