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Backstory:

My name is Sarcoex Bloodrun I am diagnosed with schizophrenia and suffers in periods with high anxiety. When I am stressed I can see and hear things which aren't normally there, it all seems real to me, but others around hasn't seen the horrors I have seen. I just want these “monsters” to go away. My therapist have suggested I take some time for myself, take walks in the mountains or just go on vacation. I have decided to visit my fathers old work place, it is an abandoned research center in the mountains, I can't remember to name if the mountains, but I have visited the place many times. I know how to get there. My father disappeared when working on a project, and the research center was closed some time after the incident. I have tried to talk to his supervisors, but they can't say anything because the information is “classified”. The research center has since been made a public park. I have visited it a few times, but has always been crowded with tourists, I don't like crowds. Some say it's cursed, some say it's haunted. Some say they have even seen ghosts there. It doesn't make sense, they may suffer from hallucinations as I, that's the only way to see it. But can so many be wrong? May it be that some “ hallucinations” are actually real? The monsters I have seen, are they real or just hallucinations? But why haven't I seen the ghosts when so many have? And why haven't anyone seen the “monsters” I have seen? Maybe some entities can choose to show themselves to some, and be hidden from others?

I have decided to camp in the park for a few days, there is a building there I can sleep in, so I don't have to bring a tent. Let's hope I can relax enough for the “monsters” to hide themselves.

Sarcoex is Haunted is a free roaming, psychological horror game. It has a creepy and mysterious atmosphere and design. The game is not full of "jump-scares", but rather play's with the player's mind; paranoia, anxiety, hopelessness, psycothic events and more.

You can buy early access to the game here: Desura.com, at a discounted price while the game is in alpha or beta. The full version will be a bit more expensive (not much :) ). You also have the choice to download a DRM free installation file after you have bought early access. The release is currently only for Windows.

The current prices are:

• 8.99 USD
• 8.99 AUD
• 6.99 EUR
• 5.99 GBP

You can use Google to convert a currency, ex: '8.99 USD to NOK' -> 49.1536174 Norwegian kroner

Controls:

Movement: W/A/S/D
Look: Mouse
Inventory: I
Use: Mouse Left Click
Interact: Mouse Left Click
Close Window: Escape
Zoom: Z
Exit Game: Alt+F4

What happens after the final release? We will continue to develop more maps, new stories, fix more bugs and add new features, all included as patches to the final release.

Explore

Explore the mountains to discover what horrors and mysteries lurks within. Explore, solve puzzles, freak out and have fun.

Solve

 The gameplay is puzzle, exploration and investigation based. The goal of the gameplay is to make the player think, instead of act;  "What WAS that?", "That's creepy.", "Hope it's not following me or watching me." The player will be dragged in and be interested and freaked out.

Discover

 You have limited battery on your flashlight, you need to use the flashlight to be able to solve some of the puzzles. Batteries are found by exploring and solving puzzles. You can solve the puzzles in what order that you find most suitable. If you fail a puzzle, you can't restart it, the story simply adapts to your failure, or success, if you manage to solve a puzzle. Like the first puzzle at the start of Bard's Tale (in the small prison),  PS2 and Android version.

Breath

 If you have a microphone, the game can monitor it, and find out if you breath heavily, screams, panicks or if you are just calm (based on pitch and volume).

Play

Dynamic random events; on a playthrough you can trigger certain events and on other playthroughs those events may not be triggered at all. A different experience almost every time you play.

Linux

Beginning in May Linux development of Sarcoex is Haunted starts. 

Testing

 As a tester you will get the chance to test both the Linux and the Windows version of the game, and you will also get a free copy of the game on Desura. 10 testers has been invited, more will be invited in Q3. When the next round of testers is accepted, all declined and new applications will be reviewed.

The form can be found here: [Click me please]  

EULA

LICENSE
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SECTIONS:
1A INTRO
1B HOUSEHOLD EXAMPLE
2A YOU MAY
2B YOU MAY NOT
3A TERMINATION
4A DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

1A
SARCOEX GAMES hereby gives you a non-exclusive license to use the software Sarcoex is Haunted (the Software).
For evaluation, the license is granted, and is time-limited.
For registered release you have to pay a license fee, by following instructions prompted by the program.
Household is referred to by a house or apartment which has the exact same address, house number, house letter, apartment number, apartment floor.

1B
Household Example:
Jack lives in Apartment Street 1, Apartment 7B.
John lives in Apartment Street 1, Apartment 7A.
Suzanne lives in Apartment Street 1, Apartment 7B.

Jack and John doesn't not live in the same household.
Suzanne and Jack lives in the same household.

2A
You may:
- use the Software on any single computer;
- use the Software on so many computers you want, so long as the primary user of each copy is the same person or lives in the same household as the same person (see section 1A and 1B);
- use the Software on any computer in the household
- copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any copy contains all of the original Software's proprietary notices.

2B
You may not:
- permit other individuals to use the Software except under the terms listed above;
- modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction),
- create derivative works based on the Software;
- copy the Software (except as specified above);
- rent, lease, transfer or otherwise transfer rights to the Software;
- remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Software.

3A
TERMINATION.
The license will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the limitations described above. On termination, you must destroy all copies of the Software and Documentation.

4A
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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The Software is provided on an AS IS basis, without warranty of any kind, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Software is borne by you.
Should the Software prove defective, you and not SARCOEX GAMES assume the entire cost of any service and repair.
SARCOEX GAMES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES.
Sarcoex is Haunted, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Software shall remain in SARCOEX GAMES. The Software is protected by international copyright treaties.