PAGAN: Autogeny

After finishing this game and getting the true ending, I can honestly say I am speechless. This has been one of the most unnerving and unsettling yet strangely charming experiences I have ever played.

Everything from the inconsistent time periods to the music that sounds almost like it is decaying as you are listening to it gives off this feeling of unease and lostness.

This game doesn't explain much if anything about itself. You are thrown into the deep end at the very start without a clue of what's going on and let loose to roam free and 'explore'. And after hours, when you are at the deepest point, when you are the most confused and desperate for answers, that is when it pulls the curtains in a really cryptic fashion.

Honestly I do not yet understand the full picture of what this game is all about, all I know is that I walked away from this project with a renewed passion and a lot deeper appreciation for the horror genre as a whole. I think it's safe to say I won't be forgetting this experience any time soon.

(By the way, I cannot be the only one that thought of Evangelion with the whole glowing cross in the sky event)

I can confidently say that I have NO IDEA what’s going on in this game, and I loved every moment of it. Pretty sure there’s still way more to find, but I’m taking a break to process what I’ve been through

i had a dream about this game the other night. safe to say its really really good and i will come back and find tarot 0 one day

mac capability?

Downloaded both versions about a month ago, and neither will run... they'll get about as far as the loading/logging in screen, make the custom cursor show up, and if I'm lucky they'll get to a black screen afterwards with some ambience(?).  But after that?  Trying to do pretty much anything, full screen or windowed?  Either I'm forced to force quit through task manager because it won't respond, or I'm prompted to close it by Windows because the program isn't responding.  No from-game error messages popped up to give me a lead as to why it does this.  A real shame, because this game seems so neat!  I'd only hope that if I can ever get it running, that it doesn't lag (as many larger or more ambitious Unity games-- even low-poly ones-- do on my weak little old computer... but at least they get past the first screen and attempt to stutter forth).

Attempted to run both versions available to download on a 64bit HP Windows 10 PC that hasn't been optimized as a fancy gaming PC.  Neither was playable, I don't know if it's a hardware incompatibility issue or what.  Haven't tried the Steam version, got these in a bundle.

personally i think walking around aimlessly has alot of appeal to it i lvoe the atmosphere of this game :-) 

I spent a lot of time in this game, and overall felt really unsatisfied at the end. I had to ask a reddit user from a 6 month old thread to get the 'true' ending and it overall was a frustrating, confusing mess. Maybe I just need a 2 hour youtube video essay to 'understand' these deeper concepts. Like walking down a brown corridor for 5 minutes and then a black void for another 3. Other than that, it was a really intriguing game that had some great atmosphere and insanely tense moments. Even though it doesn't really feel like a dead MMO, it's a very captivating experience with an interesting aesthetic. I loved the puzzle solving and boundary breaking during some parts, it felt really rewarding.

This game has been a really interesting experience. I really do like the feeling of liminal spaces and exploring the worlds of a "dying" game really fills that.

I'm still confused on the events that occur on the game, but currently I've only seen one of the endings.

A really interesting game. Definitely feels like a hidden gem.

How do I reset my save? Where are saves stored? I seem to have uninstalled the game and still have my old save based on the equipment I start with.

Some would say an "inverted" mouse-look is the most pagan control scheme of all..,

There are games which are works of art and this one is one of them

This was a really interesting game! Having no idea what you're doing and slowly figuring out all the systems was really fun!

i have very low horror tolerance so i didn't get very far until this became too creepy for me, but the concept itself is one of the most creative things i've seen, and i want another million games about it. maybe a non-horror sequel for the cowards in the crowd devs???? 😂

a list of creepy things and their k.o. power:

- sound. any sound. EVERY sound was very much uh, present (10/10 k.o.)

- this 2d lady who told me some creepy shit expecting me to move on with my life (11/10 k.o.)

- big beetle friend whom i thought was a reprieve from the creepiness but no, apparently in this game you kill your friends (6/10 k.o., i still felt kinship)

- if i hear the word martyr one more time (11/10 k.o. WHO IS SHE)

- SKY LOUD!!!!!!?? (9000/10 k.o., i saw this part in review video and could only be glad i wasn't experiencing it firsthand)

i guess congratulations for creating what was decidedly an experience. you probably deserve the mild cult following that seems to be going on

Here are my comments:

+ great use of ambient sound, top tier

+ levels are great, right size, feel great

+ the sloppy mouselook is terrific

0 doesn't seem to fit the description on itch - there really weren't any "early MMOs" that look or feel like this

- Inability to adjust brightness may make game inaccessible, depending on monitor setup and vision needs of the player

- itch says you can just walk back to the exit, but that's sometimes quite a long way. a quit-without-saving-further option would be helpful. also the itch page is a bit inaccurate, there are many doors you can walk through that do not save the game

Best wishes, this game is really cool.

This is one of the most fascinating games I've ever played. I can't believe it's as obscure as it is; more people really should be talking about this. 10/10 atmosphere, the entire world post-martyr was oppressively unnerving and uncomfortable in the best way possible.

I'd love, love, love to play this game, been holding off on watching a let's play for forever, but I have the same issues as others where I get through the intro screen and then it stops responding :( and I even have 12 GB of RAM! I'm guessing my laptop's CPU is too weak or something? This is with both the 32 and 64 bit versions.

edit: worked itself out! If I wait long enough (like, 10-15 min or so) the game loads and runs smoothly. Unfortunately, now I'm dealing with a crash (despite using the 64 bit version) that seems to happen every time I approach the temple across from the marsh tavern, where the audio cues continue as normal but the screen is frozen. Everything else is enthralling! Although just to check, [spoilers] is it intentional that I retain my inventory whenever I quit and come back, even though pickups respawn?

Got this through the big bundle, finally got around to playing it and have to say how much I love this game. The atmosphere, the vibe, it's absolutely spot on. Do wish the whole 'dead, abandoned MMO' vibe was just a little stronger, but what was present was fantastic, and the rest of the game really is one of the best of the admittedly niche "lo-fi abandonware horror game" genre I've ever seen. It makes me wish I wasn't such a wuss - I played this on stream for some friends but I'm genuinely too embarrassed to share the VoD because it scared me SO badly. I ended up quitting out JUST before getting the (first?) ending, and then ashamedly sought out other ways to see the rest of the endings. But there's still this slight hook in the back of my skull telling me to go back and see what I missed, because I KNOW I missed something. several things. and with a criminally low amount of info out there on this game, it almost feels like my duty to go back and document it! maybe with the lights on.

oh and one last possible gripe that could just be me overlooking something: do you lose any speed bonuses when you reach the end-game? It felt like I was slowed down, which def made it scarier but also felt a little lame. 

thank you so much for this little game. I can't wait to try out your others.

as an aside, just in case anyone's reading this later down the line and is hesitant like I was: There aren't any moments I'd consider outright jumpscares (of the 'sudden shock image with loud noise' variety) but the whole game past a point has this incredibly tense pre-jumpscare vibe where you're afraid to walk round the next corner. Someone did point out to me that me viewing it as a horror game first did probably make it scarier, but if you're easily frightened or anxious know that this will play on that massively. It'll be you making yourself scared, which IMO is the best kind of horror.

(accidentally deleted this, so sorry for reposting)

I'm a fan. Gendermagic is my favorite spec.

I played this game once, now i got constant nosebleeds everytime when i take a shower and every electronic device in my house is haunted and speak to me in riddles.10/10 

hm every time i launch it it stalls out and uses alot of my cpu while logging in. anyone know how to fix it? i tried both versions

The sound design on this is exceedingly well done. It almost felt custom-tailored to me as it gave me almost nauseating vibes of oppressive chills through audio alone. 

I'm really surprised this game isn't talked about more. A game hasn't made me feel so unnerved in a very long time.

Please add a settings menu...

Was looking for games like this one on itch.io, but didn't expect a project of this scale to be so overlooked.

As a really big fan of cryptids and abandonware, I completed the entire PAGAN trilogy in one breath. This is a masterwork in game design that also serves an artistic vision. A bit demanding, but well worth it.

I really enjoy this game! It's very creepy and esoteric, and that's a great big part of the charm of this game.

Having played it to its end, I can say that I think it's worth its weight.