Mycopsychosys
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
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Attention!
If you liked this game, we're in the process of developing a new entry of the same series! You can check it out here: delta-cat-studio.itch.io/pcd
We also have a discord server! Come and get cozy, talk with us and other members of the comunity and get weekly notifications on the status of the developement!
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Mycopsychosis is a horror ARG heavily inspired by Alex Kirster's popular youtube analog horror series called "Mandela catalogue".
Game in:
- English
- Español / Spanish
- Català / Catalan
- Death
- Mild Gore
- Foul language
- Biological horror
In this game, you will experience the horrors of a sporestorm, a new weather phenomenon that is becoming too common in the whole country of Spain. Heavy clouds that contain Mycopsychosis spores are approaching your area. If you want to survive, you have to stay inside your home and closely follow the PCD (plague control department) issued rules.
Meet our small but charismatic cast of characters, engage and take care of them.
To enhance the experience and to help the player survive, a web page has been created by the PCD containing crucial information about the spores, the infection and about those who fall ill from it:
In case you don't have an active internet connection, we've also included the information inside the "Survivor manual" folder.
We're a small team of 3 indie game creators!
Music:
- Full credit to MONST3RMUSIC for the creepy ambiance youtube.com/@MONST3RMUSIC
Download
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Development log
- New Project AnnouncementJan 19, 2024
- New Update!Dec 01, 2023
- Thank you for +3500 downloads!Nov 27, 2023
- Mycopsychosys 1.1 UPDATENov 18, 2023
- Thank you for 1200+ downloads!Oct 17, 2023
- Working on an UpdateOct 10, 2023
Comments
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Lol i speedrunnned this game and its really cool i knew how to get the good ending. first get Hugo in then save Onna and then finish it's short yeah but it's cool. GOODWORK!!!
Loved this! A bit innaccurate but hey, its a game and it doesnt bother me all that bad, 10/10
I struggled at first because I didn't have the updated version, but once I fixed it, I had a very good time ! Love the characters, the ambiance, the idea, the hints for when stuff is about to hit the fan, and I love my neighbor 😉
Thank you for playing our game!(≈ㅇᆽㅇ≈)♡
Love the cute outfit you choosed to play it!!
Thank you ! I made the earrings myself ! 🍄
pretty good, especially for a jam game! The art was especially charming, and horrifying. I will say though, I wish that it had gotten more into the infection aspect and been more consistent with its own rules.
[Spoilers]
When the player gets infected, they seem to go from stage 1 to stage 3 immediately, and the only symptom they ever seem to have is dizziness. Was expecting the game to play up the hallucinations and paranoia with things like fake phone calls and visitors. You also only get infected by 1. messing up Onna's answers (this was really clever, and I would love to see more games do this), 2. not letting Hugo in so he breaks in, or 3. letting Ray in. I was just sure that letting Hugo in after you give him the towel would have meant he was infected, which means you are infected, which means you get to slowly go mad as the symptoms take hold. I would also expect him to exhibit some of the symptoms besides stage 3. And, as mentioned by another comment, since the spore storm event lasted the whole night and it was nearly morning by the time you let Hugo in if you've given him the towel, it really does seem strange that he's not infected. If any of this was intended to be explained by hallucinations, having the player character dialog indicate "severe paranoia" and an inexplicable desire to socialize would go a long way. The options filling up with "somewhere high" after you're already stage 3 was a good demonstration of it, but it was too little too late, imo.
I also would have liked to see more ARG elements in the website, rather than just an external version of the manual in the game files. But I understand that this was on a strict time budget since it was made for a jam--with what you had to work with, it really is nice, and I look forward to your future projects where you have the opportunity to expand on such mechanics. Keep up the good work!
Hi! First of all, we want to apologize for the late reply. We have been very busy with the event and the new project. We wanted to give you a proper answer.
To start, thank you so much for playing our game ♡. We greatly appreciate the criticism of the players so that we can improve and make better games in the future.
As you mention, we had a limited time to make the game. We would have liked to add situations that would show more how the stages of infection work in our protagonists or, perhaps, clarify a little more how exactly it worked.
For our next game (Prequel to Mycopsychosys) we want to explain very well how the infection works and visually show what the stages are like. We are taking into account all the players' doubts to be able to give them an answer.
We hope you are encouraged to try our next game when it is released and, if you want to join us in this process, I invite you to join our Discord!
Thank you very much again! ♡
I would absolutely love to see a remaster of this game that expands on it and makes it into a more full experience. Almost how Sacrifices Must be Made was an incredible game that got made into Inscryption. Both were great, but how Inscryption expanded on it made it even better. I wouldn't expect multiple nights or anything, but more things to do, maybe a way to actually get your neighbour safely to your house and how her being there might change things. Hallucinations that may or may not indicate an infection. There's lots of places to go.
This was such a fascinating game. There are so many small details that I fawn over. I saw it on YouTube and had to play it for myself. Since I'm currently able to, I decided to donate $2.00. The updated version that added the extra endings are what made me want to do that. Thank you for this lovely visual novel. <3
Thank you so much for your donation and your kind words! We're also working on a prequel for Mycopsychosys, you can check our profile if you're interested!
I just downloaded the game, but windows blocked it, says it may put my pc at risk. What should I do?
Hello! This sometimes can happen with Ren'py games and other external software. We can assure you it has zero risk, but if you want to feel safer you can always scan the game at virustotal.com to check for yourself that there's nothing dangerous in it!
Thank you, I will give it a try!
i adore this game so much
We are so glad that you liked it! (ﾐዋ ﻌ ዋﾐ)ﾉ♡♡♡
You made a whole website and a analog horror video for the game?! Now that’s what I call “increasing the customer value”!
I really like the art of this vn, the whole setting is also very appealing, outstanding work!
Now, I will share my experience and a walkthrough of the vn here, I hope that this helps you improve.
SPOILERS BELOW!!!
I watched the video and read the whole website. Alright, I’m ready!
[1st run]: Saved Onna, avoided Ray and … got killed by Hugo?. Damn, what did I miss? the towel? it passed through the door slit! The slit was there all the time! And I never touched Hugo… or did I?
[2nd run]: Ignored the towel request and Hugo still killed me! What did I do wrong!!! T_T
[3rd run]: This isn’t working, maybe Hugo made it on time to my basement?, on this run I let him inside the house immediately and-… it worked? no f*cking way… Uh, ignored the alarm system, let Hugo out, got Onna out of the bathroom. Obtained 3rd ending. Wait, there are 2 others? Hmm…
[4th run]: No way. It doesn’t matter how much time Hugo stays on the open basement, give him a towel and make him promise you a beer, then let him inside your house, save (or not) Onna, and you get the other endings. (5th is best)
The game doesn’t follow the rules of the spores dev. That is extremely important in a game like this.
Spores are only 4 microns; only one is enough to get infected; symptoms appear in only a few minutes; the door of the basement was broken AND in the 5th ending MC says that the sporestorm was through all night; if I get out when the alarm sounds, we will see the sunrise!. That means only one thing: we have to save Hugo almost at the end of the sporestorm, he was there for hours, without a mask.
Is not only the serious inconsistencies, you’re rewarding players for being careless in a extremely dangerous situation.
Sigh… despite that, is still a great vn, I had fun. Just be more careful with the consistency in a future game please. :(
Hi, just wanted to say that you three have made an amazing game, and I look forward to future updates, it’s such a good concept. I hope ya’ll make it big with this game.
hey i just wannted to know something, so i was messing/ scolling to the code to mabye fix some things that werent really logical and i came across some code named secrets, i dont really know what it was about bc my editor messed a bit with the code but i could read something like random numbers that are given away to manage tokens accounts usw. i did not know how to reach out to you so yeah, and also amazing game :)
Hey! Glad you liked our game and thank you for playing! On the secrets note, we don't really use user accounts or any authentication whatsoever. For starters we don't even use an internet connection anywhere in the code. Anyway thank you for your interest and concerns!
How do I get the game to run? Every time I attempt to run the game, windows claim I need a different app to run it.
Hi! Thank you for downloading our game! In theory you shouldn't need any extra app to run the game. Can you give us more info about the error you're getting?
are you sure you opened the .exe file and not .py or .sh?
Excelente juego, la verdad es que los disfrute bastante y espero que salga alguna proxima actualización, tal vez como parte 2 o continuación, Gracias ;)
I really liked this game, even though I'm not into this type of game. Me gusto que estuviese la opcion de español me daba lata leerlo en ingles y de repente me coci la cabeza para sacar los finales que me faltaban pero me la pase fenomenal
loved it. i really enjoyed the endings. can't wait to see more.
AAA necesito saber a qué se dedica Hugo, que pasa con onna en la ruta de Hugo y más info de todo 😭
Igual el año nuevo te trae buenas noticias al respecto ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I cant figure out the last ending lol
Thank you for playing our game!(≈ㅇᆽㅇ≈)♡
If you want you can check out this video by CrankyTemplar to check what ending you are missing:
Thank you so much for making this game, I loved the aspect of it being time based and not a how-fast-can-I-click kind of game. The visuals were amazing, and the png scares are REAL. Keep it up!
Wow, this game is very good. Very good art, well programmed, several endings, and although it is difficult for me to admit it... Hugo has made me doubt my heterosexuality 😂. I will look forward to future updates. My congratulations to the creators.
Thank you for playing and for your kind words! We all have our confusion moments ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Follow us here or in our socials to not miss any updates!
I just started playing and as soon as I saw Hugo - I know what you mean.
I enjoyed the new endings! Took me a little while to figure some of them out, hehe.
Como consigo los dos finales de abajo?
¡Hola Edy! Para obtener el 4º final tienes que dejar entrar a Hugo después de darle la toalla, sobrevivir la tormenta y hablar con él sin salir de casa. Para conseguir el 5º final tienes que hacer lo mismo pero debes llamar a emergencias para que ayuden a Onna antes de ir a hablar con Hugo.
I liked the update! It was a bit short, but I feel like it gave the game the closure it needed. Not going to spoil anything here, but it's worth unlocking all the endings :)
does anyone know when the update is being released or has it already been released
Hi! Thank you for your interest in our game (₌ ꈍᆽꈍ₌) Tomorrow we will release the new update so stay tuned!
You can also check our social media @DeltaCatStudio to stay up to date!
thank you very much I’ll be waiting for it!
I'm looking foward to the update! Still can't download it, but I really want to try it! I love these kinds of game settings.
Just uploaded it!
Thank you for playing our game! Glad you liked it!! (₌இᆽஇ₌)/♡
youre welcome!
Not a huge fan of point in click but I really liked this!
Thank you for playing our game! Glad you liked it!
loved the game, especially the how the game used the website. Hope to see how the next update expands upon game
Linux version doesn't seems to work, what can I do?
I really enjoyed it, thank you!
I really want to know how it ends, because you survive, so does hugo, but you just kinda leave Onna in a closet, so... yeah i kinda wanna save her
Hi! Thanks for playing our game! We're currently working on an update to improve/add more endings to the game so stay tunned!
Honestly, I really love Ray; he really wasn't very good at spreading the spores.
Great job on the game!
depend on what you do.
but the ending is clear right now, that this is not a good ending. which is a bit sad, when you do all just right and get the same end.
The game was cool, but please, please please have it ask you to open a link. It opened in Internet Explorer, something I haven't opened in maybe 10 years and which has zero system security and could be very risky. Just give a clickable URL. Mozilla Firefox is my default web browser for everything, so I'm really not happy with I.E opening.
Anyways, is there a way to spoiler something? I wanted to know how many endings there are, because I think I got the "good one(?)" on my first try.
Yooo, this is incredible! I loved this game, will there be a sequel or will this be the only one?
Hello! Glad you liked our game! We're working on an update to fix/add more content to this game and we're panning on releasing a new entry for the series!
Nice! I was a little sad with it just ending like that but having more content for an amazing game like this got me excited!
Glad you liked it! We're working on an update that will add more content to this game and we have plans on releasing a new entry to the series so stay tunned!
Do you guys need help with testing/proofreading by any chance?
I felt really touched with the presentation and the setting and I'd love to offer some help now that I have a few days off on my hands.
I'll definitely be looking foward to later releases.
I had a blast playing this game and the body horror was so good that it caught me off guard and I got a PNG jumpscare from one of the endings and no joke it made me fall to my floor panicking from my PC.
Would I recommend? Yes hardcore yes because Im interested in the lore of it and I love the characters especially Ray which I tend to avoid.
Overall its a fun game and I played it multiple times just to see each ending.
Came to check if others had issues with the girl. Every single answer turns her when going back to check the window (except for one, but it's a ruse as no third call ever comes). Can't seem to not get her to turn, but great game overall. Loved the ARG elements, sound design, and artwork.
Will just mention that laptop users should beware if they suffer from seizures. This game may constantly flash black screens every few seconds for you as it does for me.
Hello! Thank you for playing our game! You have to check the computer at the start of the game to trigger the first call on time (this is an issue we're working on fixing for the next game's update). As for the flashing black screens, we haven't recieved any more commments reporting this issue, we'll make sure to check on it for the safety of our players!
Not bad. I honestly think it would have been better without the "romance" side plots as horror and romance usually aren't genres that work all that well mashed together unless you're reaaally careful about it. Besides that I saw a few issues with the whole concept, mainly because spores are like, really, really tiny, like way tinier than you probably realize and unless the characters are in a truly air-tight hermetically sealed enviroment that entire city would have been wiped out already, just keeping the doors and windows closed really isn't going to be enough to stop spores from getting in. Finally it's the ending kind leaves the player with blueballs, but I imagine it was probably a quick solution to meet the jam deadline, so I don't hold it against it too much, but overall it was a pretty fun story and I'd be interested in checking out some of your other work.
If anyone has links for the art and such it'd be much appreciated. Particularly onna
I really loved the characters, art and overall atmosphere in this game! It's amazing how well written interactions between characters in a situation of emergency can make you so invested into what's happening. Was very immersive to me!
This is so so interesting! I really love how this is set up, it's so cool and new