MANSTER: the man-monster
Hi! This is a little CGA DOS demo made for DOSember Game Jam 2025. It's mostly narrative and exploration focused with light puzzle elements and a bit of whimsy.
Post jam update: added a Windows and Web port
HOW TO PLAY:
Move with either WASD or arrow keys or use the mouse. Interact and navigate menus with the left mouse button. Right mouse button deselects inventory items.
When the mouse cursor is in wait mode, pressing ESC or clicking the right mouse button will skip walk or other animations. Use F5 for save and F7 for restore menu.
CREDITS:
Game by Raimo Peterson
Testing by Pontus Larsson
Music from hydrogene.itch.io/high-quality-8-bit-musics by HydroGene, CC0 license
AGS engine Web port by eriOo
Tested with DOSBox-X and DOSBox Pure emulators. And on a Pentium II 266 MHz ATI Rage 128 Pro PC with MS-DOS 7.1 (thanks Pontus!)
Known DOS issues: midi music volume is quiet while emulating and all audio is a bit on the low side for actual DOS hardware. Haven't found any good solutions for it yet, so crank up your speakers!
Download
Install instructions
For DOS version you will need an MS-DOS operating system or a DOS emulator. For Windows version extract the .zip file and run the game using either Manster.exe or winsetup.exe.
Comments
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Just played on stream (TheGenesisTemple) and we liked it very much, in fact, I'm writing this comment as I'm still streaming.
9 out of 10 dinosaurs!
That's awesome to hear, thank you for streaming it! I'll be sure to check out the vod.
The animation when you lean into the frog was my favourite part, except for every other part of the entire game being my favourite part. Your attention to detail in the fluidity of your animations is so incredibly inspiring. Magnificent use of the palette - I'm still thinking about how beautiful that tree looked.
Thank you for playing! Adding little extra animations and other small details is probably my favorite part of making games, I would probably keep tinkering and polishing forever if I didn't set deadlines for myself. Very happy to see that people have been noticing these during their playthroughs, makes it really feel worthwhile.
This was wonderful! Fantastic animation only surpassed by the friendly politeness of the dinosaurs and FROG!!!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Whimsical use of the cga colors. 10/10 charming sprites and animation.
Thank you for playing!
Beautiful style. FROG!!! was perfect. We had a cozy moment.
Thank you! And yes, everyone should have a quiet frog moment every once in a while :)