The game
It's 2115. In Eddy's village the story-keeper, Mere, still tells the oldest story there is, of how life began, but four of its parts were lost when the old places beyond the fields were fenced off. You're Eddy, her apprentice, and you're going to bring them back.
Battles are turn-based and nothing is left to luck: every creature shows its next move above it, so every fight is a small puzzle you can read and win. Each old place is guarded by an echo of its element: water, stone, wind and flame.
Find the four made things, the flask, the carved stone, the bell and the lamp. Each has a use in battle and a use out in the world, and if you use all four in one fight, THE FOUR comes up. Keep out of the occupiers' red as you cross the wilds: if they see you, you're sent back, never fought.
Your story is saved at every well. Bring all four parts home, hear the keeper tell the story whole, then find your best turns against each echo on the score table.
Version 0.3.2 · Free to play · Works in a desktop or tablet browser; touch is supported.
Controls
| Arrow keys or WASD | Walk (hold a key to keep going) |
|---|---|
| Tap or click | Walk there; tap a person, creature, well, spring, sign or door to walk up to it; tap the end of a path at the edge to go on |
| Space, Enter, E or X | Go on with someone's words; close a card or the book |
| B | Open or close the keeper's book |
| In a battle: Space or Enter | Strike the creature you've picked |
| In a battle: Left and Right, or tap a creature | Pick a creature |
| In a battle: 1, 2, 3, 4 | The flask, the stone, the bell, the lamp |
| In a battle: F | THE FOUR, once all four made things are used in that battle |
| In a battle: R | Run (never from an echo) |
| Esc, P, or the II button | Pause: resume, settings, or quit to the title |
| Enter | Start from the title |
Your story (where you last rested, the made things, the parts found and read, the doors opened and springs woken), your best turns against each echo, whether you've heard the ending, and your sound settings are kept in this browser's local storage on this device. Nothing is sent to Hudley.
Credits
Made by Hudley Entertainment. Art, sound, and fonts from these packs, used under their own licenses:
- Kenney — Tiny Town, Tiny Dungeon, Tiny Battle, Tiny Factory, Pixel UI Pack, Kenney Fonts, RPG Audio, Impact Sounds, Interface Sounds, Sci-fi Sounds (CC0)
Full list: CREDITS.txt
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