The Angel of Death
A downloadable game
You need Scala Player (or Scala) to play this game. Scala Player is NOT freely redistributable and therefor NOT included.
This is my entry to AmiGameJam 2024. I ended up using Scala MM400 because it's awesome (it's a Powerpoint-like software for the Amiga) and I needed an easy-to-use prototyping tool. Unfortunately I ran out of time and the AmiGameJam-version isn't complete and the graphics are sub-par, but I have corrected that in the later versions. The game is a point and click type of thing, similar to the game Myst. Some would say it's a fusion of an old text adventure and Myst.
About the game
This game is based on Police Quest 1, created and published by Sierra On-Line in 1987. But here the roles are switched and you play as Jessie Bains, the antagonist, a drug dealer and a card shark with the intention to take control of the drug trafficking in the city of Lytton.
How to play
You just point and click. :) Solve the puzzles and find a way to take control over the city.
Graphics
The graphics are reworked and very much inspired by the original game.
Music
No in-game music yet, so my suggestion is to play the following track on repeat when you play the game (link to YouTube): Police Quest 1 theme
Changes
v1.2
- Made some small changes here and there
- Bugfixes
v1.1
- Added more side quests
- Made some small changes here and there
- Bugfixes
v1.0
- Reworked 95% of the graphics
- Completed the story
- Added side quests
- Added score keeping
- Bugfixes
v0.5.1 - AmiGameJam version
- Bugfixes
v0.5
- Initial release
Download
Install instructions
Requirements
An Amiga (real or emulated) running AmigaOS 3.x is needed. The game is written using Scala MM400 and it requires a copy of Scala or Scala Player to run (not included). It has been tested on Scala MM300 and MM400.
It should run on almost any Amiga with at least 4 MB RAM (more is better), a minimum resolution of 640*512 (with at least 16 colours), AmigaOS 3.x and Scala MM300/400.
Installation
Unpack the files to any location. Add the assign below from CLI (or add it to your startupfile):
Assign: tad: <installation folder>
If you unpack the file to RAM, the correct assign would be:
Assign tad: ram:tad
Load the script in Scala and play.
Development log
- Version 1 is released!46 days ago
- Version 1 is coming!50 days ago
Comments
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Afternoon, I've downloaded the game, got ahold of Scala which I can open via workbench and I can get all the files off the disk to appear in Scala. And when I run via Scala I get the title screen however when I select start or instructions it keeps asking me for a disk?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, looks like you are missing the assign.
assign tad: <installation directory>
If you installed it on the ramdisc it should be:
assign tad: ram:tad
You should see thumbnail images on the slides in Scala when the assign is correct.
Thanks, got it to work via the RAM disk. Nice to see some alternate Sierra storylines. Great fun and well presented. Will be included in our ZZAP Amiga Game Jam piece next issue.
Why do you refuse to release this on Aminet in standard LhA format so everyone can download it?
I'm not refusing, I haven't got around doing it yet.
*15 minutes passes by*
Ok, consider it done. But what a hassle it was. No web based upload available, only FTP.
Uploaded and approved, available here: http://aminet.net/package/game/role/tad. It would be nice if Aminet was more like itch visually, with screenshots, comments and text.
Thanks, appreciate it 👍. Since all major Amiga sites show Aminet's most recently uploaded files, your target audience should grow significantly.
Congrats for releasing version 1.0! :)
https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-05-00007-EN.html
Thanks.
Nice point and click game. I also included it in my new video along with other recently released Amiga games. Good luck with Gamejam!
Great game....
Thanks to a good friend, I have an auto booting HDF with this game, Not sure how to contact you to send it to you but if your interested le met know.
Hi, that would be nice but as far as I know ScalaPlayer isn't freely redistributable, so I can't host it here.
Im no sure how to contact you away from here?
Hi, I appreciate the nice gesture I can't put it here because ScalaPlayer isn't freely redistributable. But thanks nevertheless.
https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-11-00090-EN.html
May I ask why you have withdrawn your "Beyond a Steel Sky" contribution to the AmiGameJam and instead submit this game? It is by far not completed....
The original game "Beyond..." contains a ton of cutscenes and without them my clone/version didn't make much sense. In the end I wasn't happy with the result so I withdrew it from the jam. Then I got another idea and this is the result so far. Not completed yet (as stated in the description above very clearly) but with some luck it might happen some day.