Possess Quest

Please note that the game is currently in the process of being revamped a bit, so this demo does NOT represent the final product!

Possess Quest is a puzzle platformer where you play as the enemies. It is currently quite early in development, though I figured I'd release a demo to give everyone a chance to play it in advance. At the moment it contains 1 world with 5 levels (and maybe a bit extra for reaching 100% completion), with the rest planned for the full release of the game.

Instructions:

Travel through each level and run into enemies to swap to them. Try to be mindful of which enemy is required to progress and watch out for hazards!

Controllers should work with the game, although be aware X-Input ones are recommended and right now there's only button prompts for Keyboard, Xbox, and PlayStation controllers.

Pressing the R key (or the select button on a controller) will reset the current level, though be aware any retries will be included in the results at the end of the demo.

Additionally, any stars you earn (shown on the results screen) will remain upon resetting a level. Currently it may be impossible to get all of them at once for some levels.

You can also press the S key (or the Y/Triangle button) to freely move the camera around. This can help with figuring out the best way to complete a level.

Use Alt+Enter (in the downloadable Windows version) or F11 (in the downloadable Linux version) to make the game fullscreen.

Enemy-specific abilities can be used by pressing either the Z key (A/Cross button), X Key (B/Circle button), or C key (X/Square button) while in the air.

Certain enemy types can also use their abilities while on the ground, although this of course isn't possible using the Z key (A/Cross button).

Links:

You can visit here for my socials, where I post updates on my projects: https://linktr.ee/Starturbo

Download

Download
Possess Quest Demo (Windows).zip 7.2 MB
Download
Possess Quest Demo (Linux).zip 10 MB

Install instructions

Windows: Just unzip the game into its own directory and it should work. Ignore any warnings your OS or antivirus may throw at you, I promise it's safe!

Linux: On some versions of Ubuntu (or Linux in general) you may need to install the following dependencies in order to play the game:

libcurl4

libopenal1

You might also need to check "Allow executing file as program" under the game's Permissions (in the executable's Properties) in order to launch it.

Additionally, the game may not work on certain Linux versions and distros. There is little I can do about this, so please understand that.

Development log

Comments

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This is a really really cool game that has some really really creative ideas