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A jam submission

The Forked ForestView game page

Escape from a bizarre and cryptic forest.
Submitted by Leke Onashile (@Leke_Onashile) — 21 minutes, 5 seconds before the deadline
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Team Name
Leke Onashile

Game Title
The Forked Forest

Game Overview
"The Forked Forest" is a short visual novel with survival-horror elements, born from the theme of the Africomicade Game Jam 2023: "Pathways."

In it, a camper called Josef, suddenly awakes to find himself inside a peculiar forest. Ahead of him lie numerous pathways that seem to defy human logic and dangers that threaten Josef's safety.

Your choices in the story matter and can change the outcome of the ending.

Can you help him find his way out?

Gameplay Video or Trailer
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Game Screenshots
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Tools and Technologies Used
Ren'Py

Target Platforms

Download Link
https://lekeonashile.itch.io/the-forked-forest

Acknowledgments and Credits
All sound effects were sourced from freesound.org and are licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

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Comments

Submitted

Really nice visuals, sound and game design but it's really hard to pass all the achievements, I've only managed to pass the first one like racer. I also used pen and paper but got to a dead end for both left and right at a particular point but really fun game though.

Submitted(+1)

Graphics was top notch, and every other thing! 💯

I managed to complete the first quest, but have been struggling with the others, haven't yet figured out the right directions that'll lead me to victory, it keeps looping me back :( looks like the directions are dynamically randomized anytime I make a wrong move ;)

Adding some tips (like possible direction combinations) to aid gameplay would've been helpful though or am I somewhat missing out something? 🤨

I'll keep trying sha. 

Great idea, good job!

Developer

Hi Racer! Thanks for the feedback! 

Glad to hear you were able to complete one of the achievements. To help you out a bit: the paths are not randomized at any point. Try keeping track of the directions you take that successfully get you to a new area. If you happen to loop back to a checkpoint, you can repeat the same exact steps you previously took and it will get you back to precisely where you were before. Writing it down could help a lot as well.
(Alternatively: you could save at any point you are at, and then load your save file if you happen to take a wrong turn. Hope that helps!)