Adventure Game Studio

Anna's Quest is a short form, black comedy adventure game that's a dark fairy-tale like story inspired by The Brothers Grimm with a sci-fi twist.

The story follows Anna, a young girl kept under lock and key in a deep, dark wood by an evil old woman who runs Anna through a series of tests and experiments. What she doesn't count on, however, are the powerful telekinetic forces brought up within Anna that opens up her first window of escape...

Screenshots:
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(http://www.kramsdesign.com/misc/AGS/inprod-annaroom/th/AQ-01th.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/game-anna/AQ-01.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/misc/AGS/inprod-annaroom/th/AQ-02th.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/game-anna/AQ-02.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/misc/AGS/inprod-annaroom/th/AQ-03th.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/game-anna/AQ-03.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/misc/AGS/inprod-annaroom/th/AQ-05th.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/game-anna/AQ-05.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/misc/AGS/inprod-annaroom/th/AQ-07th.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/game-anna/AQ-07.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/misc/AGS/inprod-annaroom/th/AQ-08th.png) (http://www.kramsdesign.com/game-anna/AQ-08.png)
(screens feature graphics that are works in progress)

Features include:

    * 'Telekinesis' icon giving new depths to puzzle design and player interaction
    * 'Ted' – an oversized teddy bear (also a victim of the old woman's wicked schemes) who walks & talks and will assist in Anna's escape
    * A range of hand drawn, frame-by-frame 2D animations, including short intro and ending cutscenes

An example of some of the animation work can be seen here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFy2R8FElPg&feature=player_embedded) in a 'behind the scenes' promo video.

Notes on Development

5th September 2012 - BETA TESTERS NEEDED: The first volume, chapters 1 and 2, are officially complete with full voice acting and original soundtrack! Now we just need some sucke- ahhh... kind persons to test the beta out. If you're keen, private message me with your email, or email me directly (dbe.krams(at)gmail.com) so I can send you a link!

I'll be posting more info up as production continues.
For more info and details please check out my website, Krams Design (http://www.kramsdesign.com/).

Woah, this looks awesome. I'll be waiting for it. :D

Hi Sughly ;D, I'm happy to see that Anna's Room is going well  ;D, it looks fantastic  ;D

Regards

I've been watching this on your website for a while now, and it's cool to see some more screenshots!

Good luck with the progress on this, I looked forward to seeing more :)

What Lamp Post said!

This looks promising!
Will be keeping an eye on this one.
Best of luck Sughly.

I like your graphical style.  Looking forward to this one...  8)

I have been keeping an eye on it for a while too.
I think you should wait and release a full length game, also wait to see what they say at your University so maybe you can improve something.

This game just looks awesome.

Awesome keeping an eye on this  ;D

Looking superb!

Yay! Thanks for the love everyone!  ;D

Quote from: Mati256 on Fri 04/02/2011 12:08:40
also wait to see what they say at your University so maybe you can improve something.

Actually it completely slipped my mind, but there was kind of a reason I started the page in the first place... I finished a playable demo of the first part and was hoping to just get just a few people trialling it for me so I can get some early feedback on the direction so far. It's still got plenty of things in there that need updating, particularly in sound department as well as a few GUI things, but the feedback would be invaluable. So if you're keen please PM me and I'll give you a link! And also sorry in advance if this is the wrong place to make this sort of request... if it is wrong I can repost it somewhere more appropriate.

You know i've been waiting for this Sughly but it's great to see some new shots. Best of luck finishing!

Woow! Very nice looking game! I think that in the last year AGS game's quality raises vastly!

Looking really great! Can't wait to play it! Maybe on Halloween?!

Love the lovely graphical style. Look forward to seeing more.

I already thought this looks nice when you asked about C&C for your verbcoin, and I'm glad to see you still working on it. I definitely like your graphics style!

What kind of Master allows for a game to be made as the final project? Animation would be my best guess.

It looks hyper-cute! It's not my kind of game really, but I will totally check this out regardless. ;)

This looks incredible! Definetly going to play this one, and if you ever need beta testers or something, don't hesitate to send me a message!

You call this artwork?

;D

Looks ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!

I must say, this is most certainly the project I am looking forward to the most! :)

(besides Duke Nukem Forever on May 3rd...if that counts..)

Really pleased you're still working on this mate.

Looks lovely!  :D Wish I could draw like that.

Looks awesome! Also, I really like the look of the cut-scene type thing. Good job:)

Thanks so much for the love everyone, means a lot!  ;D

@ Tamanegi - it's a Masters of Creative Industries with a major in interactive and visual design. Bit of a mouthful, but yeah it's half animation and half in programming and such. I've just decided to tackle both areas at once 8)

Hey guys! Just a post to let you all know the game is just about ready - just need some beta testers now! I've updated the original post with the details. We need as many testers as we can get, so don't be shy! Final push now :D

This looks very nice, I happily signed up for beta testing :)

Love the look of this game.  Volunteered for beta testing.   :smiley:

This has come a long way from the initial background you posted to the CL ages ago!  I'm looking forward to seeing this finished.

I would love to beta-test but i'm only available on weekends.
I'm really happy to know the first chapters are almost ready.

Hi Sughly, the characters are very cute and the story looks promising :)

If you are interested in a free french translation, I'm ready to go ;)

Even though cartoon-esque graphics aren't really my style, I really like yours.  Very cutesy yet dark, which I like.  Sounds like an intriguing game and I'm looking forward to checking it out when it's ready! 


Sarah

I can say I have played this game and it is really, really good. I much preferred the name Anna's Room though but that's just me.

Thanks for all the kind words peoples! @J.H. - haha, I know, I kind of prefer Anna's Room too, but since it's only where one part of the whole story takes place now it feels sadly redundant :(

If you're one of the people who PM'ed or emailed me about beta testing, thank you SO SO much! The next time you hear from me I'll have a copy of the game for you to test :D