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The Corruption Within Review by flotsam #1248412
05/28/21 09:34 AM
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A family camping holiday beside a wilderness lake
takes a left turn as your wife and two children go missing.
The only place anywhere nearby is a large Victorian mansion,
so off you go. A bevy of characters, secrets and mystery await.

Find out more in flotsam's review of

******** The Corruption Within ********


Gardens put to bed for the winter. Time for some gaming!
Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1248449
05/28/21 02:26 PM
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Thanks flotsam and Draclvr!

May I just point out one thing though regarding the Recommended Memory? It seems to be a bit high lol.

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1248452
05/28/21 03:00 PM
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Ha, ha! Typo, oldbroad! That made me laugh! I'm still learning this HTML stuff!


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1248453
05/28/21 04:12 PM
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It sounds like a game that I would enjoy. Thank you for the review, flotsam. smile

And thank you too, Drac. wave

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1248459
05/28/21 04:56 PM
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Thanks flotsam and Drac.


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1248481
05/28/21 10:00 PM
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Thanks, flotsam! Sounds good!

Thanks, Drac!

lol oldbroad, good catch!

Ana wave


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1249261
06/08/21 07:08 AM
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Thanks for the review! The only reason I hadn't popped into say thanks earlier was because coverage was supposed to be embargoed until the release (18:00BST on 9th June) and I think that must have not been forwarded to you, then I never thought to remind you before the review went live.

However it's only one day till release now so thought I'd pop in and say thanks for the review!

Also to add one small detail, you can use the keyboard for movement (WASD keys) if you want, obviously you can navigate with the mouse if you prefer that.

When the game launches it will be available at:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395400/The_Corruption_Within/
https://cosmicvoid.itch.io/the-corruption-within

We will also be putting the game on the FireFlower Games store shortly.

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1249264
06/08/21 08:22 AM
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I am so very sorry, CaptainD, about the early release of the review. It totally slipped my mind and I know better! I take full responsibility. At least it was a favorable review and may hopefully entice more to purchase when released tomorrow. My apologies!

Ana


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1249270
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Not a problem Ana! smile

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: CaptainD] #1249362
06/09/21 11:54 PM
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Yes !! I was one who got enticed !! dance dance dance


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1249622
06/14/21 05:42 AM
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I hope you enjoy the game Mad!

We've had some lovely reviews so far, both on Steam and in the gaming press. smile smile

Here are some of my favourites so far:

"I thoroughly enjoyed The Corruption Within and highly recommend it to fans of adventures created in the traditional style."

"I definitely recommend adding The Corruption Within to your collection. It's a solid, well-crafted experience that works really well within its scope, and it's just plain old fun."

"A dark and twisted thriller with great pixel art and storytelling."

"I can definitely recommend TCW for any mystery/horror/thriller and adventure game fans!"

"The graphics are perfect, the music is incredible and the story comes together in a way that works really well here."

"Absolutely amazing game that takes me right back to the beginning of my love of point and click adventures. The atmosphere is fantastic. The music score is amazing. Overall a great time."

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: CaptainD] #1249628
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I'm sure I will enjoy it, CaptainD, and well done for those excellent reviews !! 👍


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1249664
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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: oldbroad] #1249990
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I've played a chunk now and I am very enthusiastic. This is certainly my type of "old school" game bravo

Last edited by Mad; 06/18/21 02:46 PM.

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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1249998
06/18/21 04:37 PM
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Very happy to hear it! smile

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: CaptainD] #1250136
06/20/21 01:24 PM
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Finished the game today and thoroughly enjoyed it thumbsup

A good story.

And once I got back into the swing of "exhausting all dialogue and item descriptions", as was often the case in some of the old goodies, I moved along at a timely pace yes



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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1250141
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Sounds good Mad. I think I'll be starting this game soon!

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1250325
06/22/21 03:36 AM
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Glad you enjoyed it Mad, hope you enjoy it oldbroad! smile

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1250806
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I'm enjoying it but am quite stuck at the moment smirk.

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: oldbroad] #1250814
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I got stuck more than a time or two during the game !!
And resorted to going everywhere, talking to everybody and looking at everything ....
(Typical solving mechanisms lol)


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1250991
06/30/21 08:30 PM
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I finished the game tonight and for the most part thoroughly enjoyed it. I do wish I had noted down some information on the people as I went along though as I did get confused by who was who at times. I may try to replay it soon and do that so I can keep better track of the story.

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1251042
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Hey Oldbroad, glad you enjoyed the game (mostly, anyway! :)) - you're not the only person who lost track of which character was speaking a little bit, so we might be putting out an update with the character's name showing underneath the portrait.

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1251043
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Oh yeah. I meant to ask this question. What is wrong with the color green??? I like it!! lol

Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: oldbroad] #1251076
07/02/21 07:33 AM
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I never discovered the significance of that, either, oldbroad woozy

Did we miss something glaringly obvious or what ??


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Re: The Corruption Within Review by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1251117
07/02/21 01:17 PM
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Haha no, I'm afraid what happened was that I started out with the idea of having some tragic event in Sam's life giving rise to his hatred of the colour green. I had written many hotspot interactions where he expressed this dislike, but after a while my co-dev began to veto all of them as he thought it was boring. I therefore never fully explored the idea of creating this extra backstory.


The good news is, you can make up your own reason for Sam's disdain of green hues and you can't really be wrong! laugh

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