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Arden's Vale

by Antipus

File size: 11.6 MB
Downloaded: 3,646 times

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Genres:

Fantasy, Comedy, Original

Release Date:

19 Aug 2011

AGS Panel Rating:

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Player Rating:

Website:

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Play length:

Short (Up to 30 Minutes)

Content advisory:

None

Occasional, mild

Public Opinion

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13 people have rated this game so far:

Visual:

89%

Immersion:

85%

Puzzles & Pacing:

95%

Overall Enjoyment:

89%

About this game

Riel must embark on a dangerous quest to save her sister, who is on the brink of death, by stealing a magic stone with healing powers from an evil enchanter. After infiltrating the enchanter's castle, she must survive sinister traps, talking gargoyles, nearly logical puzzles, terrible puns, and finally the enchanter himself in order to get the stone and save her sister.

v1.1 Released Oct. 7, 2011! Includes improved animations, new music, an additional way to end the game, and more! Enjoy!

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antipus

Story and script

antipus

Backgrounds and sprites

antipus

Music and sound effects

Arj0n

Beta testing

Arj0n has worked on 43 other games: (see them >>)

Frodo

Beta testing

Frodo has worked on 8 other games: (see them >>)

agentbauer

Beta testing

agentbauer has worked on 4 other games: (see them >>)

The Hero

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Zenger

Beta testing

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AGS Awards

Won, Best Short Game 2011

Nominated, Best Gameplay 2011

Nominated, Best Puzzles 2011

Nominated, Best Animation 2011

AGS Panel Review

"A wonderful bite-sized adventure game with a couple of puzzle options, though once you head down a certain path the game 'locks' you into it, making certain obvious solutions impossible. Still, the only real drawback is that the game is over just as it starts to get exciting. Highly recommended!"

8 people commented on this game (newest first):

Very good short game with multiple ways to break the puzzles. Story is not so original, but I really enjoyed this game.

2012-01-19 14:20:45 by Matiavelli

Very, very, very recommended. I truly hope we'll get to see a longer game from Antipus. I'd pay for it!

2011-09-24 18:49:10 by bdisraeli

This game is on the border between good and great :)

Puzzles are just about right, there are good graphics and character animations, and also rather humourous. There is also a goal, a goal that is to get 50 points. Achievable (if you are good at puzzles)

I don't know why anyone would not want to play this.....it is fairly short....music could have been more captivating (but the music still good), can't think of any other drawbacks.

2011-09-15 20:26:19 by Andy

I must have been half-asleep when I posted my previous comment - of course there is more than one piece of music in this game!

2011-09-01 12:16:44 by CaptainD

Lovely little game, obviously would appeal to KQ fans but doesn't rely on knowledge of those games. Some nice puzzles, good dialogue, great retro graphics. The music was fine though there appeared to be only one tune (?). The storyline could do with a little tweaking but for a short game it worked well enough.

2011-08-24 00:28:57 by CaptainD

This is the best new AGS game I've seen in a while. Absolutely loved it.

2011-08-21 01:51:55 by Saara (VerityDemortem)

Play this game!

Great graphics and, for the most part, very smart puzzles. The music adds a nice atmosphere, and in general I got a very good feeling playing this game.

Some jokes scattered here and there might break the pace a little bit. The history is a bit weak, but the writing is good.

I enjoyed the lock puzzle. You'll notice that the game expects you to be focused; while short, it's not a casual game.

2011-08-20 09:07:37 by jkohen

Beautiful King's Quest-ish *GEM*.

Extremely recommend!!

2011-08-19 09:27:35 by arj0n (Arj0n)

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