
John's Quest
You are John Appleby, game historian.
Story
Your shadow twin, Evil John, consumed by envy, has unleashed chaos across the realms. With his army of Evil Eyes, he has corrupted the land and caused genres to collide.
Can you use your expertise in gaming to restore peace to the world?
Features
- Multi-Genre Adventure
- Every level is different, thanks to Evil John
- Rhythm-based Platforming
- Everything moves in time with the music
- Sword-based Combat
- Includes "Bomb-based Combat" as well
- Mouse-based Movement
- Simply click where you want to go
- Laser-based Gun
- You shoot lasers... with a gun (that's it)
- Multi-Phase Boss Battles
- Take on Evil John in deadly fights
- Humor
- Maybe
- Play as John
- Arguably the most important feature

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| Updated | 9 hours ago |
| Published | 22 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Rating | Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Authors | Benjamin Halko, DSDHX |
| Genre | Adventure, Action, Platformer, Role Playing, Shooter |
| Made with | GameMaker |
| Tags | Action-Adventure, Action RPG, Pixel Art, Point & Click, Retro, Twin Stick Shooter |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English, Spanish; Castilian, Spanish; Latin America, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any) |
| Accessibility | Subtitles |
| Links | Steam, GX Games, Source code, Homepage |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
Download
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John's Quest (Windows) 34 MB
John's Quest (Linux) 39 MB
John's Quest (MacOS) 45 MB
Soundtrack 39 MB
Source Code
External
Development log
- The John's Quest Backstory22 days ago





Comments
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This is incredible, wished it was longer. Ill probably replay it quite a lot
Incredible presentation with amazing genre switching, but rocky gameplay that feels a bit irritating.
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