https://apps.apple.com/us/app/afterplace/id1539778232 Afterplace Evan Kice An open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Afterplace is an adventurous indie game… $6.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsAn open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Afterplace is an adventurous indie game for mobile devices. It's a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. You'll run around the woods, fight monsters, and talk to ostensibly shady characters! All from your pocket! Be warned though - you never know what the forest might be hiding, and not all trails are paved. Labyrinths and dungeons are tucked away in the most concealed nooks. There are no waypoints in Afterplace. You'll have to forge your own path. Afterplace has been designed from the ground up to be a fast, fluid, beautiful experience for mobile. There are no virtual buttons. You can move and attack by touching anywhere. You can tap objects directly to interact or attack, or use two thumbs like a traditional controller. The game will adapt dynamically to your play style. Pick up and set down the game at your own pace, it will always save your progress. Afterplace is made to feel like a full-fledged indie adventure game that fits in your pocket. About the Author: Afterplace is made by one person, Evan Kice. A former software engineer from Austin TX, Evan quit his job (to the dismay of his friends and family) and has been working full time on Afterplace since early 2019. The initial game released in December of 2022, but Evan plans on continuing to support and polish the game when he can! Information Seller:Evan Kice Genre:Adventure, Role Playing Release:Dec 09, 2022 Updated:Aug 10, 2024 Version:1.2.11 Size:231.5 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,702 1,228 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #2 squarezero, Dec 9, 2022 Meant to try it for a minute and ended up playing for 1/2 hour. Just scratching the surface, but so far, this is a fantastic. I’ll write more about it later tonight. Anotherkellydown likes this. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #3 metalcasket, Dec 10, 2022 Man, I genuinely find it entertaining that just a few weeks ago I posted that I’ve lost faith in mobile gaming, and yet here I am today staring at Vampire Survivors, OPUS: Echo of Starsong, Finding Paradise, Moth Lake, Mare and this on my phone. Feels good to put in your place once in a while. gaberaph, Sam484, Alex DeLargest and 2 others like this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,945 702 113 England #4 psj3809, Dec 10, 2022 Yep bought this just now and had a quick go. Loving it so far. The retro graphics and sound. Plays so wel. Looks to be a huge world. Looking forward to getting into this. Happy to support the dev and buy this squarezero likes this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 316 118 43 #5 Ghostdog1, Dec 10, 2022 Afterplace is a true gem. Like member ‚squarezero ‘ I just wanted to make a short test run and ended up playing it for 3 hours. Many games throw big words into their game descriptions, but this is for real a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. It‘s so well put together and so charming and filled with so many little details it blows my mind how this all can fit into 199Mb file size. And the fighting system is superb and even has i-frames during dogding mechanic. Afterplace is not only made with great love, it‘s also made with a lot of skill. And a big thanks to the dev for not littering the screen with any virtual buttons. rslowe, Alex DeLargest, Lull4by and 2 others like this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,551 1,127 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #6 Anotherkellydown, Dec 10, 2022 This is an incredibly well-polished, humorous, self-aware, at times suggestive, just an all-around must-have indie gem! Fantastic stuff. I invited Evan to the thread via Twitter. Hope to see him here soon! VirtualBoyFreak, William Hououin and squarezero like this. squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,702 1,228 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #7 squarezero, Dec 10, 2022 I’ve put 3-4 hours into this already, and so far I’ve been delighted. The world is awesome, the combat is fun (it’s not as challenging, but it reminds me of Tunic), but what makes this special for me are the almost perfect balance between open and purposeful exploration, and some of the best NPC interactions I’ve ever experienced in a game. It pays to talk to NPCs time and time again — it’s not just that they have more to say, their lives are changed by your interactions (don’t ignore the troll on the bridge ). This is the kind of mobile game that should make console and PC gamers jealous. According to the website, the game will be making it to other platforms eventually, but I’m so glad that Evan chose to debut it on mobile. BTW landscape mode is in the works and the game already supports controllers. rslowe and Anotherkellydown like this. solarnya Well-Known Member Jul 22, 2015 903 285 63 Male Close to Tokyo, Japan #8 solarnya, Dec 11, 2022 I just bought this and surprised at its potential. I want this to support many languages to understand how it's good to plenty of people. For me, it's Japanese language. gaberaph, Anotherkellydown and squarezero like this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 559 152 43 Male Developer #9 AltsKev, Dec 11, 2022 Look very interesting, its story driven ? squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,702 1,228 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #10 squarezero, Dec 11, 2022 Yes, but not in the usual, expected way. The story (really, stories) reveal themselves as you explore. I guess it’s a little like Elden Ring and other From Software games. AltsKev likes this. William Hououin Member Feb 11, 2022 20 28 13 Male #11 William Hououin, Dec 12, 2022 Purchased it and played it to completion in less than 24 hours… not because it was that short (took me almost 10 hours) but because it was just so good that I couldn’t put it down. What a fantastic game really! VirtualBoyFreak, ste86uk, Alex DeLargest and 3 others like this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 316 118 43 #12 Ghostdog1, Dec 12, 2022 I’m also a huge fan of this game. But I got stuck at the end of the game (i hope it’s the end) and couldn’t find out how to progress any further. Maybe you can help me find a solution. Spoiler I’m at a point in the game where the floating island did break apart and everyone from town is in the library and waiting for me to find a door to evacuate all. The map is different and a bit smaller but more confusing. I searched all places for doors in the island and the dream sequence worlds but I couldn’t find the door anywhere. The mouse always tells me to search for doors in places I have never searched before. But this hint doesn’t help at all. I got quite frustrated in the end, because the game had such a nice flow up to this. William Hououin Member Feb 11, 2022 20 28 13 Male #13 William Hououin, Dec 12, 2022 hope I understand the spoiler working right … Spoiler you need to go to the library basement, there’s a boss waiting for you down there. Ghostdog1 and squarezero like this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 316 118 43 #14 Ghostdog1, Dec 12, 2022 Thanks a lot. I finally did finish this great game. But without your hint I would never have finished it. The frustration grows too big to search again and again every inch of the isle. The game gives really at the end no help. And even with your hint I was shortly before giving up because the labyrinth is so confusing. It was just pure luck to find the right way. I hope the dev will change this last part a bit, cause there is no greater frustration than to invest so much time and then to give up. It just needs a bit more hints in the end and the game would be perfect. For me it was 2 hours searching for a five minute end fight. William Hououin likes this. William Hououin Member Feb 11, 2022 20 28 13 Male #15 William Hououin, Dec 12, 2022 I got lost too at that part, and maybe out of accident I clicked on my partner that was following me, and he basically gave me the answer Alex DeLargest Well-Known Member Dec 16, 2010 346 122 43 Male USA/France #16 Alex DeLargest, Dec 15, 2022 Bought and added to the backlog simply on the positive words here and my love of these stories of indie devs pursuing their dreams. gaberaph, VirtualBoyFreak, William Hououin and 2 others like this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,551 1,127 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #17 Anotherkellydown, Dec 16, 2022 Just found the Calculus book in the Library. Wish I had a day off to dedicate to finishing this. I already forgot some of the stuff that happened on my first go. But it’s ok because the “bipeds” will hint at things you’ve talked about before, and many of them repeat the entire dialogue. Mainly just wanted to bump this and see where ya’ll are at and why there aren’t more comments here William Hououin likes this. William Hououin Member Feb 11, 2022 20 28 13 Male #18 William Hououin, Dec 16, 2022 Totally agree, and even on YouTube there’s not much, which is a shame really. The game deserves a lot more recognition than it have right now. I’ve been super sick, but getting better and can’t wait to actually talk about it lol Cheers! Anotherkellydown likes this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,551 1,127 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #19 Anotherkellydown, Dec 17, 2022 Great review! TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Afterplace’ William Hououin and squarezero like this. JackDerp Well-Known Member Dec 15, 2015 318 33 28 #20 JackDerp, Dec 18, 2022 Am I missing something? Spoiler Do I seriously have to run through the entire nightmare woods every single time I die to the big computer boss? If so, that’s some BS Also, that little mouse guy followed me into the woods but I died and he disappeared and is somewhere in the nightmare woods, anyone know where? javel likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Meant to try it for a minute and ended up playing for 1/2 hour. Just scratching the surface, but so far, this is a fantastic. I’ll write more about it later tonight.
Man, I genuinely find it entertaining that just a few weeks ago I posted that I’ve lost faith in mobile gaming, and yet here I am today staring at Vampire Survivors, OPUS: Echo of Starsong, Finding Paradise, Moth Lake, Mare and this on my phone. Feels good to put in your place once in a while.
Yep bought this just now and had a quick go. Loving it so far. The retro graphics and sound. Plays so wel. Looks to be a huge world. Looking forward to getting into this. Happy to support the dev and buy this
Afterplace is a true gem. Like member ‚squarezero ‘ I just wanted to make a short test run and ended up playing it for 3 hours. Many games throw big words into their game descriptions, but this is for real a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. It‘s so well put together and so charming and filled with so many little details it blows my mind how this all can fit into 199Mb file size. And the fighting system is superb and even has i-frames during dogding mechanic. Afterplace is not only made with great love, it‘s also made with a lot of skill. And a big thanks to the dev for not littering the screen with any virtual buttons.
This is an incredibly well-polished, humorous, self-aware, at times suggestive, just an all-around must-have indie gem! Fantastic stuff. I invited Evan to the thread via Twitter. Hope to see him here soon!
I’ve put 3-4 hours into this already, and so far I’ve been delighted. The world is awesome, the combat is fun (it’s not as challenging, but it reminds me of Tunic), but what makes this special for me are the almost perfect balance between open and purposeful exploration, and some of the best NPC interactions I’ve ever experienced in a game. It pays to talk to NPCs time and time again — it’s not just that they have more to say, their lives are changed by your interactions (don’t ignore the troll on the bridge ). This is the kind of mobile game that should make console and PC gamers jealous. According to the website, the game will be making it to other platforms eventually, but I’m so glad that Evan chose to debut it on mobile. BTW landscape mode is in the works and the game already supports controllers.
I just bought this and surprised at its potential. I want this to support many languages to understand how it's good to plenty of people. For me, it's Japanese language.
Yes, but not in the usual, expected way. The story (really, stories) reveal themselves as you explore. I guess it’s a little like Elden Ring and other From Software games.
Purchased it and played it to completion in less than 24 hours… not because it was that short (took me almost 10 hours) but because it was just so good that I couldn’t put it down. What a fantastic game really!
I’m also a huge fan of this game. But I got stuck at the end of the game (i hope it’s the end) and couldn’t find out how to progress any further. Maybe you can help me find a solution. Spoiler I’m at a point in the game where the floating island did break apart and everyone from town is in the library and waiting for me to find a door to evacuate all. The map is different and a bit smaller but more confusing. I searched all places for doors in the island and the dream sequence worlds but I couldn’t find the door anywhere. The mouse always tells me to search for doors in places I have never searched before. But this hint doesn’t help at all. I got quite frustrated in the end, because the game had such a nice flow up to this.
hope I understand the spoiler working right … Spoiler you need to go to the library basement, there’s a boss waiting for you down there.
Thanks a lot. I finally did finish this great game. But without your hint I would never have finished it. The frustration grows too big to search again and again every inch of the isle. The game gives really at the end no help. And even with your hint I was shortly before giving up because the labyrinth is so confusing. It was just pure luck to find the right way. I hope the dev will change this last part a bit, cause there is no greater frustration than to invest so much time and then to give up. It just needs a bit more hints in the end and the game would be perfect. For me it was 2 hours searching for a five minute end fight.
I got lost too at that part, and maybe out of accident I clicked on my partner that was following me, and he basically gave me the answer
Bought and added to the backlog simply on the positive words here and my love of these stories of indie devs pursuing their dreams.
Just found the Calculus book in the Library. Wish I had a day off to dedicate to finishing this. I already forgot some of the stuff that happened on my first go. But it’s ok because the “bipeds” will hint at things you’ve talked about before, and many of them repeat the entire dialogue. Mainly just wanted to bump this and see where ya’ll are at and why there aren’t more comments here
Totally agree, and even on YouTube there’s not much, which is a shame really. The game deserves a lot more recognition than it have right now. I’ve been super sick, but getting better and can’t wait to actually talk about it lol Cheers!
Am I missing something? Spoiler Do I seriously have to run through the entire nightmare woods every single time I die to the big computer boss? If so, that’s some BS Also, that little mouse guy followed me into the woods but I died and he disappeared and is somewhere in the nightmare woods, anyone know where?
