Cryptozookeeper
Marrow is delicious but that's not why you're here. You're supposed to pick up a single jar of alien bone jelly, which of course can't exist and doesn't exist, so you've convinced yourself that transporting it…
Cryptozookeeper is an adventure developed by Jolt Country, released 27 May 2011 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Cryptozookeeper is
Cryptozookeeper is an adventure game developed by Jolt Country and released in 2011. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Hugo.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Marrow is delicious but that's not why you're here. You're supposed to pick up a single jar of alien bone jelly, which of course can't exist and doesn't exist, so you've convinced yourself that transporting it is no crime. Getting worked up about such nonsense would be like fretting about mermaids getting caught in tuna nets, and you've got other fur-bearing fish to fry. A piece of interactive fiction written by Robb Sherwin.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Cryptozookeeper launched on 27 May 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Terraria.
Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Terraria.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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