Substratum Extractor by crow_seeds

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made by crow_seeds for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Dig your way to find treasures.. but watch out for intense puzzles you have to solve...

Stayed up all 72 hours with the help of caffeine and other substances to create my magnum opus. Introducing Substratum Extractor, with over 40 hours of hyper realistic graphics combined with intense and addicting gameplay. Unfortunately, I lost the instructions to download and play the game, so you guys are gonna have to figure out this one on your own. But I promise, it's worth it!

Credits * Programming, art, music: Crow Seeds * Branding Advisor: Cian Rice (@cianrice.dev on Bluesky)

Hints (only if you really need them, these are in order) !> Psst... the file browser is the game! The game takes place entirely in the depths of the file system.

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!> Your first step is to free the man in the Desktop Depths, how would you do this?

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!> You can find a key to free the man, try looking for a key, specifically an image!

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!> The suspiciously word shaped key is word shaped for a reason... the key is "Doom", capitalization matters! It's the password!

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!> You then want to extinguish the fires to get even deeper into the files... luckily someone can give you something to extinguish them!

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!> Copy and paste the spilled water cup from the free man into the password for the fires to extinguish them.

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!> From here it's really simple, just go down the hallway and navigate the labyrinth

Ratings

Given 5🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

Disvent
08. Apr 2025 · 19:38 UTC
Where do I find the password...? It's interesting that there's a game just to start the game — but I'm just a casual player, I couldn't figure it out :(
sbackman
08. Apr 2025 · 20:52 UTC
I did not figure it out :(
LDJam user 245646
08. Apr 2025 · 23:48 UTC
@disvent @sbackman Try looking for keys to help them escape!
Rachenite
10. Apr 2025 · 22:47 UTC
Interesting concept. Was able to complete it. Pics were funny
oxnh
10. Apr 2025 · 22:54 UTC
I made it to the end very funny and good original idea. It's a shame this doesn't have many ratings, you should maybe make a post on the main page or try to get someone play it on stream because people will love it.
gamescodedogs
11. Apr 2025 · 06:54 UTC
In which folder is the game itself?
![Снимок3.PNG](///raw/f6a/2/z/6bf61.png)
LDJam user 245646
11. Apr 2025 · 13:02 UTC
@gamescodedogs Hmmm... I guess you have to look deeper

(You're looking right at it!)