The Pasture

The Pasture is a difficult point-and-click puzzle adventure in which you control a mouse cursor summoned by an entity called The Shepherd into a simulation drawn entirely in ASCII text. You solve puzzles, collect items, fight the dangerous Bound and piece together what happened to this strange world.

Explore the simulation

The game has around 12 environments rendered on grids of ASCII characters. You find around 10 items needed to progress and interact with more than 25 entities, including allies and enemies. Around 10,000 lines of dialogue describe The Pasture, its inhabitants and its history.

Solve puzzles and fight

The puzzles are inspired by text-based adventures such as Zork, and careful reading of the game's text is recommended. Mouse-based movement calls for precise dodging and timing. Depending on the paths you choose, you may face up to two boss battles.

Discover the endings

The game has a bad ending, a good ending and a true ending to discover. An average blind playthrough takes 3–5 hours.