Agatha's Novel

by mvasko2
co-authored: @emazuro, @tildecat
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.96
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Play online: https://mvasko2.itch.io/agathas-novel


Help aspiring writer Agatha to find all pages of her Magnum Opus!


It was a dark, gloomy night, when Agatha, an aspiring author went to her publisher to deliver the book she wrote. Unfortunately, maneuvering the narrow roads to her destination, Agatha lost all 12 pages of her Magnum Opus and now she has to collect all the pages, but her car only has limited space in its tank.

Can you help Agatha collect all the pages as fast as possible, not get lost in the labyrinth of roads and not run out of gasoline?

Prepare for the ride of your life in this spooky game that takes you down the narrow roads, to collect all the pages of Agatha’s fabulous book. But it won’t be as easy as it may seem to be, because your car only has limited space in tank and won’t go far without refueling – When Agatha publishes her book and becomes famous, she will buy a bigger one for sure.

Enjoy the great atmosphere along with beautiful hand painted graphics, marvelous music and of course, Agatha’s novel itself.

Controls


Keyboard+MouseGamepadAction
W, UpRight triggerForward
A, LeftLeft stickTurn left
D, RightLeft stickTurn right
S, DownLeft triggerBackward
SpaceButton × (down)Brake
Mouse movementRight stickLook around

Tools used


- Godot 4 - game engine
- Blender - 3D modeling
- GIMP - image post-processing
- Inkscape - splash art
- Paper, watercolors and scanner - painting
- Guitar and Ardour - music
- Audacity - sound effects

Team


- EmaZuro – Writing, sounds, voice-acting
- Milan Vaško - Programming, music, light design
- NettlesCat - Graphics and level design

Making of

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Changelog

- 1.0.0 - First release of game
- 1.1.0 - Added fuel canister respawning to balance difficulty

Comments17

HangoverGames
HangoverGames3 Oct 2023, 07:20
To be honest, I never managed to collect all the elements; fuel in this game is really limited.
However, I really liked the atmosphere of this game!!
Reminded me of the first Harry Potter game I played as a kid on PS1
Scott Cooper3 Oct 2023, 15:09
Like the first comment said, fuel starts to get limited towards the end. But I liked the direction you all were going in, the syle feels familiar too. Nice job!
evil23
evil233 Oct 2023, 15:15
I took two wrong turns into dead ends and ran out of fuel. There is no 'game over' notification I just got stuck. The atmosphere was very well made though. In the beginning I thought slender man is lurking between the trees and I expected some jumpscare every moment. Also I liked the handmade artstyle!
Fabio bonú3 Oct 2023, 15:15
really appreciate the effort for the graphics. impressive amount of work in draw that scan to digital
agentparsec
agentparsec3 Oct 2023, 15:22
I almost had it, the last page was in sight when I ran out of gas ^^;
MaksimJ
MaksimJ3 Oct 2023, 15:27
Cool game! I really like the artstyle. I got 10/12 and it was really hard at that point because I was stranded:D One time I think I collected 2 notes too fast, and I only heard the voice over for one of them haha
Fusyon3 Oct 2023, 16:23
Took me 10 minutes to find the last piece of paper, so the respawning canisters were essential. I really enjoyed the narration and the aesthethics of the game.
Jollymah6 Oct 2023, 20:36
The game is a bit hard for me but I really like the mood and how we control the car!
Azyriah6 Oct 2023, 21:27
I had some difficulty with the keyboard controls and got stuck at one point, but this was fun! Loved the narration part of it!
Brogolem357 Oct 2023, 10:21
I did not see a game where you listen to a book i the background coming. Well done!
Jeff Kerman8 Oct 2023, 09:01
Great game. I liked the car handling as I know from personal experience it is hard to make good car handling. Great job
Bill Marcy11 Oct 2023, 02:35
I'm impressed at how full the forest feels with the tree assets you used!
PSV Games Studio
PSV Games Studio13 Oct 2023, 21:06
Very cool game! I liked the game's graphics, the gameplay is very fun and the environment is well filled. I almost managed to get through 12 pages, I was so close...

Good job!
alexandrina17 Oct 2023, 07:16
i liked the game, it took me a while to manage to colect items amd to control the car, but it's not impossible, really interesting how you used sound and voice as a story, nice work!
EgorMnc20 Oct 2023, 13:32
the game is quite interesting, it was fun to play, everything was done well, both the controls and the game design itself

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