The Awakening

5th Anniversary

The Awakening: 5th Anniversary celebrates the 5th anniversary of the release of The Awakening for Microsoft PowerPoint (TechGamesPlus, 2020). For this occasion, the game has been remade in Ren'Py, featuring most of the original content, with a few new additions and an answer to an unsolved crime.

James Apline, a new employee of Script Entertainment, is suddenly involved in a murder case following the death of one of his closest friends and various suspicious activity.

Questions and Answers

What is the age rating of the game?

The Awakening: 5th Anniversary does not have an official classification rating, however, the author (myself) self-classifies this as PG-13.

This game is not suitable for children under 13 nor those who are easily disturbed. For more information, visit the content warnings page on this website

You have been warned. I am not to be held liable if you ignore these warnings.

How do I play this game?

This game is made in the Ren'Py engine, meaning that you must have a computer to play this. Due to certain reasons/restrictions, this game will not be available on iOS and Android.

To play the game, you must extract the ZIP files available to you.

Windows: Launch the game with the Executable (exe) file
Mac: Launch the Application (app) file. You may have to enable the application in your security settings
Linux: Ensure that the Bash Script (SH) file is able to run as an executable, then run the script as such

What do I do if there are potential bugs?

All games will have bugs. Whilst I have play-tested this game across plenty of dedicated hours, you may still come across some bugs that I have not discovered.

Please visit my contact page (at the top of this website) and send me an email. Please ensure that I know that the email is about this game and describe how to potentially replicate this bug.

In regards to Night 4: A random choice variable is in use, so I may not be able to replicate your bug (however unlike you I have a debug console so I can set the variables at my command and will endeavour to replicate it)

Why does this game look like a child made it?

That is because a child did make this... well, not this version of the game. The Awakening (2020) was a game that I made in Microsoft PowerPoint when I was 12-13, meaning that it made zero sense and that it looks graphically shit.

Of course, I had planned to recreate the story in a way that does make sense, but of course I haven't gotten to the stage of dedicating myself entirely; plus, I'm only one person, and my drawing skills are absolutely crap, although they have improved since 2020.

So before you start asking "why does this look so shit?", keep in mind that this is a remaster of the game, and that most assets were simply reused.