Hello everyone!
After nearly 4 years of development,
The Phantom Fellows is now available! I've poured my heart and soul into every single line of dialog, every pixel, musical note and line of scripting - and I've had the best 4 years of my life making this game.
If you play, I hope it brings you much laughter and fulfillment :)
GOG (https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_phantom_fellows)
Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1581490/The_Phantom_Fellows/?beta=0)
itch.io (https://strummergames.itch.io/the-phantom-fellows)
Fireflower (https://fireflowergames.com/products/the-phantom-fellows)
ThePhantomFellows.com (http://www.thephantomfellows.com/)
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The Phantom Fellows has heart, lots of laughter and provides endless rewards for the players exploration. Taking place over 7 Days, with each day it's own case, you'll be able to take control over Oliver (the breather) and Englebert (the floater), switching between them to utilize their strengths. The game features a travel map that opens the world up, allowing players to travel back to previous locations where they can find alternate solutions to current puzzles and be rewarded with fresh interactions and laughs. There is also an in-game, dialog based hint system which has a very natural, conversational feel since Englebert already plays the role of mentor to Oliver. The hints are delivered one at a time and the player can chose how much or how little help they want.
The Phantom Fellows features observational and situational humor that is incredibly authentic and unique, while also providing satisfying character arcs, an over-arcing story that slowly comes to a boil for the final day and it handles the subject of death with a certain grace that balances comedy and philosophy in a way that leaves the player with a feeling of satisfaction and fulfillment. Each and every single line of dialog, every pixel and musical note was shown love and care in a way that only a solo developer in love with adventure games can provide.
You're invited to explore the world, interact with hundreds of unique hotspots, dozens of characters and see the dead come to life, in The Phantom Fellows!
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Has it been four years already? I remember playing the demo back then and having a good time with it. Congratulations on the release! I hope for success for you. I'll add the game to my long queue of games to play. ;)
Oh well, that's a release announcement. All those visuals look fantastic. Loved the trailer. Congratz on the release and never giving up! (nod)
Congrats on the release!
Since I saw the ad for this game on Adventure Gamers for a long time, I assumed it was already out (laugh)
The premise sounds a bit like the Blackwell series.
Very atmospheric graphics.
Quote from: heltenjon on Fri 27/09/2024 23:38:50Has it been four years already? I remember playing the demo back then and having a good time with it. Congratulations on the release! I hope for success for you. I'll add the game to my long queue of games to play. ;)
Thank you much
@heltenjon :) It has been 4 of the best years of my life making this game, thank you for playing the original demo which is like a picture of ones self in puberty—I can't even look at it now (laugh)
Quote from: Rik_Vargard on Fri 27/09/2024 23:43:28Oh well, that's a release announcement. All those visuals look fantastic. Loved the trailer. Congratz on the release and never giving up! (nod)
Thank you so much
@Rik Vargard I just downloaded Metro City and am looking forward to checking it out, its incredibly cool looking!
Quote from: Creamy on Sat 28/09/2024 09:37:14Congrats on the release!
Since I saw the ad for this game on Adventure Gamers for a long time, I assumed it was already out (laugh)
The premise sounds a bit like the Blackwell series.
Very atmospheric graphics.
Thank you
@Creamy ! In the time honored tradition of devs setting wildly ambitious deadlines, I took about 2 years longer than I thought (laugh) But I made the game I wanted to make and had a blast making it!
Thanks for your support here and the kind comments on the graphics :)
Oh, darn it. I just realized when reading
@The Last To Know 's top 5 list of 2024 (https://www.dasklapptsonicht.de/ags-highlights-14-oktober-dezember-2024/) that this game has not been added to the database. Which means it's not eligible for the AGS awards, and that's a shame. Please add it to the database (make a new entry for the complete game), both for the extra visibility and downloads it will create for yourself, but also for being eligible for awards for 2025 (if I understand the rules correctly).
Thank you
@heltenjon and to
@Postmodern Adventures for letting me know, I dropped this ball pretty hard, for some reason I think I thought that marking it complete here in this thread was what I needed to do to be eligible but its completely on me regardless! Thank you both for reaching out and letting me know :)
If I'm not eligible for this year then I'll be grateful to be eligible for next year's awards!
Meanwhile here's (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2815-the-phantom-fellows/) the games page!
Oh man, I was looking for it to nominate! Wondered where it was. Next year then. Fantastic game by the way!
Quote from: Yanek_Crispbread on Sat 04/01/2025 09:29:56Oh man, I was looking for it to nominate! Wondered where it was. Next year then. Fantastic game by the way!
aw thank you so much for the big smile and consideration :) I'm happy to say, thanks to a few awesome AGS'ers, The Phantom Fellows (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/adventure-related-talk-chat/127942-ags-awards-2024-for-your-consideration/) is now a part of the 2024 awards and can be nominated!
Awesome! I will add to my nominations :)