Relive a coder's fever dream.

A coder never thought a change could lead to a sacrifice. Can they reclaim what was once lost? Is their prison the only way to survive? Why does it all feel... unusual?

::maligna kodera; is a genre-defining puzzle game. In its world, you navigate by typing. Typing more moves you further into unknown. On your way, you'll learn to move towards new directions (not only right, but also up, left and down!). You'll need to master this ability in order to maneuver through the maze of an architectural world you found yourself stuck into, while constantly feeling like there's something missing...

If you ever get stuck, remember that you can always revert your mistakes using backspace and Ctrl+Z (it might not work for non-QUERTY layouts, sorry, will fix it eventually).

Special thanks:

dazeeeed, who composed the first "theme" you hear in the game, but couldn't make more. I hope your exam went well!
Creators and contributors of Bevy game engine who made an interesting piece of software I had an opportunity to know more during the past week.
4mat for creating "Paper Dolls", which kept me company during the most productive session of this jam! I hope it's okay for me to have a small snippet of it as an easter egg!
Everyone who uploaded sound effects to freesound.org under CC0 license, which allowed me to put together very cool soundscapes you can hear in this game.
Everyone who was willing to playtest this thing!
You, for playing it!

More information

Status	Prototype
Platforms	HTML5
Rating	Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (98 total ratings)
Author	Krzyhau
Genre	Puzzle
Made with	Bevy Engine
Tags	Abstract, Sokoban, typetron, Typing
Average session	About a half-hour
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard
Links	Source code
Content	No generative AI was used

Comments

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slabdrill138 days ago

Feels like the ctrl+Z should be mentioned somewhere ingame, it took a while to figure out how to not be softlocked. Great game though.

Devlinr155 days ago

The easter egg was comforting in a way, I explored it for a while

mossyhorn157 days ago(+4)

I'm hoping you were contacted or had some part in this -

, because

because it looks like INCREDIBLY similar to your game. Loved this one, if you had some part in Kinetype, I'll definitely consider buying it

Patatoo169 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Really cool game, thanks for making it!

(speedrun PB after a few tries on the span the last few weeks : )

kotaaaaaahhhh170 days ago

It is masterpiece, thank you for making this game!

Björn Eberhardt173 days ago(+2)

I immediately softlocked by typing left in the beginning 😳

Björn Eberhardt173 days ago(+1)

Dark mode is an eternal addiction, you can never go back to bright mode, once you had it for long enough :)

Mouradif172 days ago

Hahah same

notapixelstudio174 days ago

Very well done!! Nice experience and execution

Zekko175 days ago

Really clever and well executed! The puzzles were just challenging enough. It took me a few minutes to get the second-to-last puzzle, but my newfound knowledge made the final puzzle cathartically quick to solve.

I'd be interested in a longer version, assuming the mechanics have more puzzle variety to offer.

2692 characters, 26:39 time.

KnuT42178 days ago(+1)

What an outrageously creative idea. Absolutely brilliant!

Thanks for this.

The thing is, I’m pretty rubbish at all games. And I’ve probably got myself into a deadlock here...

I’m not going to restart for the fifth time. But this is absolutely brilliant!

double_2d179 days ago

wonderful

issssse186 days ago

The source code link is broken :(

inkreydible187 days ago

that was peak

inkreydible187 days ago

i just found the easter egg without even knowing there was one LOL

Marum187 days ago

Saw 5 seconds of this game and had to try it, really compelling idea and awesome exploration of it!

Tinypot188 days ago

Really original mechanics, very cool.

12steveDev188 days ago

Dark theme: Good game!

Perova98188 days ago

Very beautiful and creative game!!! I enjoted it a lot.

maxizrin188 days ago(+2)

I sign up to itch.io just to leave a comment.
What a neat concept, and a lovely game.

Well done!

IWITIR188 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

ahh, yes. my favorite code "wwwwwwwwwwwwwwupwwwwwwwwright"

ElCrack01-CPU188 days ago

I enjoyed it a lot...

taikun.dev188 days ago

Awesome!!!

ToniShinobi189 days ago (1 edit)

Delete did not work for me :( on a Japanese keyboard. Game is very interesting, hope I am able to play a fixed version in the future
Edit: nevermind i think maybe i did not think outside the box enough

ThinkWithGames189 days ago

Awesome game! Revived my interest in making games :)

SQLPY189 days ago(-1)

Yo okay, very interesting!

I feel like if we joined forces we could have a very interesting game huh. I recently made a game which pulled on some similar elements in a well, very different way — well, you’ll see. (Game in question)

Curious of your own thoughts

Mdbgamer189 days ago

Absolute blast to explore around outside of the map in search of s e c r e t s.
Kinda reminds me of those MUDDrpgs from back in the day that you had to type each action out for.
10/10, would play more like this. :)

SuperWiiBros08191 days ago(+1)

This is incredibly creative!!

cktitch191 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

Fun puzzle! I made a script in AHKv2 to speed run it for no reason, in 3.4 seconds and 1081 moves!

cktitch191 days ago(+2)

In AutoHotkey V2:

key(k,i){
	Send "{" . k . " " . i . "}"
}
up(i){
	Send("up{enter}")
	key("k", i)
}
down(i){
	Send("down{enter}")
	key("j", i)
}
left(i){
	Send("left{enter}")
	key("h", i)
}
right(i){
	Send("right{enter}")
	key("l", i)
}
del(i){
	key("backspace", i)
}

Send "{l 154}"
up 41
right 18
up 4
left 7
up 0
right 29
down 8
right 15

; a coder didn't remember they're coding anyway.
up 2
right 3
down 2
right 12
up 1
right 5
down 1
right 20
down 2
right 19

down 8
left 0
up 0
left 0
up 1
left 2
down 0
right 0
down 7

; sometimes a coder had to delete other coder's work
right 4
left 0
del 19
down 0
right 8
up 0
right 12
down 0
right 16
up 1
right 17
down 0
right 13
left 0

; SWOOOOOO
del 4
up 6
right 0
del 12
up 0
down 0
del 11
right 1
up 6
right 3
up 0
left 2
up 31

; a coder wished you were here
left 2
down 2
left 0
up 0
left 1
up 0
right 1
down 0
up 0
del 5
right 3
up 26

;WAKE UP
right 3
down 1
Send("right{enter}") ;sending keys too fast would crash the game
key("l", 50)
sleep 500
key("l", 50)
sleep 500
key("l", 50)
sleep 500
key("l", 50)
sleep 500
key("l", 50)
sleep 500
key("l", 50)
sleep 500
key("l", 6)
up 0
left 0
del 29
up 0
del 9
right 0
del 1
Send "{enter}"

Lamaar191 days ago

Love how all the coders keep being cut off :

"ok its fine what did i do last time to leave....A I KNOW I JUST HA {WAKE UP!}"

"okay lets see still nothing oh wait i just remembe {WAKE UP!}"

"SWOOOOOO wait wha {WAKE UP!}"

"Please return I belive okay they probably can't see it now oh w {WAKEUP!!!!}"

Cyrogem192 days ago

Amazing game, took me a long time to solve two of the later puzzles, but then I blew right through the last one after having gained my knowledge!

nathany100192 days ago

wow this was amazing!

CatPie192 days ago

that was fun! Got stuck on the puzzle before the last one but got it in 50mins

MaxMorfiX192 days ago

Saw the youtube video, stopped it in the middle because I knew I had to play it

Ciph3r10n189 days ago(+1)

Same

YHY_games192 days ago

Very impressive game!!

Blue Doggo193 days ago

Best Game Ever! Took me watching the tutorial/showcase to complete the 3 last puzzles, but I'm going to ply this again and again until I master, so I can be ready for when this becomes a full-on game. IT WAS PERFECT!

rrrlead193 days ago

Fun demo!

oh no193 days ago

insanely good mechanics, very very fun, and the atmosphere is incredible!! 32:48 with 3768 characters

Nil Potent193 days ago

Its brilliant! Needs to be a full game!

ZeusOfTheCrows193 days ago

wow, this is really really good

snaxmcgee193 days ago

Got stuck on the house puzzle >:(

This breaks my brain lol. I blame Rust which has always been my mortal enemy.

takenx2194 days ago (1 edit) (+3)

local comment = {}
comment.chars = 3233
comment.time = {mins:25,secs:34.02}
comment.compliments = {
    "Very interesting puzzle concept!",
    "Well executed puzzle design.",
    "Yeah if i was programming and fell asleep, would probably happen to me"
}
comment.critique = "sometimes i had to undo the start of a puzzle, and then would be sent like a hundred characters back. mostly a 'my bad' thing."
comment.other = "what was the yellow sparkly '>' about? just introducing the yellow coder?"
-- in other words, 8/10
comment.rating = math.max(8,10)
return comment

EvelynMakesThings192 days ago

Lua detected (flashback to spending 300 hours messing with love2d trying to make a good ui)

PolyColious194 days ago

What a unique puzzle

1695 characters at 12:36.524 time

and it was a beautiful dream.

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