Acoetis v1.0.0 Launch

Apr 18, 2025

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Good morning,

Image Description: A gif thumbnail for "Acoetis (pronounced ah co eh tees)," a short, surreal fantasy horror adventure game by Clark Padmore. The protagonist is a short figure wearing a black cloak with a white hood and white trim on the bottom.

It starts with a still shot of the protagonist walking down a black corridor with gray lines around it. They're looking back at the viewer. To the sides are faded images of faces; the left one is featureless, while the right one is stretched into an unnatural, stringy grimace. The name is written above the scene.

Then, it transitions into three moving scenes. First, the protagonist walks past a strange mustached man sweeping the dark path. Then, the protagonist walking into a cave, jumping on rocky platforms. Finally, a first-person view of the black corridor from before.

Before the corridor fades out, a faint white image can be seen on the left side. End Description.

I am pleased to present my latest completed project: Acoetis, an 8-15 minute surreal fantasy horror adventure (with minor platformer elements). Now available for browser, desktop, and Android at Itch.io, gd.games, and the Clark Padmore website.

“Fair, delicate, hairless: the immortal visage.”

Image Description: A gif recording of "Acoetis (pronounced ah co eh tees)." The protagonist is a short figure wearing a black cloak with a white hood and white trim on the bottom. They walk up-screen, moving down a dark-green path, until they approach a large, seminude figure sitting cross-legged on a stack of two cylindrical stones.

The figure's skin is divided vertically into black and dark-green sides, which alternate between his head, torso, and legs, starting with his head having black on the viewer's right. He has an oblong vertical head with a white band around it. He also wears a white cloth around his waist.

A text box appears. "Hakoitis (pronounced hah co ee tees), the time has come." End Description.

Image Description: A gif recording of "Acoetis (pronounced ah co eh tees)." The protagonist, now in a vertical cave system, leaps across rocky platforms. End Description.

Image Description: A gif recording of "Acoetis (pronounced ah co eh tees)." The protagonist talks to a strange mustached man sweeping the dark path. He says "Say, wot's m'lord's favorite doing out here anyway?" Three choices appear: Truth, with a check mark; Lie, with an X mark, and ellipses. End Description.

Image Description: A gif recording of "Acoetis (pronounced ah co eh tees)." In the middle is a first-person view of a tight black corridor with gray lines on the walls and floor. It opens up into a open hall, where the player turns right, then left. A pit can be seen to the left. End Description.

Image Description: A gif recording of "Acoetis (pronounced ah co eh tees)." The protagonist talks to an elderly lady. She says "None of us had seen them, the old beloveds, with their hoods down before... for it is only when a king passes on, do his beloveds show themselves to the whole world." End Description.

The soundtrack, both in mp3 and wav-16, is also available on the project’s Itch.io page or my Bandcamp for “one American dollar.”

Thank you for your time,
— Clark Padmore