Dysnomia by Alex_Dalliance

Immerse yourself in the world of Dysnomia, a surreal, maze text adventure. To return to your home you must reveal clues, solve puzzles and find your way out of a vast labyrinth. Along the way, locate the cryptic riddles left behind by the maze's prior inhabitants, and ascertain the strange, dark forces behind Dysnomia. Written and scored by Alex Dalliance, created in Quest.

Version 1.5 includes a dark theme and a new secret.

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Review laurencehg

26 Dec 2017

Fun, made me feel intelligent!

Comment jmnevil54

25 Oct 2017

(Though I believe they made Zork hard purposefully.)

Comment jmnevil54

25 Oct 2017

Woah. I found my way on this better than I did Zork. (Though I purposefully believe they made Zork hard.

Review CAUP

15 Mar 2017

From a game design perspective, there is a lot of repetitive back tracking and flip switching, something which should in general be avoided. The gameplay just wasn't engaging. I have a pretty good memory so making a map wasn't necessary. That could definitely have added to the experience though.

The story was okay and I liked the ending though it felt sort of cliched. A lot of the notes gave little relevant information about what to do. Also, the notes sort of bled together. The narrative voice of the notes was well done though, with some nice vocab. Also you leave a lot to the players imagination which I think is a good thing. Over all, the plot felt sort of bland to me personally.

I'm giving it a three.

Comment adams012

30 Dec 2016

I really liked this, and I loved how you made us participate in the world beyond just following a map or even instructions, and just let us explore and figure it out ourselves. I think it would be ruined as a text adventure, this is a great game by itself. Awesome bro!

Review Infinicorn

15 Sep 2016

Amazing! It was really immersive, and I could barely tear my eyes away from the screen. Personally, I didn't need the map, as I was able to keep track in my head of where I was. But the puzzles were extremely intuitive; I found myself thinking, "I'm 99% sure I got that last key somewhere-- where could it possibly be?" I found it, though, and I loved the satisfaction I got at the end, knowing that I solved the labyrinth!

Review Wonderwoman132

10 Jul 2016

It was really engaging . At first, when it said that you will need to make a map I kinda just brushed it off like whatever . But after 9 mins into the game I had to go all out on that map. Other than that the music was great, the atmosphere was great , the layout was great. Well just to summarize it all EVERYTHING WAS GREAT!

Review JaimeT93

29 Apr 2016

Great atmospheric music, logic behind puzzles is very intuitive, the notes you find tell an awesome eerie story, and it ends with a fluffy dog which is obviously the best way to end an adventure! Also, I'm definitely glad I grabbed a good size page to draw my map on!

Comment mick green

16 Jun 2015

Like the game - like the music - I'll be back with a pen n paper for sure! I'll also follow you on soundcloud.

Comment XanMag

09 Apr 2015

Usually I dislike gamebooks, but his felt different. The music was nice. Well done. I think you should consider turning this into a text adventure. It would be a pretty simple conversion and you could add some more puzzles. Good writing also. I enjoyed it.

Review Emipop325

12 Mar 2015

Great game! I wish it could have been longer, other than that it was alright... Good thing I drew a map!

Review annroth

28 Feb 2015

Wow! That was an awesome journey! And the music - it sets the tone of the despair you feel when the puzzle has you under its control. But the ending is worth the struggle and leaves the traveler rewarded.