Elbe
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
I don't understand sadness.
I can feel it but I can't convey it, only equate it to physical suffering.
If you asked me to write a sad story, it would just be a story of hurt.
I understand hunger, though.
This is an exploration game about a cool lizard man in a swamp.
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys/Numpad - Walk, Turn
Space/Enter - Stab
Alt/Numpad5 - Meditate (try while wading!)
Ctrl/Numpad0 - Onanism
CREDITS:
Art, Sound, Design and Implementation - June Flower
Additional Music - bleep, Tim Reichert, Lucidlucille, PluswPlus
Squid - Vitasunday
Testing Help - DeepestLore, Prefabsprout, Jetstorm4
Special Thanks - Everyone who puts up with me
You can find the game's soundtrack here:
Bandcamp / Youtube
Progress will not be saved. Have fun!
Update: added a full guide to the game to the downloads. Only use it if you're completely stuck, else you will not go to Lizard Heaven. Thank you DeepestLore!
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Love it, the little puzzles, all the ilustrations for the pickups, i reaaaaally like it, but i couldn't finish it, i didn't know how to exist the "clown realm" after i eat the clown fish, i also didn't know what i had to do to read(?) the book that is next to the Jellyfish, and i totally got lost in the RED realm and "the great outdoors".
Really hope someone could trow me some clues 'cause i really don't know what to do next.
*For the clown realm; there's a way to open up those white noise filled curtains. it's very close by.
*For the book, don't sweat it. just a joke.
*RED contains only 1 thing of interest regarding progression. it's meant to be a difficult area that you get lost in, but once you know where that thing is it's not too bad.
*the great outdoors contains many silly things but none of them are important to any fish, herb, or item... it's all bonus.
Thanks for the kind words! and yeah, I made the game expecting most people wouldn't finish it and would just explore until they're tired of it.
theres no in game map so i tried making one of my own. i don't know how accurate it is so june, if you're still here. tell me how well i did it.
not so bad! the relative positions of the areas are very different from what they actually are but it's hard to tell in-game obviously. also, I apologise about my fancy hard to read area name graphics -w-'
yeah, if i was more dedicated i'd actually measure stuff out or stitch together screenshots, but this is at least enough for routing. i do wish there was an in game or official map though
you play as a filthy lizard and there's a button dedicated to masturbating. 10/10
wow... this game has so many tasty morsels to feast on... it makes me wish I could live free like lizard man...
and then there's his special love for books, mindfulness, and religious pilgrimage... his conscientious cleanliness... cool lizard man is truly the hero our world needs
"I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh. And also Grell Lizardman from the hit computor game Elbe download today my lorde"
this gunk is truly inspirational, its very filthy and dumb, and i loved every second of it. i am saving this to the “cultural heritage” folder on my hdd
Love it a lot. So much to see, love the music and the pixel art and the little background gags
uncle ------>
I think I'm getting close to a complete run, but I keep dying of soberness. I really wish more of the food was poisonous (unless I've missed some method to up your poison levels). I'm gonna keep trying tho
if you press alt while in a body of water you can slowly gain poison.
oh shit thanks!!
Crunchy and gross. I didn't finish, but I greatly enjoyed what I saw on my adventures. Thank you for making this.
Edit: I went back and played more. I saw a lot more of the sights and connected a lot more dots. It was fun to go back and use my map knowledge from previous runs.
balls too fulll
very gorgeous game but of course
damùnit I died of starvation before I could wait the 10min for my seed to bloom. Had 13 fish and 12 herbs, defeated the lust demon Reeally like the puzzles in this one, awesome work :)
I'm enjoying exploring the world so far and finding new secrets after each death. Learning what extremely filling items are hiding where and saving them for when I'm in a pinch after a big exploration session. I rather like the hidden interactions you can find.
<3 glad to hear!
Been a pleasure to test this little gunkwindow into the XVI century, and you should take a look inside too! Like right now.
<3 thanks legend
is there a way to skip the intro? Because I'll probably die a lot and didn't feel like sitting through the intro over and over
hold space
oh great, thanks