Fossil Island
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
It's the summer holidays and this year you're going to visit Fossil Island. Dig up fossils, explore the island, and stay away from the abandoned mine! This will be a summer to remember, for better or worse...
Fossil Island takes about an hour to play and has two endings.
THIS GAME CONTAINS SOME DISTURBING CONTENT
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Body horrorImplied violence towards a child character
Mild gore
- Controls -
(Xbox/Playstation controller or Mouse/Keyboard)
Confirm: A/X or E
Cancel: B/circle or esc
Move character: left analog or WASD
Move camera: right analog or mouse movement
Jump: Y/triangle or space
Run: Left/Right trigger or shift
Use tool: X/square or F
Next tool: R1 or mouse wheel up
Previous tool: L1 or mouse wheel down
Inventory: menu/options or tab
Pause/options: view/create or escape
Controls can be viewed in-game via the options menu.
Download
Install instructions
1. Download file appropriate for your operating system
2. Unzip
3. Run fossil_island.exe (fossil_island.x86_64 for linux)
5. Play!
To play on steam deck, add the exe to steam as a non-steam game, then game properties > compatibility > proton experimental.
Development log
- 1.2 typo fix edition3 days ago
- Bug fix 1.1 and linux version3 days ago
- Walkthrough guide4 days ago
Comments
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Muito interessante! Toda estética e arte do jogo retro me trouxe uma experiência muito boa, vale muito a pena jogar!
Absolutely stellar job with this! I really enjoyed the atmosphere, and the graphics just put me right back in 2000. I left a few of my thoughts and critiques at the end of my video. Again, really enjoyed this one, good job :)
Thanks, glad you liked it!
nice retro
Thanks for giving it a go
Thanks for playing it!
no problem, i got big animal crossing vibes from your game. it was amazing
i can't seem to download the game
Sorry, I was just updating a couple things. You should be able to download it now.
just finished playing it, gonna upload it on my channel. I loved it! i hope this game becomes popular
This looks dope, making me wish I had a windows machine. :(
Mac or linux? If linux, then I've just uploaded a version for that. I kinda forgot it...
For mac though? I don't have a mac for testing and I can't sign the app either, which means I can't properly support it.
If you'd like a mac export anyway, here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jl7itXbxmhFKzQXCDbKIMnAieVuGQw3D/view?usp=drive...
Just know if there's anything wrong with it, I wont be able to fix it.
I am a mac guy, thanks for sending this through, looking forward to checking it out.
Being a mac dev, I am always happy to help folks with testing for OSX releases.
Yeah on windows 11 I can't seem to open it either. not sure whatsup with that, i'd really like to check this game out and put it on my channel if I can.
Thanks for your interest! If you still want to try my game despite the risk, I've read downloading "infected" games onto an external drive can prevent windows from denying access/deleting it. Hopefully the issue is solved soon, though.
darklink i was just talking to another game dev experiencing this same issue. Windows has identified this game as containing Trojan: Wacatac.8!ml, this is a FALSE POSITIVE. meaning that windows is preventing the download to protect your computer since it COULD be malware. Looking at Cortoks list of stellar games, it is definitely not (but always reach your own conclusions). Do this to allow the game download:
Note: this is NOT advice from an expert, I'm just a gamer. Giving exceptions to your windows anti virus can be dangerous to your computer. If anyone who is an expert has dealt with this before please comment and let me know if there are other ways to test and ensure its a false positive, also if you know any information on how to help the game dev change any game file information to avoid users experiencing this threat, Im sure they would appreciate that too.
Got it working! Thanks so much!
Windows claims this has a virus but it's saying that about a lot of Itch.io games today
Yes, I've seen this in other comment sections, too. As far as I can tell, it's something to do with windows 11, although it could be something in itch.io's end.
The only thing I can say is that my game doesn't have any viruses, but like with any file on the internet, it's up to you to decide if it's safe to download or not.