Developer posts and news about this game.
Dead Investigators Issue If you lost some investigators, and then started a new game, some of them were remaining dead, instead or resetting to being alive after restart. Once I became aware of the issue, it was pretty easy to fix. Now starting a new game after completing a run w
Rolodex Issue It turns out (no pun intended) that the only way to sort through your Rolodex was to use the mouse scroll wheel, with no on-screen indication of how to do this. I have added two additional buttons to the rolodex screen, so you can also click those to sort through te
Hidden Mouse The mouse pointer was being hidden when the window was not in focus. I didn't consider the confusion this might cause. Now when the game window loses focus (i.e. if you have clicked into a different application or folder on the desktop) the Windows mouse pointer shou
Mouse Speed This new update attempts to match the mouse speed in the game to the mouse speed of your Windows mouse. Since the game is scaled up, it tended to move much faster than your normal Windows mouse would behave. Now it scales the speed of the mouse based on the scale of t
"High Resolution" This update allows the game to run at a higher screen size. Aberration Analyst now supports 1920 x 1080 resolution. Note: It does not actually increase the resolution of the game, it just stretches the game window to a larger size. Also, it does not work with "f
Sorry everyone, somehow I stopped getting Steam notifications on the discussion forum. I think it's back on, but I will also make a point to check in more often to make sure I see what's going on. I was able to fix the two latest bug reports. 1. Full Screen mouse support was glit
I have updated the User Interface a bit to be a little less confusing. In window mode, the border has been removed. You can still move the window around by clicking and dragging the mouse anywhere on the start menu. Also the mouse will now be locked into the game window until the
Somehow the game's music volume was not being lowered when using the slider in the options panel. This has been addressed, but may require further outside testing. Let me know if it is working for you. Thanks!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the game's computer will no longer be available to players.
I have added a maximum framerate of 60 fps to the game. This is displayed in the options menu. You can change it but you will have to open the "config.cfg" file manually to do that. If it is set at less than 0 it will default to 60 fps. There is no maximum technically, but the fr
Aberration Analyst has been released! It is ready to play and enjoy (if you like this sort of thing). I wanted to make it known that the game's creepy soundtrack was brought to you by Immorpher, who's work can be found on his Bandcamp page. Now go out there and mitigate those abe
Lines When hunting down aberrations it's important to keep a clean, comprehensible map. And that means you need to be able to add arbitrary lines and symbols, to make sure each piece of evidence is represented at a glance. Now you can add lines between cities, to make sure you re
A few changes that will effect how players gather evidence... With the last update I introduced "sightseers" in the tabloids. In these cases, it was not an incident that occurred in the city itself, but someone in that city was out on vacation when they encountered the "thing." S
You won't find any obvious new content here but much has been changed under the hood so to speak. Patterns & Lore There are now different patterns for each aberration type, and a bunch of new lore to help you identify them. Danger! Sending teams on investigations is also a bi
Gameplay Loop is (more or less) Complete I've completed the core gameplay loop. Now instead of picking a general or specialized team, you will have to go to the rolodex and select 5 team members from a list. This is where you can choose to include a specialist or not. Training In
I finally figured out (thanks to some fantastic player feedback) how to utilize the Rolodex in a meaningful way. I have added names and information about each team member. You now have to choose which team members to send. The specialists will also appear hear, and they will be l
I had put this game on hold for two reasons. First, I was inspired to make my Middle Eastern themed Dungeon Crawler "Islands of the Caliph" which was released in September of last year. Second, because I could not think of any interesting ways to finish this game. Well after fini
I have added the game's demo to the store page. Somehow I thought that would happen automatically, but apparently not. The game is still on hold for now. But please feel free to share any thoughts or feedback based on the demo. The demo actually represents the whole game idea. I
Unfortunately, not a lot has been happening with Aberration Analyst recently. The game essentially does what I had set out for it to do, but it did not evoke the kind of response I had hoped, and has not really found much of an audience. As a solo developer this is the first time
After getting some great feedback on the demo, I have updated it to include a brief, but extremely important tutorial. The game will start with the tutorial visible, just press the TAB key to toggle. This describes the basic method a player can use to track down monsters, and sho