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Shardlight

by Wadjet Eye Games

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This is a commercial game.

File size: 650 MB
Downloaded: 221 times

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Game Genre:

Sci-Fi

Game Type:

Drama

Story Type:

Original

Release Date:

8 Mar 2016

AGS Panel Rating:

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Not rated yet

Player Rating:

Play length:

Full length game

Short game	Can be completed within 30 minutes
Medium length game	Takes at least 30 mins to finish
Full length game	As long as a Sierra / LucasArts classic
MAGS game	Monthly AGS competition entry
Non-adventure game	Using Adventure Game Studio for something else?!
Joke game	You know when it fits this category ;)
Demo	Unfinished games / commercial games
Training game	Games made just to try out AGS
Newly added games	Not yet categorised
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Content advisory:

Occasional, mild
Sex: None

None

Mild

Public Opinion

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6 people have rated this game so far:

Visual:

97%

Immersion:

93%

Puzzles & Pacing:

80%

Overall Enjoyment:

83%

About this game

The world ended on the day the bombs fell. Since then, it’s always been like this: disease, hunger, death. The ruling Aristocrats — a faceless oligarchy that controls all resources — have unchallenged authority. There’s never enough food, water, or vaccine to go around. The rich receive regular doses of vaccinations in exchange for their unconditional government support. The poor live in fear, superstition, and squalor until they die.

Amy Wellard, a young woman reluctantly working for the government to qualify for the vaccine lottery, believes there’s a cure — and she’s going to find it. Even if it costs her her life.

See the people who made this game and any other games they've worked on >>

Grundislav

Writing, Design, Coding

Grundislav has worked on 35 other games: (see them >>)

ThreeOhFour

Backgrounds, Animation

ThreeOhFour has worked on 48 other games: (see them >>)

Ilyich

Character Portraits

Ilyich has worked on 7 other games: (see them >>)

Dave Gilbert

Producer

Dave Gilbert has worked on 24 other games: (see them >>)

This game's threads

Completed Game Announcements thread

AGS Games in Production thread

AGS Awards

Won, Best Animation 2016

Won, Best Background Art 2016

Won, Best Writing 2016

Nominated, Best Character Art 2016

Nominated, Best Demo 2016

Nominated, Best Game Created with AGS 2016

Nominated, Best Gameplay 2016

Nominated, Best Programming 2016

Nominated, Best Puzzles 2016

Nominated, Best Voice Work 2016

Nominated, Best Character 2016

Nominated, Best Music and Sound 2016

3 people commented on this game (newest first):

Mr Gilbert always creating and/or publishing mature games which I GREATLY respect and appreciate, had it not been for shardlight I'd of totally given up on this genre! Its a truly remarkable game and as all ways with wadjet eye, the writing is its secret weapon that absolutely destroys any and all competition in a genre dominated by child friendly games even though kids can't play them because they are to difficult so I don't know what's up with that but anyways... PLAY THIS GAME!!!

2017-06-20 13:26:28 by Somniosus

I absolutely loved this game, and as a longtime Wadjet Eye fan, this one goes up there with my favourites.

2016-04-08 03:13:36 by oh_hey_ray

I've liked all the Wadjet Eye games I've played very much - and I've played almost all of them - but Shardlight is the best yet. The story was very interesting with puzzles that were well-integrated into the story. Ben Chandler's art is amazing and just love how he used the green shards to unify the game world and to bring color to an otherwise brown and dusty post apocalyptic environment. The voice acting was generally good, the best being the voice actress for the main character, Amy. The only thing I would have wished for was some more emotion showed by Amy during one scene [SPOILER ALERT] when several important characters were killed.

2016-03-11 21:44:15 by AndyfromVA

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