I'm SirTapTap and this is 10,000 years
I'm an elite hacker. Oh, yes. WASD to move. Use the mouse to look around
So, it says type words to explore them. Watch villages grow old and die
Pass through like a shade through the world, changing nothing, hoping the ancient danger underground goes undisturbed
This is part of Heather's Halloween Horror Bundle. So, this is a pay what you want little game
Backspace, escape to leave. Okay. ForbiddingBlocks.txt. This is why I wanted to play it
Oh, yes. It looks like spooky ASCII horror scape. I was just playing a game where you could climb walls
It touched a wall just instinctively, hoping that I would go up the wall
This is forbidding blocks. How can I fall off the pit? Oh
Walking through it at ground level, the massive earthworks crowd you in, dwarfing you, cutting off your sight to the horizon, a loss of connection to any sense of place
Ooh, we got some shaders going on. Spooky
I guess you just press enter whenever you want to move on
Is that like a... Oh, it's one of those weirdo atlases. It's Africa
Or, that's South America. North America. Asia. Africa's looking real weird. Or is that supposed to be Australia
No, that's supposed to be Australia. It's one of those real weird projections that... Anyway
Danger seems to emanate from below, out of the keep, in the form of stone spikes
Shapes suggest danger to the body. Wounding forms seem not controlled, somewhat chaotic. Indeed
This is the same atlas map, but with spikes! My favorite. Delicious spikes
Lick, lick. Mm, good spike. You can't look up. It's one of those games that really restrict your uppy and downy lookiness
Ten thousand years update. Change notes. You can use mouse one to interact with living beings
You're introduced Raycat! Raycat will grow green upon entering radiation. Hi, Graycat
I assume you're a... Sedna color. Black. I guess that is our radiation cat
Our teleporting radiation cat? I guess this is still tutorial world. It is largely a self-correcting process if anyone intrudes, without appropriate precautions
It seems unlikely that intrusion would lead to large-scale disaster. Same to you, birdie
We settled here because of salvage material. Some giant signs of sheet metal
A language we don't understand. Why are you back here? This is a private space
This reminds me of that piss game. Catacombs. Aw, crap. What is that
It's like some Catacombs game. And you can pee on things. Calm down. What is this cat's problem? Calm down
Everyone has these weird voice clips and dendigars there. Welcome to our home
Why would you want to go back here? Because I'm a protagonist, bro. I gotta go everywhere
This cat is driving me insane. My female spouse type is in the back
Hey, female spouse type. How are you doing? Oh, did my female spouse type greet you
She sure did. Everybody likes the female spouse types. I live alone. Our village is still small, but once we build it, our well will thrive
Oh my gosh, why is the cat here? All it has to do is not make the noise
Or make it much rarer. I take care of the main house while the adults are out
Everyone has terrible houses, I'm afraid. I think we've seen pretty much everything
Wait, did we see this building? I think this was the first building we saw, didn't we? Yeah, it was the hot day guy
A relatively limited amount of sickness and death caused by radioactive waste
A relatively limited! I really like those stars. Relatively limited
Rest in pieces. Is the joke just that everybody is dead? That's the limited
If you're already living in green hellscape, would radiation even affect you
Oh, the cat. Sandia color bright green. Okay, so the cat indicates how much radiation we're seeing
Which is all of it. All of the radiation. And everyone is just freaking dead
I really do like the ambient noise, aside from the cat. 10,000 years update. Change notes
Press mouse 1, interact with objects. Removed Raycat! Thank you. A stone block. Still warm from the sun
Is that all there is here? Yeah, it's kind of a tutorial
Rubble, rubble, rubble, rubble. Rubble, rubble, rubble! Weathered sigils. The shape of a butterfly
Weathered sigils. Yeah, same sigils. Wait, is it saying that of the atlas
That is definitely not a butterfly, my friend. Broken rubble. Okay, I guess that's all there is here
It said type words and explore them. I figured you could type
I figured this was a procgen thing. But this is good too
A massive effort to take a place that's fearful, ugly, and uncomfortable. The air is too hot to breathe well
You feel dizzy. A giant black stone, burning hot from the sun
Is this the same stone? Do we just get smaller? Are we small
I don't know. Is this the same stone? Are we small? I guess that's all there is here
The shape sets the tone for the entire landscape. Non-natural, ominous, repulsive
A block of some stone. Spikes burst through its top. Seems like a nice place
A monolith. Looking closely, you can barely see ancient ruins. That's neat
I like this ASCII shader. There's actually a game called... What was the name of it
It has... Brutal with an at symbol as the name. It's like an ASCII..
It's like a 3D game with ASCII... People made out of ASCII characters
It's a roguelike. It's pretty cool. I think that's all there is to see here
Nice little landscape though. Oh. We fall toward doom again. I'm free
Shapes that hurt the body and shapes that communicate danger. Like spikes
A concrete thorn. A giant concrete thorn. They look almost like trees
Ooh! Hello. What? This place is a message. And part of a system of messages. Okay
It's the sun! Hey Mr. Sun, how are you doing today? This place is not a place of honor
No highly esteemed dead is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. What is it then
The danger is still present. In your time, as it was in ours
It's still the atlas. This place is to be shunned and left uninhabited
Sending this message was important to us. We consider ourselves to be a powerful culture
You have reached the end of this game. Congratulations! If you feel you missed any part of it, you may press back
space to go to any point. If you have any questions or comments, you can send them to me at
ThriftFlowers at gmail.com The text in this game is primarily sourced from the government report
Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant by Center National Laboratories. What
No defiance is expected in this game wherever you use. Press escape to exit
Uh oh. It really means that I'm at the end of the game
It won't let me. Spikefield2.txt Huh. Well
That was an interesting little one. So yeah, that was 10,000 years
And it's a free slash pay what you want game on itch.io If you want to poke around with some spikes on your own
And just enjoy all of the lovely green ASCII. I'm going to go to sleep
I'm going to go to sleep. I'm going to go to sleep