SCHATTENFELS – Chapter 1: Beyond the Gate is out now, free in English and German. A small Halloween point-and-click adventure for the Commodore 64, released a week before Halloween.
31 October 1886, shortly before midnight. The mail coach goes no further than the graveyard below Castle Schattenfels. Professor Fledermann is certain that Count Ottokar wakes at midnight, so his young assistant Emil must find the coffin first. The Professor will keep watch. Outside.
Inside, a rather hard-of-hearing castellan insists the Count is away. The ballroom is set for midnight, and Mephisto the black cat has a habit of walking off with things.
What is in this chapter?
- Nine rooms, including a scrolling entrance hall, a bell tower, a library and a crypt.
- Two playable characters: Emil inside the castle and the Professor outside. Switch with W; each has his own inventory.
- Three puzzle threads to work on in parallel.
- No deaths or dead ends. Wrong ideas get an answer, not a punishment.
- Original SID music, flickering candles and a hires title screen.
The download is an EasyFlash cartridge image (.crt) with a README, for a real C64 with compatible cartridge hardware, the Ultimate 64 or VICE. It supports PAL and NTSC, mouse or joystick.
I built it with FABULA C64, my adventure workshop for the Commodore 64. This is the first chapter of a series, and this chapter is free.
Auf Deutsch
SCHATTENFELS – Kapitel 1: Hinter dem Tor ist jetzt kostenlos erhältlich, auf Deutsch und Englisch. Begleitet Emil und Professor Fledermann durch eine Halloween-Nacht im Jahr 1886: neun Räume, zwei spielbare Figuren, eigene SID-Musik und Rätsel ohne Sackgassen. Das C64-Modul läuft auf echter Hardware, dem Ultimate 64 oder in VICE.
If you give it a try, I would love to hear how you got on. / Wenn ihr es ausprobiert, freue ich mich über eure Eindrücke!
Trailer — recorded live from a Commodore 64 Ultimate: