River on Venus

An escape game taking place on Venus. Save the city from a catastrophe!

Before playing

Controls

• Mouse + WASD to move
• E to interact
• WASD/Arrows to navigate the control panels
• Escape to exit the control panels

Tips

• The game can be rough on the edges but is technically playable and winnable. You can pick the phone near your bed for gentle instructions on what to do.
• Sound is important! There's not a lot of sound unfortunately, but it is required to solve certain puzzles.

If you're stuck

\1 Turning off the alarm

There's a big, blinking red button between the two large consoles that you can press with E.

\2 Getting the badges

The computers are the two big consoles against the (currently closed) wall-long window. You will need two badges to unlock the two Power buttons that are made inaccessible by glass covers.

• HINT 1:

  While Bob's badge is easy to get, John's badge requires solving a puzzle to access it.

• HINT 2:

  You need the code to John's cabinet. What is his favorite color?

• HINT 3:

  The Rubik's cube on the poster shows an interesting pattern.

\3 Powering up the computers

Once the cover of the power buttons are open, just pressing them doesn't do anything… There's more to it.

• HINT 1:

  The two buttons make different sounds. Maybe a specific sequence needs to be played.

• HINT 2:

  Bob has left a convenient note on his own computer.

\4 Opening the first door

The city is in trouble: A stream of lava is progressing towards it! The window display says that the automatic gate closing has failed, so you'll have to exit the building and do it manually. But how can we open the door?

• HINT 1:

  The window display shows a partial sequence you need to play to open the door.

• HINT 2:

  We'll have to press the computer buttons again. We know the first three presses, the last three are displayed somewhere else in the room.

• HINT 3:

  Look at John's posters more closely.

\5 Exiting the building

Put your helmet on (please put it on, otherwise you may or may not die once outside) and go save the world! One last door to open.

• HINT:

  You need to type a 4-digit code. Exactly four decorative panels are mounted nearby and are telling you something.

About

Made with love by @Wan (art) & @Thrainsa (code). Third-party assets:

• Some materials derived from contents of the Nobias Texture Pack (public domain)
• Jupiteroid Font (public domain)
• Button Sound by earth_code (public domain)
• A licensed SFX for the alarm sound

POST JAM Version

• This version doesn't add gameplay but is the version we would have wanted to present but obvious we were a couple of hours short.
• It had 3 sound effects (not from us) and a change in the button sounds. It fixes bugs/shaders and add some hints inside the game to make it more clear.
• It has a final cutscene as well.
• It hide some panels that was not supposed to be shown at the beginning of the game
• It's the only version that has the html version for now but we'll try to add the html version on the Jam verison so anyone can try it