Poltersprite

You've been called out to identify the ghost haunting a house- and now, a haunted carnival as well! Use a range of equipment to gather evidence to identify the ghost type, explore a set of hand-drawn pixel art rooms, and escape alive to win! Make sure to find a safe hiding place if the ghost starts to hunt!

This is a short replayable game made in GB Studio for #GitHubGameOff 2024 with original assets. See how high of a score you can get! The download includes a .gb ROM file and can be played with any Gameboy emulator- or flashed to a cartridge, as well as a .cia file that can be used with a modded 3DS.

The GB Studio project is included in the GitHub documentation for modding- have fun!

Haunted Carnival is here! Enjoy a new map with 8 unique rooms, 3 new ghost types, a new piece of evidence, additional accessibility features, sanity restoration by looking at cat photos, completely redone inventory and journal systems, and now a way to play on 3DS!

In addition, I'm working on making physical cartridges! Please consider supporting the game to help me afford the first batch! I am hoping to have some up this summer 😊 I've included a printable version of the to be included game manual in the game files for you to print and fold to use as a reference while you play, like Game Boy games were intended to be played!

Controls

Keyboard: Gamepad - Function

Arrow Keys/WSAD: Directional pad - Movement

Shift: Select - Inventory

Enter: Start - Journal

Z/J/Alt: A button - Interact/Enter hiding spots

X/K/Ctrl: B button - Use items/Leave hiding spots

New Journal Navigation: Up and down arrows to navigate through options, left and right arrows to switch pages, A button to make a selection.

Known Issues

Nothing yet! Let me know if you find anything weird :)

Cheat Code

As part of one of the jam wild cards, a cheat code was added to the game from day 1. Using it speeds up the player, reveals the ghost type, and awards extra points. The cheat code works on both maps!

Stand in the center of the summoning circle and press Select. You may need to wander a bit, but in a certain spot you will notice that your inventory does not open. Enter the following sequence:

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A

Press Start. If you entered the sequence correctly, a dialog box will inform you of the ghost type. If you make a mistake, you must start the sequence from the beginning. You can cancel this by pressing Select again.