STROBE

Bugs & Workarounds

• To use a controller on web, follow these instructions:

1. Press a button on your controller
2. Select "Controller" from the input mode dropdown
3. Click Refresh Device List
4. Select your controller from the device list

• On Firefox, the default controller map appears to be wrong (for example Left Action appears to be mapped to Xbox Y). It looks to work correctly on chrome though.

• Alt-tabbing during whole-screen lore segments (e.g. the intro) can cause mouse capture issues. If you get stuck, just press escape or backspace until the menu appears and your mouse is visible, and then press play

About

With your spaceship broken, you're forced to explore a foreign place to find new parts. Can you salvage what you need and, most importantly, get home in time for dinner?

The game might take a little while to load on web.

If you get stuck, try using the camera to find items that might be useful.

Controls

You can switch between Keyboard and Joystick input using the "Input Mode" drop down in the menu.

• Move: WASD / arrow keys / Left Joystick
• Camera: Mouse / Right Joystick
• Interact with object: E / Xbox X
• Open/close menu: Backspace
• Skip cutscene: Spacebar / Xbox A

Unlocked later on in the game:

• Take Picture: Q / Xbox RB
• Attack: Left / Right Mouse / T / Xbox RT
• Lower hands (if holding items): H / Xbox LB
• Jump: Space / Xbox A

Recommendations

• I recommend playing with headphones for the best experience.
• I suspect the downloaded builds will run better and have less shader issues, but I haven't really tested this. It also makes the mouse capture more reliable.
• Sometimes the text is hard to read; there is a setting in the menu to add a black background to all textboxes.
• If you find the static and vignette annoying, you can turn off the CRT shader in the main menu

Inspirations

• https://wolfyer.itch.io/water-boiling-simulator
• https://bilgetbd.itch.io/pager

Misc

• In previous builds sometimes the shaders don't load. If the game doesn't look like the screenshots (e.g. if the walls are all grey and you can't see anything) then try reloading the page.
• On linux, the window options sometimes take multiple attempts to set them correctly
• There is a small stutter in the 2nd level that happens on web, but it doesn't look to break anything