#senscape

[rudnitskaia]

Why are you doing this?

The question that appears so often in the game and that I also have been asking myself the whole day.

Pardon me the adaptation of Russian saying that will sound like an awful pun considering the forthcoming topic, but what started with a toast to health, ended with a prayer for repose.

The weekend has begun and I finally dedicated it to the long-awaited Asylum. I played to it… and I feel the urge to spill my raw thoughts on the topic here. As always, many words, many ramblings. You're warned.

But let's start from afar. I'll highlight the spoilers section in advance before it starts.

I got acquainted with the predecessor of Asylum, namely Scratches, somewhere back in 2008-2009. I'm around 14, I love horror point-and-click adventures, and I'm buying a CD with a gloomy house on the cover, which became a treasured memory for me later. So much so that I even still have an account somewhere with Blackwood login, and I repeatedly promoted the story itself to my acquaintances as something truly worthy of attention.

With all respect and deep love to the genre, I have to say that many point-and-click adventures (and many stories in general, I'd say nowadays) have one frequent issue – they have no problem with creating atmosphere and intrigue, but the denouement... er... more often than not feels like, pardon me, a fart in a puddle. It's as if the screenwriter is publicly admitting that he doesn't know what he wanted to say, where he was leading the story and how to end it in a beautiful, monumental way, being tired of writing it. Most of such games I remember fondly for one reason or another have that same disease. You can't imagine how much I mourned, for example, for Darkness Within series or for the first part of Black Mirror, both of which created pleasantly terrific tension but failed in the task of bringing it to its proper culmination.

Scratches didn’t suffer from this. Moreover, unlike most horror point-and-click adventures, it left a duality of interpretation: it allowed the player to decide for himself whether the cause of the events was really something supernatural or whether everything had a completely ordinary, logical explanation – a series of accidents that led to the tragedy. For me, it was (and is) a wonderful example of a good script.

So when, in those distant years, I found out about the beginning of Asylum's development, I waited for the project with burning eyes. But its release date was rescheduled from 2010 first to 2011 and then indefinitely. My focus of attention shifted to other things over time.

Sometime in 2019, I learned that the team had released another mini point-and-click adventure, Serena. I played through it and again found myself enchanted by the wonderful and in every sense chamber script. A little later I also found out that Asylum was still under development, wrote a supportive comment to the developers in Steam and started waiting for the game again.

When the notification about the release came to my e-mail inbox, my “NO WAY!” was heard, I think, throughout the whole building. :D Of course, I bought the game right away and now finally launched and played it through.

And I responsibly declare that it hurts. It. Hurts.

The game quickly draws you in with its atmosphere and captivates you with its mysteries and story in general. The controls were perplexing at first, but the retro gameplay is more of a plus for me because it evokes a sense of nostalgia. Critically disliked only the lack of inventory and, in general, the lack of puzzles. Also, the mini-map for fast teleporting could’ve been useful, but not necessarily, since it could’ve slightly ruined the atmosphere. The witty jokes and Easter eggs about Scratches added to the first positive impressions.

But, unlike Scratches, Asylum's storyline, amazing in the beginning, gradually becomes a complete mess from the second half of the game. Since both games are from the same writer, I naturally tend to compare them, and I still can't figure out what happened to Asylum's plot, considering enough time for it to be developed (15 years to be exact), that it became so badly crumpled and illogically resolved.

THE FOLLOWING TEXT WILL CONTAIN HUGE SPOILERS, I'VE WARNED YOU. IF YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED THE GAME AND PLAN TO PLAY OR WATCH A PLAYTHROUGH, I RECOMMEND YOU TO NOT READ MY RAMBLINGS UNTIL YOU DO.

The minor inconsistencies were there from the beginning. For example, the fact that neither the receptionist Julia nor the guard Bruno asks our name can be written off as a game convention, but when Bruno asks Julia through the speakerphone to “send someone to help him” because “a violent patient has escaped again”, in a place where the only people who are not locked in the “wards” are himself, the old Dr. Miller, the receptionist girl and a quiet skinny patient Lenny who has brittle bones, you involuntarily raise an eyebrow. Who, which one of them are you asking to send to help you with a dangerously strong violent man, Bruno? You've been there for days; you must know there’s no one to help in such cases!

Or, Julia lets us into the hospital on the condition that we won't go up to the top floors of the building, because there's some dangerous equipment up there. Yes, it's really there, as we’ll know further, but it already shows that Julia is definitely a character who should know more than she's saying. But for more than a half of the game, like all the other characters, she's simply absent.

These are really minor things; I can chalk them up to inattention and to game conventions. As opposed to all of the following.

The first half of the game copes with the plot – our protagonist, who remembers the period of his stay in the institution very vaguely, is sure that he belongs to a group of patients under the supervision of Dr. Ann, who applies mild methods of psychotherapy. Noticing that something terrible is happening to her patients, which they refuse to talk about, Dr. Ann discovers an unusual fungus on the clothes of one of them and, after examining it, realizes that it provokes hallucinations and brain tumors. She is sure that this is the reason for the deterioration of her patients' condition, but she can't understand where this fungus came from and why her patients are constantly receiving strange injuries.

However, as the story progresses, we realize that the protagonist was never a part of that group, but is still somehow connected to those patients.

At the same time, we discover the story of the head of the mental institute, Dr. Hanwell, who gradually delved into the occult topics. Due to a lack of funding, Hanwell enlisted patients to work on remodeling the asylum’s facility through the system of underground tunnels and accidentally discovered some sort of ancient and/or alien shrine with an entity that only a “broken mind” can embrace. With the support of two people, his pen pal Dr. Miller (coincidentally the current head of the clinic) and his coworker Dr. Hawthorne, Henwell engages the patients in further excavation of the tunnel and “contact” with the “creature” in the shrine in an attempt to find out what it is. Upon leaving the shrine, the patients cannot remember anything but feelings of fear, so Dr. Hanwell and Dr. Hawthorne torture them to recreate this feeling of fear and therefore to make them recall details about the “creature” under extreme conditions.

The game repeatedly emphasizes both the hallucinogenic qualities of the fungus in the tunnel and the strange, foul-smelling air there as well. Thus we, as in Scratches, get a fork in the road – Is there really a chthonic deity under the building, or did everyone simply inhaled poisoned air and spores of carcinogenic fungus and imagined everything, especially Dr. Hanwell and his companions, who initially fanatically believed in the supernatural and wanted to find and see it?

That's a good part of the plot. A great one. Delicious and logical. Except it deteriorates rapidly from this point.

Dr. Ann no longer appears in the story. Dr. Ann – a character who logically should’ve been the reason this asylum was shut down, because she would have grown from indifference to her patients to genuine sympathy for them. Dr. Ann, who should’ve done her own investigation into where the fungus came from, where the patients' injuries came from (by following them secretly, for example), and should’ve made the facility inspected by someone, or should’ve gotten herself into a direct confrontation with Dr. Hanwell and Dr. Hawthorne, giving up her career… does none of these things. She disappears from the storyline after we learn that she found the fungus. That's it. Zero development of such a POTENTIALLY fascinating character.

In almost all flashbacks of the protagonist, i.e. in 5 out of 8 cases, there is a schizophrenic woman Rebecca, who got pregnant as a result of being raped outside of the hospital. She is also called the most intriguing patient for the study by Dr. Ann. Rebecca also appears in the opening scene of the game, when the protagonist rides in a car to the hospital (it could have been Dr. Ann, but I still think it was Rebecca). The game screams at us from every possible corner: Rebecca is important. Rebecca is important to the protagonist and to the entire story. But no! Rebecca's story doesn't lead to any meaningful outcomes of the main storyline. Yes, the fact that her gruesome self-abortion was the final straw in the horrors of this hospital, leading to its closure, is NOT important to the plot. Narratively, it leads the protagonist NOWHERE.

Dr. Miller is a talented former chemist who bought out and decided to take over the mental institute after his pen pal Dr. Hanwell. The character who tarnished his reputation by developing and releasing a disastrous medicine… who had reliable knowledge of Dr. Hanwell's experiments and was his eager supporter and even provocateur in occult matters… and he shows up for one unimportant brief conversation and then completely disappears from the narrative. What is his motivation for reopening the clinic? Why is he there after all those years? WHAT FOR? WHY IS HE NOT REVEALED AT ALL??

Also, in the present timeline, there are some patients who were relocated to the hospital BEFORE the building was renovated, including patients from Dr. Ann's group. WHAT FOR WAS IT DONE? Because it can't be coincidental within the narrative! It just can't, that's all! Especially in conjunction with the Dr. Miller’s unrevealed story above! It's just a gun that didn't shoot! But, you guessed it right – the game doesn't give us an answer.

Over the course of the narrative, there’s no one who tries neither to interfere with us, nor to create any difficulty in searching the clinic or uncovering its secrets. W. H. Y?

The game, on top of that, also messes up the timelines of events. The protagonist sees visions/memories/flashbacks of a time when the hospital was not abandoned yet – which, I presume, was at least 5 years ago, and judging by the state of the hospital, at least 20. But then we see in his vision how one patient ingests a macguffin, and… the game leads us to the morgue to dissect that patient's corpse and get that macguffin out of it. HELLO! Why hasn't that patient decayed in 5-20 years??! Same situation with a corpse in a tank in the sewer system. The soft tissue would have decomposed long ago! What time are we in? What's going on?!

However, the game doesn't give us any answers.

And in the end, it turns out there really is a fetus-like chthonic deity under the building, and the protagonist is… *drum roll*… Dr. Hanwell! And that's why he is not listed as a patient. Finita la commedia.

And don't tell me the protagonist just made up all these characters like Julia, Bruno, Lenny and Dr. Miller and the hospital was empty the whole time. It's just… it's a disaster of a narrative. And you couldn't find a person more disappointed than I was at the time I finished the game.

The twist that we are Dr. Hanwell simply negates all our research. A person cannot critically forget everything. Or rather, they can, in case of total amnesia, but in such cases people around them notice it and ask for help. We are social creatures; we don't live in isolation. Even those who have no family and friends somehow communicate with colleagues, encounter neighbors, people in stores or in public transport, after all. Look at elderly people lost due to dementia – they may leave or travel to distant places, but their strange behavior often attracts the attention of store and public transport workers, so they are usually taken to the police or the nearest hospital and identified. If Dr. Hanwell has forgotten everything, why hasn't anyone helped him? And even if he had, say, some sort of dissociative fugue, he would still have made up his own identity and had to deconstruct those fiction facts about himself as the story progressed! Besides, in the case of a dissociative fugue, common memories are retained, and Dr. Hanwell had an extremely extensive scientific knowledge of medicine. Okay, fine, build the narrative around this twist that we are Dr. Hanwell, for God's sake, but then be so kind and put the focal point on these memories and strange feelings that we know too much for a mere patient! Let the character, to his own horror, recognize HIMSELF in the voice on the recordings, in the handwriting in the medical notes, in the portraits, in the video footages… if the protagonist slowly understands that he was the one who did these horrors, it also would've been a strong narrative method.

However, without that “awesome” twist, the protagonist gave the impression of a man who can't remember only a small part of his past, an important piece of the puzzle, but who has built and lived his life outside of the hospital, at least those very 5-20 years… he knows who he is. But he simply can't settle down without remembering some personally important events. I was sure that his connection to the pregnant Rebecca would lead to the fact that either he was her son (though that would leave the question of how he remembered anything from inside her womb and would’ve required significant changes in flashbacks) or that he was just another woman's 4-7 year old child who had a mutual attachment to Rebecca. Maybe in her own child Rebecca would still see a spawn of the devil, whereas in this boy (the protagonist) she would see someone she would want to care for. This would also explain why the protagonist is not listed nowhere as a patient, but was present on therapy sessions and everywhere where Rebecca was, and does not remember this period well. He was simply too young and was not mentally ill, so when the hospital closed and Rebecca apparently died or was relocated, he was finally given to some foster family, probably from among the former asylum’s employees. His connection to Rebecca could justify his stay in the hospital – the separation of the two provoked hysterics in both of them, and so the boy was made a “hospital child” and kept with Rebecca, whose condition would improve considerably in the presence of the boy. It would also explain why Lenny only vaguely remembers the main character – he saw him only as a child. And that would explain the large amount of kids' stuff all over the hospital – just make the protagonist remember them as something once his own, and that’s it!

Bring Dr. Ann's character to the forefront, under the main spotlight. I mean, this is a fascinating character! A career woman, a scientific progress activist who, under the influence of circumstances, becomes, literally, the only voice of reason and the protector of the weak from the truly crazy occultists in this story. Make us follow her path, investigate the story of her confrontation with the fanatics in charge of the hospital in the past. Make us find out the reason of why suddenly Dr. Ann's patients, including us in some way, were brought back to the hospital, make us discover Dr. Miller's current intentions and confront him in the present, or maybe even join him in the end, if we wish. And let there really be an ancient/alien shrine in the basement, just leave it to us, the players, to decide whether there was something inexplicably Lovecraftian about it, or whether the head doctors and a number of patients fell victims to hallucinations due to occult fictions and poisonous airs and spores… it's… it's so simple, gosh… all the musical notes were there, but how wrong they were played! And you can't even chalk it up to the rush in the game development – Asylum had 15 years, if not more… I feel deeply pity for a story that could have been really interesting and, without exaggeration, a masterpiece, but in the end became the same fart in a puddle as many stories do lately. I can't take it anymore.

If you read it to this point – first of all, wow, my respects, and secondly – I'd love to hear your impressions on the game. My impressions are very strong, as you can see, and I, as usual, tried to justify them with arguments and offer a variant of correction, but I don't claim it to be the only truth. It's simply my usual mental gymnastics, nothing more, and I believe there're plenty of other variants of how everything could be logically structured.

And now… I think I’ll go and find something to drown my grief in.

UPD from 03/30/2025: I read a few very interesting theories in Steam, one about all these events and people we see being a metaphor of struggling but failing delirious mind, and one about everything being a metaphor of lobotomy, but even if any of these (unarguably good) interpretations is true, in my point of view, it wasn't revealed enough in the game narrative to have such a conclusion without feeling that it's far-fetched. With no offense to these theories' authors, because they really did an awesome analytical job to find a meaning in the original writer's script, but so far it all looks like the deep meaning search syndrome, and for me it only highlights the lack of narrative consistency in the game.

[bunny-heels]

*i'm gripping you lovingly by the hand* hey. hey. hey. hey.

i don't shout out things a lot cause like, who cares. but this time I CARE and I WANT PEOPLE TO CARE.

so this indie game studio that i've started to become a fan of in the last year, Senscape, has a new game in the works that they're hopefully, finally, gonna be releasing soon.

Senscape, previously named Nucleosys, is responsible for two horror first person point-and-click adventure games. Scratches, released in 2006, and Serena, released in 2014. Scratches is now sadly abandonware due to legal complications, but Serena is free to play on Steam.

Scratches has you living in a house that the previous owner seemed to have just gave away freely, Serena has you exploring a cabin while you play as a man trying to remember who his wife was. they're both horrific situations that hit hard and i love them so much. they're incredible story tellers too. Serena was the first of their games that i played back when i was a teen and i never forgot about it. i later heard about Scratches early this year when a friend told me about it and showed me a video on it by civvie11, the boomer shooter lover youtuber, of all fucking people. that's when i found out they were made by the same team and how i found out they're making a new game.

the new game they're making, called ASYLUM, is a spiritual successor to Scratches. they've been developing it for 10 years and what they have so far looks terrifying and wonderful. and i don't doubt that the story is going to be amazing and it'll likely make me replay it a bunch.

my other favorite aspect of their games-they don't use any cheap jumpscares. it's all atmosphere, and the scares that do happen come at the least expected times, like a haunted house. the horror comes from the situation the game puts you in, not from something jumping out in front of your face. no random screamers, no random scary faces popping out at you. it's wonderful. it's so good and refreshing. there's not a single jumpscare in Serena, and the scares that happen in Scratches are anticipated and so well executed.

Senscape is about to release a big announcement related to ASYLUM, and literally the only thing they ask in return is for people to wishlist the game on Steam. not for any particular reason, they just think it would be cool to reach a milestone in time for their announcement. i've fallen in love with the work this team has done and i want their good efforts to be appreciated and loved so. if you like GOOD horror games, made by INDIE devs, who make GOOD COMPLICATED STORIES, and who BARELY use jumpscares, and even when they do they're WELL-EXECUTED SCARES-PLEASE. PLEASE WISHLIST ASYLUM. I WANT THEM TO DO GOOD AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT.

if you want to play Scratches, here's a download for it that includes instructions on how to make it work.

if you want to play Serena, here's the Steam page.

and here you can wishlist ASYLUM on Steam.

and here's two videos reviewing Scratches

[gebo4482]

ASYLUM

Release Date Reveal Trailer

Website / Steam

[linuxgamenews]

Get Ready for a Terrifying Adventure with ASYLUM

ASYLUM horror adventure game has release date to delve into the supernatural on Linux, Mac, and Windows PC. Credit goes to the creative minds at Senscape. Due to make its way onto both Steam and GOG. Senscape has finally set a release date for their long-awaited horror game ASYLUM, and it’s releasing on Linux, March 6, 2025. They even dropped a fresh trailer today to make sure we know they’re serious – no April Fool’s jokes here! If you’re into those gritty, atmospheric horror vibes from the 80s, then this title might just hit the spot. Senscape has crafted this creepy, first-person crusade with a team that’s clearly channeling everything from H.P. Lovecraft’s eerie stories to the intense, gothic feel of classic Hammer horror films. There’s even a bit of twisted Euro horror thrown in, drawing from directors like Lucio Fulci. It’s all set in the spooky, crumbling halls of the Hanwell Mental Institute, where you’ll have to rely on wits and instincts to solve puzzles. Due to uncover a mind-bending mystery. With around 15 hours of gameplay, ASYLUM promises a deep dive into mystery and horror. And fans of first-person titles are in for a thrill. The game is being hyped as a spiritual successor to Scratches, a cult-favorite in the horror adventure genre. Sso we’re looking at a love letter to classic horror gaming that’s going to pull us right in.

ASYLUM horror adventure Release Date Trailer

Now, here’s something to crack a smile at: Agustín Cordes, the director, jokingly said he needs a vacation after all this, but the rest of the team? They’re just bombarding him with Jira tickets for feedback! Classic. To give you some background, ASYLUM horror has been a labor of love funded through one of Argentina’s most successful Kickstarter campaigns. And it even received a big boost with an Epic MegaGrant. The team has tested out their storytelling chops before with the free game Serena, which scored over 1 million downloads and racked up more than 6,000 positive reviews. So, this team knows how to bring the spooky vibes. When March 6th rolls around, you’ll be able to dive into ASYLUM horror adventure on Steam and GOG. Offering support for Linux, Mac, and Windows PC. This one’s been a long time coming, and Senscape seems ready to deliver a terrifyingly good time. So, mark your calendars, grab your headphones, and get ready to explore the twisted world of Hanwell Mental Institute – this horror quest is not one to miss!

[hyba]

A little article about Senscape's new game ASYLUM, which came out mid-March to quite a bit of controversy and criticism. While I'm not delving into the elements of the story that are most controversial, I wanted to share some of my theories about the game narrative.

Warning: There be major, major, major spoilers.

[jackylanto]

https://youtu.be/DH1JJ1hPFXo Repressed memories and mad doctors!!

[jillvalentine90x]

Asylum [Full DEMO Gameplay]

[indieretronews]

[dailyhealthynews]

Adapting high-rise living to the new normal

WITH the current surge in Covid-19 cases and the nationwide Full Motion Control Order (MCO), the pandemic continues to cause uncertainty.

After the initial lockout period, we have already seen several changes. For example, people rethink their hometown as they spend more time there, and this new normal reality is expected to last for years.

This raises some questions: What have we learned from our MCO experience so far? What changes can be implemented to help residents adapt to the pandemic?

Safe and flexible living in high-rise buildings

Careful planning and creative design can turn even the most humble space into a haven. In combination with a lot of greenery and common areas, the house can really be more than the sum of its parts.

“Flexible designs for amenities and common areas can encourage collaboration while still allowing for physical distancing,” said Wong.

“Remote work is now our new normal. This has led us to renew our offerings to meet changing needs, ”said Wong Siew Lee, Deputy General Manager of Gamuda Land from (Gamuda Gardens).

Wong explained that flexible designs for amenities and common areas can aid co-working while enabling physical distancing.

Another security aspect for high-rise residents is the delivery of food and parcels. Considerations for dedicated drop-off or parcel storage facilities will reduce potential health and safety risks for residents.

Gaia residences

Rooms to relax, work and play in the Gaia Residences

Gaia Residences is part of Gamuda Gardens, a carefully planned, near-natural township in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, consisting of two towers with 17 and 18 floors respectively with a total of 500 serviced apartment units with two-story shops and retail units for the residents’ convenience.

Gaia Residences is aimed at young professionals who prefer a private, work-oriented lifestyle with the opportunity to relax and socialize. So what better communal setting than a lavishly designed podium?

The podium of the project offers residents spaces to relax, work and play, while electrical outlets in the area ensure work-near-home functionality.

The infusion of green exudes calm and wellbeing, while the serene surroundings encourage interaction, creative connections, and a strong sense of community.

Events can be curated in the podium’s communal living facilities, and extensive services and amenities support residents in living a healthy lifestyle at home.

Gamuda Land’s attentive master plan also offers residents security through generous physical distancing measures with creative design of landscape elements and rearrangement of outdoor spaces and furniture.

This design approach, which emphasizes the ethos of homeliness, can also be found in the living spaces of Gaia Residences. The one to three bedroom apartments have been carefully designed with clean, practical floor plans. All bedrooms have a north-south orientation and bathrooms with a view of the inner air shafts, creating a light and airy living environment.

With the focus on flexible living in high-rise buildings, residents can customize their home by creating smaller, dedicated spaces for work and play and changing their room usage day and night.

An address in a well-planned township

Malaysians want more than just a home to live in. They want a place where they can grow up and grow old and at the same time be part of a healthy and natural community.

This is embodied in the lush, 50-acre, pet-friendly Central Park of Gamuda Gardens, which features two waterfalls and five cascading lakes.

Residents and visitors alike can enjoy the cosmopolitan vibe of city life as the 810 acre township complements its residential and commercial areas with a plethora of placemaking initiatives under the Xploria banner.

“These components have been carefully placed to maximize convenience for residents and visitors while creating a thriving, sustainable community, in line with our belief that ‘a good city is a connected city,'” said Wong.

“By planning these elements from the start, we ensure a vibrant lifestyle where everything is within reach as the township matures.”

Gardens Square is slated for launch this year.

A total of 6.7 acres of land in Gamuda Gardens is earmarked for the development of an integrated commercial center, Gardens Square, which is adjacent to the main entrance to the community and this year with two anchor tenants including a well-known grocer and a two-story drive-through restaurant .

In addition, the nearby sports arena offers tennis courts and a basketball court, as well as a covered walkway to the Gaia Residences for easy access. Residents can also use shared electric scooters or bicycles to get to Gardens Square or the nearby Waterfront Village shopping center.

In the meantime, Xploria’s leisure themes offer different activities for residents and visitors, such as horse riding and nature walks in X-scape, Adventure Playland and Paws Playland in Playscape, Big Bucket Splash and Donut Boat Rides in Waterscape as well as restaurants and wellness offers in Senscape .

Everything is within reach – for the comfort of the residents.

By placing everything within easy reach of the residents, Gamuda Land keeps its promise: “If we get the places right, the city works”.

To find out more, visit www.gamudaland.com.my/gamudagardens or call 03-2727 7438.

source https://dailyhealthynews.ca/adapting-high-rise-living-to-the-new-normal/

[yourgamecheats]

Supernatural horror adventure 'ASYLUM' still on track for this year and for Linux too

Supernatural horror adventure ‘ASYLUM’ still on track for this year and for Linux too

ASYLUM is really looking good, and quite freaky. Senscape just released a big update post on how the progress is going, after Epic Games recently gave them a Mega Grant.

While they’ve been clear it was still releasing on Steam, and Linux too, many were a little nervous about it. However, once again they’ve said “the Epic grant comes with no strings attached” and “So let me stress this again:…

[persp3ctivist]

Immersive art opens a window on the mystery of other minds 🔍 link to original article

At Senscapes, the art and science venture I co-founded, you can experience what it’s like to be in an altered state of consciousness. You sit, stand or lie down in an exhibition space, and we project light and immersive music, created from brain data of people in altered states, around you.

[gebo4482]

THE ASYLUM HAS OPENED!

Website / Steam

[linuxgamenews]

ASYLUM due to bring 2hrs of the horror experience next week

ASYLUM first-person horror adventure Demo due next week on Linux, Mac and Windows PC. Thanks to recent details from developer Senscape. Due to release on Steam and GOG sometime "soon". As if the year couldn’t get more unpredictable. Senscape announces that supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM. Which is due to release a time limited Linux demo. Arriving on June 16th to 22nd during the Steam Game Festival. Featuring up to 2-hours of gameplay. So that players will be able to experience the first moments of the game. Which is certainly a lot of enthusiasm for game, due in its final form. ASYLUM is a first person adventure game. Due to the development of a small and focused team. Which also has a style similar to the early 80s grindhouse videos. It draws inspiration from H. P. Lovecraft's atmospheric stories. Including the memorable Hammer Films gothic series. While including twisted Euro Horror from the likes of Lucio Fulci. As players traverse the halls of the massive, decaying Hanwell Mental Institute. They will unravel a mind bending story. Solve puzzles taxing their wits and instinct, rather than quick reflexes. Over 10 years in the making and featuring 15 hours of gameplay ASYLUM is an epic love letter to the point and click genre. Also the spiritual successor to the favorite cult classic Scratches.

ASYLUM Gameplay Reel

“Rumors of our deaths have not been exaggerated,” said director Agustín Cordes. “We have in fact become zombies during the production of this game”. “I hope this was worth it,” said lead artist Pablo Forsolloza. “It’s nothing short of a miracle this game exists,” said lead programmer Agustín Delger. “Please get us out of here,” said newcomers to the team Tais and Rocío Sztrum. “Nobody expects the ASYLUM demo!” said the Spanish Inquisition. ASYLUM Kickstarter funding is the highest crowdfunding campaign ever in Argentina. Since it beat its goal of $100,666 USD. More recently, becoming the recipient of an Epic MegaGrant. With a unique approach to storytelling and presentation. Which is put to the test in the free adventure game Serena (Linux, Mac, Windows PC). Reaching 1 million downloads and received over 6000 positive reviews. So it's well worth playing. ASYLUM first-person horror adventure is coming soon on Linux, Mac and Windows PC. Senscape also want to mention "for real this time". Due to release on Steam and GOG.

[chriscellman]

New TekLink TL2000PS Image Sensors from Kenall are Ideal for Parking Facilities

Integrated in TekDek TD17 and SenScape SPG18 parking luminaires Features facility owners save over the cost of adding these systems individually Offers car counting technology to parking facilities and can provide car counting data to parking facilities' message boards as vehicle enters the garage This story is related to the following: Sensors Monitors & Transducers Search for suppliers of: Image Sensors from HVAC /fullstory/new-teklink-tl2000ps-image-sensors-from-kenall-are-ideal-for-parking-facilities-40029150 via http://www.rssmix.com/

[n0wak]

Integrate 001: KG, Gundam, Senscapes & Akito by Insert was liked on Soundcloud.