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Lurking in the forest, coming to get you.

Miasmata, a one-of-the-kind survival horror game that strands you on a mysterious island with a ferocious feline beast, is now available on GOG.com for only $13.49! That's 10% off, this week only!

Cats. You can't trust them. Even a cat person knows that they're always hiding something. It's not only that they will act offended if you find them peacefully sitting in the middle of a ruin that used to be your apartment and you blame them for this apparent natural disaster. This is nothing. At nights, when you're asleep the cat will sit at the footboard of your bed, staring at you, eyes glowing in the dark. Plotting. Screening the many scenarios of your death in his fuzzy feline head. If you happen to wake up at this moment, you will feel more than a little bit uneasy. All that can happen in the cozy safety of your own apartment. Now imagine a little change of setting--you're not at home, you're stranded on a mysterious island. Also, the cat isn't your average felis domesticus. It's still a cat, but it's the size of a pickup-truck. And it's got horns. And it's not even trying to hide the fact, that it wants you dead. Getting the chills now, are you? Well--welcome to Miasmata.

In Miasmata, an encounter with the giant cat-like monster is a probable cause of death for your character, but by no means the most common one. The game is very unforgiving when it comes to wilderness survival. Just like in the cult hard-core classic, [url=http://www.gog.com/gamecard/robinsons_requiem_collection]Robinson's Requiem[/url], you'll have to pay close attention to your nutrition, hydration, wounds, and potential illnesses, in order to just stay alive. As if this wasn't tough enough, another important task for you to complete on the island is to research its unique plants and fungi in order to synthesize a cure for the plague. Yes, didn't I mention you're suffering from a plague? Well, you do. By the end of the day you might just feel thankful, when the cat-creature creeps up to you in the darkness and puts you out of your misery. If you're a quitter, that is. Otherwise--prepare for a masterfully created survival horror challenge!

Do you think you know a thing or two about wilderness survival, self-medication, chemistry, and cats? Miasmata will prove you wrong, for only $13.49. You can grab it 10% off until Wednesday, December 5, at 14:59 GMT.
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G-Doc: Also feels that way, pretty much. At least to me. In case I didn't stress that enough in the newspost (or if it's a tl;dr case for you): this game is unforgiving when it comes to surviving in the wild.
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jefequeso: Yeeeessss. Yesyesyesyesyesyes. Yes.

I approve. I approve so very much. I need this game now.
I second that ^^
Actually, thinking about Robinson's Requiem now, it would be really cool if the old Silmarils team got back together + teamed up with DotEmu to crowd-fund/Kickstart another Requiem game or something.

/off-topic
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Roman5: Certainly didn't expect a release today, nice one GOG!

Looks....pretty interesting, how exactly is this game played? Is it a full 3D free environment or does the interface and movement work similar to MYST?
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QC: If you haven't seen the trailer yet it looks to be full 3D movement.
Confirmed. That it is.
oh my, I had no idea that it was finished already, I assumed it's in some alpha something stage, this is great!!!
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Crosmando: Looks kinda Robinson's Requiem-ish?
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G-Doc: Also feels that way, pretty much. At least to me. In case I didn't stress that enough in the newspost (or if it's a tl;dr case for you): this game is unforgiving when it comes to surviving in the wild.
WANT. WANT WANT WANT. This is one of those games I always wanted but never knew existed. Must... buy... immediately...
Absolutely took me by surprise by releasing the game I never heard about (just like with Lucius)!
What´s more, it is similar to Robinson´s Requiem + Deus games - games I´ve never played but wanted to try when I was younger (then I lost interest out of fear of pixelhunting + general complicated gameplay).
So having something like RR in modern graphics is definitely must try for me. Wishlisted for now. AHhh, GOG, you will ruin me :)
Wow, this looks VERY cool.

However, this morning on my way to work I stopped off at a local gas station to pick up a coffee and when I opened my wallet to pay there was a massive, disembodied phallus staring back at me. When I went to take my credit card out of the little pocket on the inside of my wallet the phallus snapped at me, then I went for the cash and the phallus snapped again! On the side of the fleshy, sentient organ was a tattoo that said "GOG."
Post edited November 28, 2012 by fortune_p_dawg
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QC: If you haven't seen the trailer yet it looks to be full 3D movement.
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G-Doc: Confirmed. That it is.
Great, thanks for the confirmation, this is a huge plus for me in this case
Look what I found!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ionfx/miasmata?ref=live

They had only asked for $5000 too.
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lowyhong: Look what I found!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ionfx/miasmata?ref=live

They had only asked for $5000 too.
Flopping heck I don't even remember seeing that one
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lowyhong: Look what I found!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ionfx/miasmata?ref=live

They had only asked for $5000 too.
Wow...glad to see this game made it's way here even if the kickstarter was unsuccessful
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lowyhong: Look what I found!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ionfx/miasmata?ref=live

They had only asked for $5000 too.
Huh. Well glad they managed to pull together funding anyway. According to their Kickstarter, they got some private sources and sold a bunch of stuff.
I thought this was somwhat relevant:

<span class="bold">The Cat With Hands</span>, a short film by Robert Morgan.
Post edited November 28, 2012 by G-Doc
They even made it through Greenlight, talking about one hell of a success story...
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lowyhong: Look what I found!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ionfx/miasmata?ref=live

They had only asked for $5000 too.
Seeing how that was before the big gaming boom on KS, I'm not surprised. Hell, before the Double Fine project I didn't even know of the site's existence.