AMAZING!

[Pygmite]

My first play through of the game and I found some really awesome things! There was this huge (and I do mean huge) tree that generated and right across from it was this big hill with totem poles or something and somehow I made the sky turn red and then I saw the Northern lights and all of a sudden I was floating. Sounds maybe a little trippy but don't be fooled it was awesome! Want a goal? here's one: Make it through the four seasons. Want another goal? Here's another: Find all the exciting "events" that happen for example, the northern lights. What have you discovered?

[Sparafucil]

Towards the "end game," while wandering near one of the ruined towers, you are momentarily boxed in by giant, jagged black shadows. trippy.

[Flap]

This game was amazing. really blew my mind, worth every penny. Sparafucil, what do you mean by "end game"? does that just happen after a certain amount of time?

[SoLeet]

Jagged, trippy, beautiful in its own sense. The random music notes playing are only random to a point, but still soothing and very nice to listen to. The pixelated landscape puts your imagination to work, which is only a good thing in this case. I loved the ending, albeit the whole journey felt very short. I am probaby a bit jaded, having played computer games for longer than I can remember, but the music in this game almost reminds me of the brilliant, experimental composer Arne Nordheim.

It is a pretty brave move making something like this and then selling it on Steam. For what it's worth: I have no regrets for those less than €7 I spent on it. Not sure whether I will pick it up again, but I absolutely enjoyed the trip and I will look out for future projects from the developer. "Proteus" is definitely not for everyone; I find myself relaxing and slipping into a comfortable zen-state while navigating the mysterious island with the wonderful "nature sounds" evolving and following me around, always changing and pulsing with a slow rhythm. Others just want to pew-pew everything that moves. Kill, move, reload, kill. This is not it.

[elix]

Try walking into the broken towers that make a funny noise when you get near them. If there's more than one on your island, something'll happen.

[Occasionally Manly]

Visiting the stone circle at night durring Fall is pretty trippy.