Uncover the darkest secrets of the Cold War as you will slowly lose everything - even your sanity in the first-person horror adventure Akolyta . You will battle the worst Cold War products of the MK Ultra program and your own deteriorating mental health.
Available in early access:
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/akolyta-460155
About Game
Akolyta is a first-person psychological horror adventure. Its main focus is to raise awareness of mental health and honestly represent it. The indie team at Pterosoft studio is developing the game in their free time. It will be released episodically.
Gameplay
The player will play as a police detective. The standard equipment is a flashlight, batteries, a gun, a few ammo magazines, and a tape player.
Flashlight
The batteries don’t have unlimited energy. The player must explore the environment if they don’t want to stay in the dark.
Gun
The gun can be used for self-defense or as a tool in certain situations. But the ammo is scarce and in some sections of the game, the gun won’t be available at all.
Health
Every encounter with the enemy is extremely dangerous. Health is not regenerated. It can be restored only using health-kits found in the environments.
Documents and Audiologues
Scattered throughout the environments are documents and audiologues detailing the backstory of the city of Gorenwille. Players will be capable of exploring the documents and playing the audiologues.
RPG System
The players will be capable of learning special abilities. These abilities will make the journey easier. The XP is gained by exploring the environments, completing investigations, finding documents and audiologues, and completing objectives.
Investigations
The player will have the chance to find and solve investigations. After finding and exploring 3 different clues the investigation can be closed. Every investigation includes more than 1 conclusion.
The Story
The main character’s name is Marshall Gregory Prime. Marshall is a police detective in the fictional Gorenwille City. The story begins in 2000 when Marshall - after a lot of hardships - decides to tell his story. Everything started in 1990. Marshall was assigned a case of murders occurring around Gorenwille City Theater. This case led him to a dark conspiracy that began during the Cold War. He eventually lost everything and suffered a mental breakdown because of it.
Two Types of Scares
Failed CIA Experiments
The players will face failed experiments of the CIA program MK Ultra. The race to control the mind went extremely bad and the test subjects are still out there.
Failing Mental Health
Another severe obstacle is the deteriorating mental health of the main character. Suffering from depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation the player must try to make it through and not die.
The mental health portions of the game are crafted under the supervision of a trained medical professional.
Non-Linear Level Design
Part of Akolyta is a non-linear level design. The levels will have multiple ways that the player can take. Each path includes unique environments, documents, audiologues, enemies, and puzzles. The path the player chooses will affect the end of the level. It will also impact the start of the next level and the story itself.
Soundtrack
Both sound design and music are extremely important for Akolyta and for a great horror experience. Akolyta includes both static and dynamic music. In certain sections of the game, the music is dynamic. It reacts to player actions during puzzle-solving, fight scenes, and investigations.
