l'Abbaye des Morts

An obsolete video game for a dark passage of history

In the 13th century, the Cathars, clerics who preached about life without material aspirations, were persecuted by the Catholic Church and expelled out of the Languedoc region in France. One of them, named Jean Raymond, found an old church in which to hide from crusaders, not knowing that beneath its ruins lay buried a greater danger.

Description

L'Abbaye des Morts is an exploration platformer with the spirit of a ZX Spectrum computer game.

Faith is your only weapon. Recover twelve Cathar crosses lost in an abandoned abbey and discover its dark secret while avoiding its many dangers. Black backgrounds, single color sprites and monophonic sounds are a proper fit for this unsettling story where things are left to the imagination.

Features

• Look and feel of a ZX Spectrum game
• A map with 23 screens to explore
• Riddles and hints to find items
• Around 30 minutes long (once mastered)