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The reason why there hasn’t been much work done on Encounter in the last couple of months is mainly due to two things: The game is mostly “done” in terms of content I had promised to release an Oric demo for the Nova de…
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Encounter
Also known as Encounter, e, encounter
Race against time to save a kidnapped teen in 2 hours! Play as a cunning PI, diving into a thrilling mystery. Type commands for retro vibes or use arrow keys to pick actions, crafting solutions to conquer obstacles in this classic-meets-modern adventure. Can you crack the case?
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28 Jun 2026
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- May 2026
- Games of NorwayNext week we will be celebrating the "Games of Norway", and of course Encounter will be part of it, after all it was made in Norway! For the occasion I updated the Encounter demo with the latest changes made to the game…
- When Encounter was released in December 2024, the priority was to make sure the game was playable and did not have any critical defects. Most reports have been positive, but I knew there were a few things that could hav…Patch notes
- April 2026
- Version 1.3.1: So many fixes!Version 1.3.1 I was quite happy with version 1.3.0, it had quite a few significant changes and felt overall like a much sleeker experience. Then recently the game was reviewed by the famous MathBrush on the IFDB website…
- March 2026
- Version 1.3: The Big OneSo, version 1.3.0 is out, and it's kind of a big one. Actually, scratch that — it's the biggest update since the game launched back in December 2024. A new voice This is probably the change you'll notice first: the game…
- February 2026
- Version 1.2.6: Small fixes!I got feedback from a few players who suggested some quality of life improvements as well as found a few bugs, so I spent a bit of time testing and fixing, the main change being the order of the words in the selection m…
- December 2025
- Version 1.2.5: Better Controller Support!The main change in this version is an update to the emulator (Oricutron), which now provides much better support for modern controllers with analog sticks and additional buttons. In particular: All extra buttons on the…
- One Year AnniversaryEncounter was released on December 20th 2024. That was my first 100% indie launch, and there were quite many things to learn, not only about making a game, but also how to put it on Steam, get people to know about it, e…
- Version 1.2.4: Quality of life fixesEncounter is mostly "finished". There are plenty of things I wish I could add, but the floppy disk is full, and despite all of my efforts I can't win against the laws of physics! So anyway, here is this new version 1.2.…
- November 2025
- Nominate Encounter for the "Outstanding Visual Style" Award! There’ve been an incredibly large number of fabulous games released this past year, so the probability Encounter can get any award of any kind is so close to…Patch notes
- Physical Edition DLC!Modern games have grown so huge that proper boxed releases have become something of a lost art. It doesn’t help that many titles ship unfinished or buggy and need day-one patches just to run properly. Encounter has now…
- August 2025
- Version 1.2.3: New Demo!Last Friday I attended an Oslo Gamedev Meetup and some of the people there tried my game, and it quickly became obvious there were two big issues! The first one was problematic, quite a few of the players actually skipp…
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