The Gate

"The Gate" is an adventure game developed specifically for the Amiga classic, since it is in development phase (started in September 2023) I will specify the requirements at a later stage but I think that at least an Amiga 1200 will be required due to the its CPU power (UPDATE: There is a chance that the game will run fine even on a plain 68k).

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LAST UPDATED : 21 December 2025
🔘 Update some information on this page and added more screenshots and one video.
The game demo archive is still available! (Details and instructions in this post on Patreon).

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You are a detective called to investigate about a missing person, all begins receiving an email with a job offer, something not usual with a pretty strange request.

The game has the following features:

• Action Adventure game
• Heavily inspired by "Impossible MIssion" and "Project Firestart"
• Your hero has a gun as main weapon and several secondary equippable tools
• Big, very big map
• Challenging puzzles
• Hackable terminals
• Dynamic dialogs
• Great story
• Boss fights!

For more details about development please follow me on Mastodon where I often publish dev logs: https://mastodon.uno/@allanon
You don't need to be registered to browse my feed :)

About the load/save feature
The game uses game slots to load & save the game, this allow me to save a snapshot of the room  and what is inside.

Currently working on :

• Game menu & inventory
  • ✅ Document List & in-game document reader
    
  • ✅ Equippable tools
  • ✅ Load & Save (Auto-save)
  • ✅ Load & Save (In-game menu)
• Game Features
  • ✅ Furnitures/Containers
  • ✅ Terminals
  • ✅ Doors & Map system
  • ✅ Triggers
  • ✅ Enemies & Enemy scripts
  • ✅ Enemy bullets
  • ✅ Bosses (1 completed)
  • 🔲 Enemy Sounds
  • ✅ Background animations
  • ✅ Story
  • 👉 Game maps (21 of 47 completed)

DIALOGUE SYSTEM

The game features a advanced dialogue system with scriptable dialogues, actors can have a portrait with several face expressions.

Dialogues can be dynamic: depending on events, situations and previous dialogues , they can vary.

TERMINALS

The gate is filled with terminals that can be hacked or used to interact with devices, doors, furnitures and other terminals.

Each terminal is driven by a script the is used to mimic a real terminal: here is a video of a terminal with a sample script:

(hosted on Mastodon, click to view)
Terminals features old-monitor glitch effects that provide nice vintage vibes :)

PICK MENU

The game features an auto-pick menu enagaged when a container is opened, this means that everything that can be taken will be automatically taken, the stuff that does not fit in your inventory will be kept into the container.

Have a look at the screenshot below to get an idea about how it works:

HUD

Here is an explanation of the HUD :

ACTION MENU

You can interact with objects pressing the key assigned to the action key, and here is an early video showing the Action menu :

(hosted on Mastodon, click to view)

TONS OF FEATURES

Yes, there are tons of features not listed here and still in deverlopment!

GAMEPLAY

Here is a video from Saberman playing the demo!

...and here are some old videos recorded by me.

DEMO
A playable demo has been released on 31 August 2025!
Today, 02 October 2025 I've also added the download here on Itch.io! There are also the settings I used on Amiberry to test the demo (settings are compatible with WinUAE).

Go to the post on Patreon for details about the demo, please read the included readme file!

22/12/2025 : Room 20 Preview

SUPPORT

To bring this game to life I need your help: you can support me on Patreon ,if you like what I'm creating, I'd really love to work full time on this project and I'm pretty sure to deliver a good game and some fresh air in the Amiga game scene!
patreon.com/Allanon71

Comments are welcome!