In-game event6 Nov 2025Version 1.0.6bRolodex Issue It turns out (no pun intended) that the only way to sort through your Rolodex was to use the mouse scroll wheel, with no on-screen indication of how to do this. I have added two additional buttons to the rolodex screen, so you can also click those to sort through team members. You can now see "Prior Page" and "Next Page" right there on the screen so new players don't have to guess…
Mouse Speed This new update attempts to match the mouse speed in the game to the mouse speed of your Windows mouse. Since the game is scaled up, it tended to move much faster than your normal Windows mouse would behave. Now it scales the speed of the mouse based on the scale of the game window. Mouse Locking - No Longer Required This version also does away with the annoying feature where your m…
"High Resolution" This update allows the game to run at a higher screen size. Aberration Analyst now supports 1920 x 1080 resolution. Note: It does not actually increase the resolution of the game, it just stretches the game window to a larger size. Also, it does not work with "full screen" mode yet, but in window mode you can press F11 a few times to get up to 1920 x 1080. Options Panel Changi…
Sorry everyone, somehow I stopped getting Steam notifications on the discussion forum. I think it's back on, but I will also make a point to check in more often to make sure I see what's going on. I was able to fix the two latest bug reports. 1. Full Screen mouse support was glitched, and would not allow you access to the whole screen. It should be working properly now. 2. Text was weird lookin…
I have updated the User Interface a bit to be a little less confusing. In window mode, the border has been removed. You can still move the window around by clicking and dragging the mouse anywhere on the start menu. Also the mouse will now be locked into the game window until the player presses "esc" from the main menu. You can get back into the window by simply left clicking into the game wind…
Somehow the game's music volume was not being lowered when using the slider in the options panel. This has been addressed, but may require further outside testing. Let me know if it is working for you. Thanks!
I have added a maximum framerate of 60 fps to the game. This is displayed in the options menu. You can change it but you will have to open the "config.cfg" file manually to do that. If it is set at less than 0 it will default to 60 fps. There is no maximum technically, but the framerate max will be limited by your hardware.
Aberration Analyst has been released! It is ready to play and enjoy (if you like this sort of thing). I wanted to make it known that the game's creepy soundtrack was brought to you by Immorpher, who's work can be found on his Bandcamp page. Now go out there and mitigate those aberrations!
Lines When hunting down aberrations it's important to keep a clean, comprehensible map. And that means you need to be able to add arbitrary lines and symbols, to make sure each piece of evidence is represented at a glance. Now you can add lines between cities, to make sure you remember which events may be connected with others. Of course monsters don't always behave in an orderly manner, so you…
A few changes that will effect how players gather evidence... With the last update I introduced "sightseers" in the tabloids. In these cases, it was not an incident that occurred in the city itself, but someone in that city was out on vacation when they encountered the "thing." So in these cases, the tabloid gave some evidence as to the location of the city in question. However, this has now be…
You won't find any obvious new content here but much has been changed under the hood so to speak. Patterns & Lore There are now different patterns for each aberration type, and a bunch of new lore to help you identify them. Danger! Sending teams on investigations is also a bit more dangerous now (as it was in the original demo) to keep things more interesting and challenging. New Tabloids I hav…
Gameplay Loop is (more or less) Complete I've completed the core gameplay loop. Now instead of picking a general or specialized team, you will have to go to the rolodex and select 5 team members from a list. This is where you can choose to include a specialist or not. Training In the current, standard game, you will start with one of each specialist type in your roster of team members. However,…
I finally figured out (thanks to some fantastic player feedback) how to utilize the Rolodex in a meaningful way. I have added names and information about each team member. You now have to choose which team members to send. The specialists will also appear hear, and they will be limited to one per type of aberration per day. So if you send a vampire specialist and he gets killed by a Wendigo, yo…
I had put this game on hold for two reasons. First, I was inspired to make my Middle Eastern themed Dungeon Crawler "Islands of the Caliph" which was released in September of last year. Second, because I could not think of any interesting ways to finish this game. Well after finishing Islands, I started thinking about Aberration Analyst a bit. It occurred to me that most of what I wanted the ga…
I have added the game's demo to the store page. Somehow I thought that would happen automatically, but apparently not. The game is still on hold for now. But please feel free to share any thoughts or feedback based on the demo. The demo actually represents the whole game idea. I took it as far as I could, but don't believe it really feels like a complete game at this time. I may come back to it…
Unfortunately, not a lot has been happening with Aberration Analyst recently. The game essentially does what I had set out for it to do, but it did not evoke the kind of response I had hoped, and has not really found much of an audience. As a solo developer this is the first time I have allowed a game of mine to linger for so long. I've heard about this happening, but I am surprised it has happ…
After getting some great feedback on the demo, I have updated it to include a brief, but extremely important tutorial. The game will start with the tutorial visible, just press the TAB key to toggle. This describes the basic method a player can use to track down monsters, and should get you familiar with the game's concept and main mechanics.
Aberration Analyst is coming to Steam Next Fest! On the surface, the position of Aberration Analyst looks like any ordinary desk job, but the odd hours, and strange sources of data definitely veer away from the norm. Find out how to identify and track down werewolves, ghosts, vampires and other dangerous creatures while managing a team within strict budget requirements. Make the hard choices, w…
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