IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT, FOUR TRAVELERS
or
A tale of dark and troubling things
(A free point-and-click adventure anthology in four acts.)
A train. A masked ball. Four strangers and their stories.
THE SILENT ROOM
(Progress: complete.)
In a luxurious hotel room in Rome, freshly arrived from Turin, Carlo awaits for his lover Patrick to arrive. Yet even in the wild and roaring 1920s, these rendezvous must be held in secret, and the tension of meeting in constant hiding is taking its toll.
(Main influences: The Talented Mr. Ripley, Inland Empire, and the unsolved mystery of Room 1046.)
THE SLOW VANISHING OF LADY WINTERBOURNE
(Progress: 40%)
Lady Winterbourne has lost her husband in a tragic accident. Now letters from pretenders to her title -- and her vast fortune -- keep arriving every day at her mansion, but the only thing she's interested in is the bottle of laudanum she keeps in her cabinet.
(Main influences: my own experiences with substance abuse, loss, grief, and suicidal ideation.)THE NAMELESS RITUAL
(Progress: 20%)
Downtrodden by the racism of the American medical establishment, Dr. Jordan Samuels has resorted to the Dark Arts in an attempt to achieve the success denied to him by his peers. However, when the nightmares begin, he starts thinking he might have bitten off more than he can chew.
(Main influences: The Knick (TV show), Doctor Faustus, Twin Peaks, Aleister Crowley, any stories in which somebody finds Something Beyond Human Understanding that drives them to insanity such as The King in Yellow, Le Horla, etc.)IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT
(Progress: 50%)
Laylah likes her job, but sometimes she yearns for a bit of variety. So any time the opportunity arises for her to experience something different from her daily routine, she will take it -- even if it means going against her very powerful bosses' orders.
(Main influences: Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.)BROUGHT TO YOU BY:Laura Hunt: coding, writing, music & sound design, game design.
Thomas Möhring: art, animations, cutscenes, game design.
Additional music (so far!):
- Jack Stillman & Orchestra,
At peace with the world (Irving Berlin, 1926). Restored mp3 transfer of original recording licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 2.5 by the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
- Walter Scanlan,
Always (Irving Berlin, 1925). Restored mp3 transfer of original recording licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 2.5 by the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
- Gerluz,
Serenade for Strings Op. 22 - II. Menuetto (Antonin Dvorak, 1875). Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.
- Emanuel Salvador,
3 Old Viennese Dances - I. Liebesleid (Fritz Kreisler, 1910). Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 3.0.
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Gnossiene No. 1 (Erik Satie, ca. 1890). Piano performance by Edward Rosser, from public domain recording. Harp performance arranged by Laura Hunt from MIDI file by unknown sequencer.
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Lady Winterbourne's Theme by Laura Hunt, inspired by Rachmaninoff's
Prelude in C# Minor Op. 3, No. 2.
This post will be updated with new screenshots as we have more to show for the following acts!
