Screenshots
Video Preview
Hightlights
Original soundtrack
Hand-drawn pixel artwork
Scoring system – Challenge your friends!
Re-playable arcade-like format – Fun for hours on end!
Hard mode for extra challenge – Slower player speed, faster ghosts, double sanity drain, only 2 evidence, and only 1 hiding spot!
Original Gameboy ROM available for download – Play on original hardware!
Open source code – Mod the game in GB Studio!
Future updates with more ghosts, more equipment, and more locations!
Project Info
Description:
Poltersprite is a ghost investigation game for the original Gameboy.
You’ve been called out to identify the ghost haunting a house. 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! See how high of a score you can get!
This is a short replayable game made in GB Studio in about 6 days for #GitHubGameOff 2024 with original assets (and bug-tested in about 3 more). The download includes a .gb ROM file and can be played with any Gameboy emulator- or flashed to a cartridge! I can confirm it also runs fantastically on a 3DS 🙂
The GB Studio project and source files are included in the GitHub documentation for modding- have fun!
You can look forward to more ghost types, more equipment, and potentially a new map after the voting period ends in mid-January 2025!
More Info:
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
Credits:
Ksawery Fenik – Game designer, developer, artist, and sound designer