The Curse of Gazaroth by Lighthouse

v1.1

You are a lonesome traveler who sumbles upon a village and discovers a terrible secret ... the village is cursed. To lift the curse, you must explore the village, investigate the surroundings, locate powerful items and evade death. And what will you do when you realize that to defeat evil you must embrace a little darkness youself?

Note to text-based game lovers:

This is my very first text text-based game, and I would love it if you would play if and tell me what you think. I welcome criticism. Seriously, anything you feel like criticizing - my game, my bad spelling, my lack of attention to detail, my stupid haircut - feel free to express your criticisms and I will take them into account. This game is still in beta testing. Please tell me if you find any glitches.

What you need to know:
- You can talk to the characters in the game by typing "talk to [name of character]".
- Additionally you can ask characters about various topics by typing "ask [name of character] about [keyword]".
- Look at things. Item descriptions often give important hints.
- Enjoy the experience that is text-based gaming.

Please comment or rate if you like my game.

Contact me at: [email protected].

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Review Dorian Moral

02 Nov 2017

Pretty solid game. Would like to see a map and it gets pretty boring when you when to the forest but overall good game

Comment nuttyproctor

10 Sep 2017

I love this game although I am struggling to understand how to speak to the characters within the game. Does anybody know how to reply to the in-game characters?
Help would be greatly appreciated! thanks ^.^

Review GameofChocolate

08 Sep 2017

This seems like a really fascinating game, except for one thing. It needs a visual map. I didn't have nearly enough room on my paper for mapping it out, and all the many directions get disorienting. I'll be glad to return when there's a visual representation.

Review amazeballs19

04 Sep 2017

I haven't finished yet but this might actually be the best game I've played on here. ^.^ Great job!

Review KYS

26 Jul 2016

Hard to completely grasp, but quite entertaining!

Comment Lighthouse

11 Jun 2016

Hey guys, if you are stuck in the game, you can find the walkthrough here.
https://makemeanisland.wordpress.com/the-curse-of-gazaroth-walkthrough/

If you'd like to contact me about my game, email me at: [email protected]

Hope you liked my game :-)

Comment OceansWildflower

08 Jun 2016

Would love to keep playing, but stuck. Unable to open trapdoor in chapel, opened gate but stuck at stream (tried freezing with orb, maybe I'm just not using the right commands) Trying to find the magical oar or something that I can carve, hack into an oar. .annnnnnd. . .all chests are gotten so far as I know. Please help, would love to keep playing :D

Comment Wolfheart101

21 May 2016

The mysterious traveler who wields the mighty sword of Gazaroth and will save us all is now stuck in a boat. Lovely.

Comment asor123

20 Mar 2016

It wont load my saved game. I got lost in the forest and couldn't get it to load my saved game. :( Help, please!

Comment stella1

30 Jan 2016

Hello! I couldn't figure out how to get out of the boat. I tried exit boat, up, out; couldn't figure out the command. That being said, I don't think I had the right item to make the boat move, so I got stuck. Help!

Comment wmignac

10 Jan 2016

Someone has a walktrought?!

Comment Misskatyjeanne

05 Jan 2016

I picked a choice it didn't like. now the text and keyboard flash when I open the keyboard +

Review Troeiploertt23

25 Dec 2015

Wow, this was a really fun and cool game. Please make more!!

Review Rteraule

24 Dec 2015

NT BAD! I LIKED IT

Comment DerpyTheMoonBear

20 Dec 2015

lel i meant yo put five sorry

Review DerpyTheMoonBear

20 Dec 2015

The all time best textgame you will ever play. everything is so intricately lined out. it is truly a master piece. please make more!!!

Review Fnaokte

20 Dec 2015

Cool game man, i really enjoyed it.

Comment DerpyTheMoonBear

19 Dec 2015

im stuck at the wall. how do i get around it?

Comment DerpyTheMoonBear

19 Dec 2015

NVM i finally got it.

Comment DerpyTheMoonBear

19 Dec 2015

how do i give the blacksmith joe the silver peice?

Review Arkaney

11 Nov 2015

I'm not a reader (At all!) but taking my time going through this game was my time well spent. I found myself getting lost a few times but that'd be the lack of sense of direction on my part. Truly a fun text adventure!

Review Glaxtusorghini

10 Nov 2015

Awesome XD!

Review Sherlock Homie

02 Jun 2015

This was guud man. You hav a good feel for the fantasy genre.

Review MakeMeMove

02 Jun 2015

Pretty good. Some parts were quite hard, but that only made it better. You could improve on the fighting.

Review Jp_

06 May 2015

Cool game, I do not usually play these types of games, but I enjoyed this one a lot. The descriptions were well written, with an interesting story, however one thing that could be improved on is the combat mechanic. Overall, I don't think it was a big problem, and the game was fun to play.