Photogeist Albums: CASE 1
A downloadable game for Windows
PHOTOGEIST ALBUMS: Case 1
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Join Tara Estelar on her debut adventure into the outskirts of the mysterious town of Stayfer River. Unwittingly embark on this mystery tour of an eccentric's farm to help solve the case of seemingly systematic sabotage that just might be steeped in the supernatural.
Use Tara's camera to view and photograph strange creatures named Geists. They don't always appreciate your presence though, so prepare for a fight!
Tara may choose to fight and Banish these terrifying anomalies or see the good in them and Appease them! You may find some things feel different depending on the paths you take...so choose wisely.
Capture and build your album of Geist photographs to delve deeper into the story behind their sudden appearance!
With the help of the overzealous Forest Ranger Elise, and her aloof sister Frankie, Tara seeks to understand the truth behind the unusual Geists.
Inspired by games such as "Pokemon Legends: Arceus", "Ape Escape", and "Megaman Legends", expect to play a relaxing quirky adventure that hearkens back to the era of N64 and PSX game design and visual style.
THIS IS A FREE DEMO FOR PHOTOGEIST ALBUMS AND THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE STAYFER RIVER SAGA
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(Photogeist Albums: Case 1 was previously titled Case 0, as a rough first look into the game. It has since been updated with several QoL features and balance, and will continued to be updated to be the definitive first chapter of Photogeist Albums. If you played Photogeist Albums: Case 0 prior, you might find your save file has several issues, and you SHOULD start a new game.)
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Development log
- Version 1.1.1 Now Available!98 days ago
- Photogeist Albums: Case 1 v1.1.0 is here!Sep 02, 2024
- 1.1.0 Update arriving!Sep 01, 2024
- Thank yous and update news!Jan 13, 2024
- Photogeist but no geists???Jan 12, 2024
- PHOTOGEIST ALBUMS: CASE 0 NOW RELEASED!Jan 12, 2024
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So far so good. I like the art style, and I love a good mystery.
I started the game and then went grocery shopping, leaving the game open. When I returned there was an error message on my screen, so I hit OK. Turns out the game crashed. I had it open for over an hour. I didn't copy down the message though because I didn't think to do so until after I hit OK. (!)
is there a point in keeping the save or the game installed if I finished the demo?
Great job on this game, I hope the final product is a success.
ran into a bug where my turnipsy's icon got changed into a white square and wouldnt let me swap into it. wouldnt even let me swap it back into my party from the geist selection menu, and when hovering over it all the stats n name info were blank.
i saved, exited the game and reloaded, the square is still there, but it registered turnipsy as a "new" geist after i photographed another one.
other than that the game is pretty cool! I'd just reccomend a battle tutorial of sorts, cuz it took me awhile to figure everything out. for awhile I only had my basic scarecrow geist as the only one with an actual attack so i struggled to catch more and level up to get more options. also didnt catch on to what stats did what and affected each other for awhile. but once i got over all that I've really enjoyed it! I just beat the first boss and I'll come back once ive finished the case, but its been cool
Thanks so much for your feedback and I'm glad you've enjoyed it!
We're investigating Geists being deleted like you mentioned. Did you use a move during battle, and they disappeared after?
either it was that, or I swapped out the turnipsy mid battle and then it turned into the white square, i forget the nitty gritty
One question I have is are there more star shards available in the first chapter? I found three so far, but haven't located any others. Was just wondering so I can keep messing around with the evolution options, or if I should wait for the next chapter. Having a good time with it so far.
There are only 3! There will be a way to get more in the future, but for the first chapter I didn't want every invocation obtainable all at once.
Very much enjoyed the game! Got stuck at the end unfortunately :(
Really sorry to hear that! This looks like a bug we're investigating for a patch coming really soon.
If you saved, you should be able to re-encounter Keroking. If you didnt save but want to continue and experience the rest of Case 1 with the team you had, email me at photogeist.dev@gmail.com and I'll get you set back up!
This is phenomenal, the game has a beautiful artstyle, fun gameplay, and an interesting story. Great job.
Thank you so much!
Very excited to try this out, probably the highlight from the Monster Tamer Direct! Very cool idea.
I hope you enjoy it!
Having fun so far, but I may have accidentally created a soft lock. Near the mysterious circle, I was able to get into Hollering Hollow, but if I try to go back to the farm I can't get past the barrier, and the game keeps prompting me to see if I want to go back to Hollering Hollow, tried to close and relaunch but I was spawning in Hollering Hollow. I also found that if you have your camera up when you hit a loading zone transition, you can find yourself in an infinite loop of the game asking you if you want to transition, because I can't move enough to leave the load zone since my camera is up and I can't put my camera down to move out of the load zone.
How did you even get back there??
Love this silly bug, but sorry to hear about the soft lock.
If you want to, please email me your save file to photogeist.dev@gmail.com and I'll see if I can't fix it.
I'm honestly not sure, walked near the concrete barrier to read the sign and didn't notice that it turned into a prompt to move to the other area until I clicked it. I'm guessing there's a small section where the loading zone expands past the intended area, and I just so happened to find it. I appreciate the offer to fix the save too, I'll see if I can grab that in just a few.
I think I deleted a boss. That bird boss I escaped when I thought I was to weak, but I escaped while using a entrance of the area.
The enemy was gone afterwards and the crystal spawned.
The Geist one time spawn. The crystal is always there, it doesnt depend on the miniboss being defeated.
Maybe a bit slow but great so far
at a point when the dev sees this,please be somewhat active everywhere you sell the game, at least once in a while so that not two months go by like other devs.
I will do my best
I still want to apologise, while I probably meant it I had my reasons to be a bit salty yesterday, but once in a while not would be great in theory that'Ssall I meant.
cool
Thank you for the video!
is this optimized? Could be that it's the effect ultra engine has on my PC even if I wanted a good one back then but yes it works a bit louder.
Where is the download? Can't find it on the client or the browser?
Hi there! There will be a new download available tomorrow!
where is the download?
i would really love to play this, it looks great!
Thanks so much! New download available tomorrow!
thank you sm!
lmao I thought it was just m
What Engine does this game use?
Thank you for your inquiry! We are using Unreal 4
Me and my friend finally played the demo and are in love with this game!!! We spent 10 hours playing and getting every spirit and evolution we could get and just enjoying the environment. One bug I ran into however made it so when I threw apples in the graves nothing happened so I was stuck for a bit on what to do lol. But when I relaunched it it worked fine! So if anyone has a big try relaunching! It’s a demo there’s gonna be flaws. But we’re so hyped for this game!! I hope y’all continue to work on it cuz it’s such a unique concept and fun game mechanic for a monster tamer game :)
Thank you so much! Your kind words are inspiring
Hey! I played already and I love it! Glad to see a great pokemon like game, with a lowpoly pixelart style. GREAT JOB GUYS! Are you planning to put this game on steam if its gonna be ready? (all cases?)
Thank you! Would love to put it on Steam. We shall see what the future holds!
I like the silly spooker
When I download it, My Norton Antivirus sees it as unsafe and automatically removes the exe file... say it has a medium risk threat...
Incredible visual style! Waited a year to play the demo and now I finally got it! I'm just happy.
I am so excited to play the demo :p looking awesome so far!
will there be more than three types of creatures?
There are 4 "types" of Geists currently known which are Cryptids, Possessed, Spirits, and Ghosts!
will there be other types of 'ghosts' that can be as mistaken as something not a ghost
The other day I had this super cool idea of making a game about photographing ghosts. Then, I run into this lmao. I guess great minds think alike.
Super cool style; I'm loving everything I see. Absolutely stoked!!
Were's the download for this?
Planned to be this winter! Keep an eye on this page for updates!
Thank you for the prompt reply! Looking forward to it.
Just saw this in the Monster Taming Direct 2023. Looks awesome, love the PS1 ascetic. Definitely looking forward to this : )
Looking forward to this!!