A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

THE STORY

On your first day as an apprentice at the Nytheris Archive, you accidentally unleash an ancient force that was meant to stay sealed forever. Ooops!

Now, with the world teetering on the brink, it's up to you to piece together the remnants of a shattered relic and set things right.

Explore a world filled with strange characters, forgotten ruins, and puzzles. Follow the clues. Trust your instincts... and try not to make things worse.

Broken Relic invites you to navigate a crumbling world, uncovering its secrets one strange step at a time. You may not be the hero it needs. But you're what it’s got.

What to expect:

  • Fully voiced dialogue with a world full of unusual people.
  • A handcrafted pixel art world filled with details and secrets.
  • Nonlinear exploration across connected regions.
  • No fail states, no pixel hunting, no filler.


    If you enjoy the demo, please wishlist and follow the game on Steam, it really helps support the project! 
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3384820/Broken_Relic/

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DemoBuildv10.zip 99 MB
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Broken Relic - Demo_linux.zip 100 MB
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Broken Relic - Demo_macos.zip 99 MB

Development log

Comments

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So fun to play! I love the art

Nice game, loved the art and the story!

Great humour, nice music, nice story and I'd like to play more. 

Well done!

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good game

nice game

Damn. This is great!

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Totally beautiful artwork! Nitpick: Always wish the sprite scaling wouldn’t mix resolutions (pixel size), looks jarring.

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Thank you! And I agree on the pixel sizes, it happens when the character scales down, because the game is actually 1080p, it doesnt "crunch" the pixels like if it was done in its native resolution (380x200). I'm trying to see if there are ways to solve it, but cant make any promises seeing that Thimbleweed Park did it in the same way and didnt find a way to solve it :(

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Literally the only way to avoid pixel scaling is to make a completely different spritesheet for every level of zoom, then make a function that switches spritesheet based on characters Y axis. It would increase your workload by a TON. Not worth it imo

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Played the demo and had fun (I was surprised at the voice acting and how much I enjoyed it). I found it funny how you mixed the fantasy genre with modern elements like the coffee machine and the mention of online ordering. Wishlisted on Steam :')

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thank you very much!! <3

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I saw that coffee station and my heart skipped a beat once again :P

Looking forward to the full release! Thank you for the final demo!

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thank you for playing and for making a video!! I will watch it tonight! :D

Like!

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Me encantó el demo del juego. No puedo esperar al lanzamiento completo. Añadiendolo en mi wishlist de steam!

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Muchisimas gracias!!! 

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Launch the full game. I can't wait,,

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Thank you very much for playing!!! super happy to see that you enjoyed it!

I really enjoyed playing the demo as it took me back to the Lucas Art type games that I loved growing up.

My gameplay

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Thank you very much for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

What are the keyboard and mouse defaults?

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Left click interact with objet (and walk), right click open inventory
Space bar show hotspots

Esc is also needed, but that's okay.   ;  )

I can tell that the artist involved really knew what they were doing. The whole thing looks as professional as possible. The menus are nice and big, so it's easy to play in a living room, like a console game.

The amount of console-ness doesn't end there. It looks as though the game has a completely cooperative relationship with JoyToKey software, and therefore, it's compatible with hundreds of controllers. It meets the criteria for appearing on my new site, conflexgames.com

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Thank you very much! As a solo dev doing this in my free time I really appreciate it!

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Ц настілько добре та олдово що я просто в шоці.   Сподіваюсь буде переклад українською.

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Thank you very much for your video! I really appreciate it! And even if the demo is in english I will try to translate the full game to as many languages as possible!