The Tick, The Ambulance and the God-Eater
A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, and Linux
The all-in-one hiking experience:
Feed ticks, ride ambulances*, eat gods**!
*the reader will not ride any ambulances
**the reader will not consume any gods
horror — adventure — friendship
This Visual Novel was created for the Spooktober 5th Annual Visual Novel Jam.
Summary: After recovering from burnout, Molly finally managed to invite her friends on a hiking trip. Join the three of them as they discover each other's darkest secrets, and take on the monsters lurking in the forest.
Content Warnings: mentions of depression, death, violence, loss of body, being sucked into another body, mild flashing of muted colors
How to Play: Left-click or hit space or enter to advance text. Hold ctrl to skip past already seen dialogue. Right-click to access the menu, including a help screen with further commands.
Characters
Credits:
Art by: MaroonDrops, Matthias "Illumenos" V., Aruudlay (itch), ruvikdraws, Daniewise, Pop
Original Music by: Ill Yama and Andrea "WeeabooOverlord" C.
Story by: Sarah "CrazyCowLady" D., Sam B., Andrea "WeeabooOverlord" C.
Voice Processing by: gogoIEO
Cast:
Molly: D Sumner
Susie: Melissa White
Tom: Christian Cox
Connor: Benera Sherman
Olivia: Amber Barile
Ming: Misele Hoang
Quality Assurance: Rhytmatics
Additional Assets from: pixabay, freesound
For a more detailed breakdown of which person was responsible for which part of the project, please check the credits within the game.
Download
Install instructions
Windows
Download and unzip the file. Double-click "tick_ambulance_god_eater.exe" to launch the game.
MacOS
Unzip the game file you downloaded from itch.io, then control-click the app icon. Click on "open" at the top of the shortcut menu, before confirming that you want to open the game by clicking "open" again.
Afterwards, whenever you want to play the game again, your computer will remember your choice and let you open it by double-clicking.
Development log
- Small improvementsOct 09, 2023
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Just FYI - when I played the game, one of the voiced lines was repeated twice with different emphasis/emotions in what I think was a bug. It was one of Tom’s lines and mentioned either traversing or wandering the wilderness iirc.
Anyway, great game! :D
Edit: Forgot to mention that I LOVED how easy y’all made it to jump to choices and discover different endings. I’ve never seen that in a VN before and really liked it.
Captivating and creepy in every sense of the game. The story, art, and sound are all top-notch! I was hooked :3
Played this game earlier today and i actually really enjoyed it. The art style and character design they have in this game are fun and the monster design creepy. Music was good too i like the birds in the background it gives a sense of really knowing your in a forest.
I really love how after i finished the first playthrough the main opening screen changed i find that really cool. The story itself was pretty good, i knew something was up but I wasn't quite expecting that ending. ouch.
Gonna play the next 2? playthroughs in which through both I assume i will discover more in depth information on the Ambulance and the God-eater part.