The Path to Enlightenment
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
3rd place in $108 Adventure Game Challenge!
His holiness is looking for an enlightened student to serve as his acolyte. You are just a humble errand boy with no such ambitions, but it turns out that doing your chores may bring you closer to enlightenment than you expected!
This is a short point and click adventure game originally made for the $108 Adventure Game Challenge (8-22 September 2024) with the theme: The Dunning-Kruger Effect. The protagonist must be the smartest person in the game, but everyone including themselves believes they are the dumbest person.
How to play: Left-click is all you need. Click to interact. Click one inventory item and then another to combine them.
Press Esc to skip cutscenes.
Credits:
Gameplay, Artwork, and Animation: Dan Johnson
Music: Joel Steudler
SFX: Soundly free or CC0 from Freesound.org
Testers: Sam Bunn, Fabio "Guga" Guggeri, George Broussard
Translation:
French: Olivier Mouvet
Italian: DuckMadeOfWood
Spanish: Rubén López
German: Ramón Wilhelm
Portuguese: Patrícia Mendes
Made with PowerQuest
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Development log
- Now available in Portuguese28 days ago
- German translation now available43 days ago
- Post-jam Update52 days ago
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Very fun to play and very nice to do the Portuguese localization :)
Thanks! Really appreciate your contribution!
Loved it. Everything made sense when you talked to the llama. Pretty strong entry on the Jam. Well done.
Thank you!
Really good game enjoyed it looking forward to play more of your games
Thank you!
It was a very beautiful piece of work with a Buddhist worldview!
I thought the conversation with Lhama was a hint for when I didn't understand, so I didn't use it and tried to find it on my own! But it was a conversation flag!
It was so much fun, meow~!
Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed it.
Lovely backgrounds, nice puzzles, funny writing. A true gem of a game!
You game is really enlightening! Love the graphics, the puzzles, the stories, the ending... just everything! One of the best entries from the $108 Adventure Challenge for sure!
Very well done. I love your games so much!
Thanks for playing, and for your kind words!
This is the best game about South American Buddhists that I've ever played.
Uh… thanks?
Quite nice and relaxing. Very nice "cozy" puzzles and I love the setting! Also... a cat! Fantastic game!
Great art and puzzles. I enjoyed this one very much. Good job!! Also, thanks for the linux build.
Thank you, and you’re welcome!
i liked a lot because is easy, nice and relaxing.
A mostly decent game!
Thanks! Looking forward to playing yours.
The protagonist is so endearing :) Nice game!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!