Anna's Quest Vol. 1: Winfriede's Tower

Sughly · Mon 24/09/2012 01:31:32

Anna's Quest is a black comedy adventure game set in a dark fairy-tale like setting inspired by The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen... with a sci-fi twist!

The story follows Anna, a young girl who, in the search of a cure for her ailing Grandpa, has been captured and kept under lock and key in a tower deep in the dark wood by an evil old witch. The witch has plans – plans that involve large, mysterious machines and cruel experiments with Anna. What the witch doesn't count on, however, are the powerful telekinetic forces brought up within Anna, and Anna's own plans of escape...

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBDQ06C4t5U&feature=player_embedded

Screenshots:
(please click image for full resolution)

Features include:

* DRM free download
* 'Telekinesis' icon giving new depths to puzzle design and player interaction
* A range of hand drawn, frame-by-frame 2D animations, including short intro and ending cutscenes
* An Original Soundtrack by James Flamestar
* Full voice acting! Featuring the talent of:

Sophie Le Neveu as 'Anna'
Holly Stevenson as 'Winfriede' the Witch
Nicholas Andrew Louie as 'Joringel'
Karen Kahler as the narrator

An example of some of the animation work can be seen here in a 'behind the scenes' promo video.

Vince Twelve · Mon 24/09/2012 03:08:13

Looks gorgeous! Congrats on the release!

Edit: Purchased!

Peder 🚀 · Mon 24/09/2012 03:23:44

Looks gorgeous indeed! Congrats on the release and I'll for sure be buying this as soon as my finances doesn't look so dark!

Shadow1000 · Mon 24/09/2012 15:41:37

I played and completed the demo. This is a very, very impressive work. Best of luck.

SHADOW

Mouth for war · Mon 24/09/2012 20:24:33

Awesome! Is that Milhouse standing on the meadow?

hehe

Nikolas · Mon 24/09/2012 21:21:50

I remember this game! Congrats on the release Krams!

And, yes, I bought this IMMEDIATELY!

Chicky · Mon 24/09/2012 23:57:44

I had the pleasure of beta testing Volume 1 and it is the most charming AGS game i have played to date! Only four pounds, buy it now!

Frodo · Tue 25/09/2012 02:04:07

Beautfiul game

Congrats on releasing it.

WHAM · Tue 25/09/2012 08:53:36

Absolutely thrilled to see this finished! will be purchasing on friday.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Tue 25/09/2012 08:57:04

Very professional work. Have some of my money.

Nikolas · Tue 25/09/2012 15:48:45

I've played up to half the 2nd chapter last night. Hope to play more tonight...

It IS fabulous (and dead cheap guys... buy it NOW!)

Paul Franzen · Tue 25/09/2012 18:20:09

'grats on getting this out! Can't wait to play it!

SarahLiz · Tue 25/09/2012 19:59:24

...aaaaaaand purchased!! Can't wait to play it! Liked the look of it so much that I didn't even need to try the demo first.

OG · Tue 25/09/2012 20:31:56

Congrats on the release Sughly - your illustrations are outstanding. Well done!

Sughly · Wed 26/09/2012 01:45:28

Thanks for the kind words everyone! Really hope you all enjoy it

Eric · Wed 26/09/2012 03:03:17

Finished the demo. I'll be buying the full version later tonight.

Do the AGS Awards include individual best voice acting awards? Because the kid playing Ted just earned you my $5 pretty much single-handedly. I mean, the art is beautiful, as I'm sure you already knew, but the first time I heard that bear talk, I was sold. That is adorable.

Sughly · Wed 26/09/2012 05:59:31

Hahaha! Thanks Eric! He's actually played by my son, who will be over the moon to hear that. Mind you, I'll tell any of you now if you consider doing the same - not easy keeping kids in front of a microphone for longer than 15 minutes at a time :/

jkohen · Wed 03/10/2012 20:28:46

I've just finished the game and I really enjoyed it. It is a great start for a game series. The animations and the backgrounds are beautiful, and the voice acting is top notch. For the most part the puzzles were very enjoyable: I only got stuck once, and I only had to resort to trying all items on every other item once. Good stuff. I'll be looking forward to the next games!

Just one request, please get rid of the animation preloading in future episodes. It's a bit of a turn off when launching the game for a quick session.

Sughly · Sun 07/10/2012 09:18:14

Thanks for playing and for the kind words jkohen! Yeah, while I do need some kind of loading element still to avoid stuttering on the animations, there are definitely ways I'm going to hide that next time around

Sughly · Tue 09/10/2012 05:19:27

Anna's Quest is now on Steam Greenlight! If you can spare a second to give the game an upvote, it would be tremendously appreciated! Thanks in advance everyone! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=100743534

Surdy · Tue 09/10/2012 16:01:59

Hey Sughly,

Are you busy? Remember me, I can help for the french translation ;-) Please email me. Thanks!

Chicky · Thu 08/11/2012 18:10:18

Congratulations to Dane for a very positive review over at Adventure Gamers! If you haven't played Anna's Quest yet, i recommend you do so now!

http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/23022

Crimson Wizard · Thu 25/04/2013 00:14:02

I am curious (professionally), what does the game do when it sais "preloading animations"? Sorry if my question is a bit strange for "completed game announcement".

Cogliostro · Sat 04/05/2013 02:52:12

Decided I had to have it and got this instead....

Your order contains a product that is no longer sold: Product 77200001 (Anna's Quest Vol. 1: Winfriede's Tower) is not available for purchase at this time. Please contact webmaster@bmtmicro.com for more information.

EDIT: Found your post from March 14th... apparently, this is on purpose and there are some other changes coming.

- Cogliostro

shock44 · Tue 28/02/2017 18:31:25

Hello. I'm not on here often, but I figured this would be a good thing to post. I just made a review on the Adventure Game Anna's Quest. If you would like you can check it out here.

https://youtu.be/o2gRd1mIT_4

CosmoQueen · Mon 06/03/2017 06:47:38

So is this no longer available to purchase? I really want to play this game.

Frodo · Mon 06/03/2017 19:50:11

Quote from: CosmoQueen on Mon 06/03/2017 06:47:38
So is this no longer available to purchase? I really want to play this game.

You can buy it from GOG.

https://www.gog.com/game/annas_quest

Mehrdad · Wed 08/03/2017 12:32:04

Maybe I'm wrong . But it's not AGS game . It made with Visionaire Studio .

LimpingFish · Thu 09/03/2017 23:13:42

Quote from: Mehrdad on Wed 08/03/2017 12:32:04
Maybe I'm wrong . But it's not AGS game . It made with Visionaire Studio .

At some point the game seems to have been ported to Visionaire Studio, and that's the version that's currently for sale. As this makes it a non-AGS game, I'm going to lock this topic as it no longer adheres to board rules.

If people wish to continue discussing the game, please post a new thread on the appropriate board (Adventure Related Talk & Chat).