
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.
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In a concrete slab buried deep beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for what should be routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Run the scripts. Get the job done. And remember, they're just machines.
Terminal Lucidity combines atmospheric horror with cryptic cipher-breaking gameplay. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Learn how each operates individually, and then learn how their rules combine into new outputs.
This game is designed as a self-contained psychological thriller experience, playable to an ending in a single 2 to 4 hour sitting. Each corner of the map has been modelled and each puzzle handcrafted to deliver a challenging yet tight single-player experience.
Keep your notes nearby, as you will have to rely on your own broken memory. Every answer and every command is available from the beginning - you only need to rediscover them.
Not that it matters, as there is no way out.
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I enjoyed the game very much. The puzzles are complex enough to get my mind working, but not too hard as to get frustrating. And the story, while minimal, is quite interesting.
good game, the puzzles were hard but not unsolvable, plus since its free its definatly worth trying for me it was a 12h experiance with 3-4 pages in my notebook filled every time i was having an issue with a puzzle, it was cause i had forgotten something the "no saving" was actually quite immersive, with the comments throughout of your character forgetting stuff would recommend for sure to people that liked outer wilds since this game shares a similarity in figuring out mechanics that help you in future runs of the game
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Jogo bom pra caralho, simplesmente, amei tudo
absolute masterpiece.
Esse foi um dos melhores jogos que eu joguei na vida, os puzzles são muito bem feitos, cada máquina ter uma regra única que você tem que descobrir observando padrões de respostas, ou seja ver o que elas mudam em seus inputs, a complexidade é tem uma boa progressão, além de toda narrativa muito interessante e contada de forma sutil nos diálogos e alguns elementos durante o jogo, então se você gosta de puzzle de linguagem e que envolvem criptologia esse jogo definitivamente é para você, fora que esse jogo é grátis, sério uma obra de arte
Terminal Lucidity is a very hard puzzle game with retro graphics where you have to make code with machines to open up gates by typing words in them but they all have a quirk, they manipulate your text by for example putting a 1 at the start of every word and they can get very complicated when you have to connect 4 of them together all manipulating your text differently to open one gate and the riddles are also very though in this game i wont spoiler anything else but the solitaire achievement doesn't seem to unlock sometimes so you will have to use SAM for that.
ou tenha muito tempo livre pra jogar quase tudo de uma vez ou deixe tudo oq vc fez anotado milimetricamente. isso pq o jogo n tem save, n faz sentido pra mim mas fazer oq o jogo é bom pra caramba msm assim. e ainda é de gratis
This is a difficult, but fun game and I can't really complain considering it was free. Love the older style graphics and ciphers. Its helpful to take notes and keep in mind that you don't have an ability to save, lol. It is definitely frustrating at times, but in a good way. I really appreciate the challenge.
Extremely good metroidbrania and a hidden gem in general, with really cool themes and gameplay. Some endgame stuff is slightly too obfuscated imho but nothing impossible. The puzzles really flow well and are quite interesting, all for the price of free! Must try if you like metroidbranias.
Excellent puzzle game. The lack of a save feature may seem odd at first, but it's important in forcing you to keep notes, which you are going to need to do for this game. As for the puzzle difficulties, a lot of them are just pattern testing and recognition. You can "beat" the game purely through your own effort of knowing how each machine works and figuring out the exact phrases needed to chain along to get what you need. You can feel a little lost at times, but the game tends to have some way of telling you what you need if you poke around enough. For the achievements besides "beating" the game, two of them are just trying out a command you find out about at the end, and the final one forces you to explore a bit and work out some patterns that may not be immediately obvious, but can 100% be done without a guide. If you don't have pen and paper with you, steam's note taking feature is perfect for this game.
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