Genre: Point-and-click, Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, IndieBrok the Investigator
Mac version now has (most) accessibility features
Except one: positional audio unfortunately had to be disabled as it causes crashes, due to a bug in GameMaker. Until there's a fix or workaround this was the only solution. The game is still playable without this feature.
UPDATE 1.3.1
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- Accessibility: added a "no screen shaking" option.
- Accessibility: added an "automatically ask to skip fights" option.
- Accessibility: you can now press the repeat buttons again to stop the current speech.
- Accessibility: the attack stat was not rounded when speeched.
(Rvs 17840)
UPDATE 1.3.0.3
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- Accessibility: automatic play is now enabled when selecting all options.
- Accessibility: fixed sewers machinery puzzle repeating some useless sounds.
- Accessibility: holding skip button for too long would repeat the choice and softlock the game.
- Fix: Displaying chapter select tutorial in menu then exiting the menu would not allow to open the menu again.
(Rvs 17833)
UPDATE 1.3.0.2
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- Fixes a softlock with accessibility on Border Post if "puzzles adapted" is active but not "simplified rooms".
(Rvs 17830)
UPDATE 1.3.0: Accessibility - BROK is now fully playable by blind gamers!
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ACCESSIBILITY UPDATE
BROK is now the first full-fledged adventure game to be fully playable by blind or visually impaired players!
- Fully narrated via text-to-speech and audiodescriptions.
- Puzzles adapted for blindness.
- Positional audio for fights, which of course can be skipped.
- No online connectivity required.
- No specific device required, play with keyboard or a controller.
- Additional options for larger fonts and increased contrast.
- To enter the accessibility menu, press SPACE (or Y on a Xbox controller) on the title screen, then follow the audio instructions.
IMPORTANT: Accessibility speeches are only available in English, so you must understand this language.
- Past conversations are now spoken (for everyone)
- Picking up items with keyboard now requires to press ALT (or the redefined key) to avoid picking them up by accident instead of attacking.
- Fixed: If we managed to skip the drones fight in Chapter 3, hints would get stuck on it.
- Fixed: Switching player or to summary when outside the school in chapter 2 would not restore the state properly when back.
- Fixed: Vibrations level was truncated to 0% / 100% / 200% when saved instead of the real value.
- Fixed: Chapter select now restores the Tramp prescription if he's still alive and we no longer had it.
- Fixed: Shay no longer talks about help with materials if we already gave them.
- Fixed: An ad in Dr. Mink's room was invisible.
- Fixed: An ad still appeared at night at Border Post even if already picked up.
(Rvs 17829)
BROK the InvestiGator now available on consoles!
Time to make some noise, folks!
Tell your friends, tag your favorite streamers!
Store pages: https://linktr.ee/brokgator
UPDATE 1.2.9.1
BROK won "Best Concept" and more at the Aggie Awards 2022!
https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/the-aggie-awards-the-best-adventure-games-of-2022
It also took three Readers' choices:
- Best Gameplay
- Best Character
- Best Concept
Thank you, everyone who voted 🥳
OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE!!!
Thank you so much everyone!
I would like to mention that this was achieved despite:
➡️ Self-published
➡️ Small budget
➡️ Creative risks (some would say this game is a niche inside a niche)
Those 6 years of work paid off! 👊
For the future of BROK, you'll be glad to know that I have...
➡️ Several small short-term projects
➡️ One big mid-term project
➡️ One huge long-term project
My schedule is already full for the next 5 years or so XD
Be sure to follow me on Twitter for updates!
https://twitter.com/COWCATGames
UPDATE 1.2.9
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- Improved performance when calling the same event repeatedly
(especially was a performance issue in front of the hologram in Drumer Street on lower performance systems)
- Fixed: Unable to load immediately after unlocking extras if we don't exit the menu first (on asynchronous systems)
- Fixed: Localized the message informing about Mania difficulty unlock.
- Fixed: Ott's colors during the concert.
- Fixed: Brok could fall during cutscene near the end according to player position.
- Fixed: Player could stay displayed at an angle if grabbed and the ally character interrupts the grab.
- Fixed: Graff hovers over the ground in one of the endings.
- Fixed: Lives counter was incorrect size if the OS language was China (or another Asia territory)
- Fixed: Graff could not jump high enough on the balance plates to reach the top platform unless doing an "uppercut".
- Also adjusted Chinese font for names to fit the HUD better.
- Updated Ott's parents look during the fair.
- Spanish localization fully proofread (thanks to Inspector Arai)
(Rvs 17761)