Afterplace

Evan Kice

About this game

Afterplace is an adventurous indie game for mobile devices. It's a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. You'll run around the woods, fight monsters, and talk to ostensibly shady characters! All from your pocket! Be warned though - you never know what the forest might be hiding. Not all trails are paved. Labyrinths and dungeons are tucked away in the most concealed nooks. There are no waypoints in Afterplace. You'll have to forge your own path.

Afterplace has been designed from the ground up to be a fast, fluid, beautiful experience for mobile. There are no virtual buttons. You can move and attack by touching anywhere. You can tap objects directly to interact or attack, use two thumbs like a traditional controller, or control the game with a physical gamepad. The game will adapt dynamically to your play style. Pick up and set down the game at your own pace, it will always save your progress. Afterplace is made to feel like a full-fledged indie adventure game that fits in your pocket.


About the Author:
Afterplace is made by one person, Evan Kice. A former software engineer from Austin TX, Evan quit his job (to the dismay of his friends and family) and has been working full time on Afterplace since early 2019. The initial game released in December of 2022, but Evan plans on continuing to support and polish the game when he can!

Ratings and reviews

CONTOLLER SUPPORT!!! :) There are so many glowing reviews of this game already, there's not a ton I can add. Except this. I took a chance on this game, but sadly couldn't effectively use the touch controls (fat, inflexible thumbs). Needless to say, I was bummed. When I realized I could switch to landscape view and use a controller, the game opened right up for me. More people need to know this is an option. Makes the game more accessible for people like me, so they won't miss out on this gem

I've played this game 50 times in a row. The characters. The pacing - the coding. It's amazing you've done a wonderful job. My biggest problem is the length of it. Becoming somewhat experienced I can now just straight rush to the end. You've done a great job teaching the person how to play with out holding their hand. I also wish there was a new game plus instead of having to Uninstall and install the game to play again. Please make more. You also need better advertising.

A true gem of a game. Smooth controls, charming pixel art and wonderfully strange enemies and environments, and a truly non linear open world filled with secret paths. It reminds me of playing NES Zelda games as a kid, where you could just go anywhere at any time, and you slowly learn how to navigate the world. A beautiful game well worth the price, and a solo indie dev nonetheless. (One bug to report: defeated the last boss, was endlessly floating and had to restart the app, but that fixed it!)

What’s new

Coffee makes you run faster now.
Fixed description text sometimes showing a little purple box
Updated to Unity 2022, which should fix some graphical and fps issues.
Fixed Joxxi scene post Librarian teleport not playing
Fixed music transitions sometimes not synching
Player can now access the inventory during the final fight with touch controls
Fixed a missing texture in a cutscene
Fixed several missing texts in localization and custom dialogs