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[Providence]

Please consider our games Providence and Hjarta for the AGS Awards!

Providence

An old man in a highrise apartment. An young boy and his family living on their farm. An assassin working in the shadows.

Providence is an interactive short story drama about three people who share a common destiny, and how they come to find it.

It features 720p resolution and music from The Free Chopin Kickstarter by MusOpen.




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Hjarta
   
The Cosmonaut
and how He said Farewell!
to His Friends
and traveled Beyond
and into the Unknown.

The Prisoner
that was sentenced!
to the Abyss
of Despair.

The Martyr!
and how She found Freedom!
and saved the Universe.

Hjarta is a collection of short stories and a point and click adventure game.

It is set in a futuristic world and has three chapters, which you can play in any order you want.




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Fantastic art! Love the grey color scheme and the art style on the main character. Setting sounds interesting as well. Will follow this closely!

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That everyone experiences the game in different way, depending on the order they picked the characters. I played: 1.The Martyr 2.The Cosmonaut and then 3.The Prisoner. The prisoner one I liked the most, because of the puzzles. Martyr story had that nice view of the futuristic city, from the ceiling window. The music nicely harmonized with the game and its story.

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Really wonderful game. Well done!

Yes!

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The first thing I thought about when I came up with the idea was that the order would affect the experience. So happy you felt that

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Also, thanks for the nice words

I really liked this game!

Thank you, it feels like you really got what I was trying to do with the visual style!

I really enjoyed this. I would love to see a longer story set in the same universe. Well done on a gorgeous game.

Thanks! Might happen, just need to get the next three-four projects out of the way

I just finished playing the three mini-episodes and I LOVED this game.

This game cannot be viewed as a game with a detailed or complex plot. As the game description says, it's three mini-games rather than a complete game.

The strength of the game is the exceptionally smooth graphics and animation. The puzzles are fun and designed well. I just found the overall play experience to be delightful.

I know that it's intended to be this way, but it almost feels like you are jumping into a character's life and playing a brief segment of a full story. I suppose that the player is supposed to wonder who the characters are, how they ended up where they are and what happens next. I find that to be a very creative replacement for a complete story.

I look forward to more games from this author!

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Thank you for the great words Shadow1000! Your description of the game is pretty much just how I wanted it to feel like and that makes me very happy

Congrats on the release!
These are 3 very interesting episodes from 3 different people (while 1 isn't even human), I just wish they were a bit more related to eachother or there is a fourth and final episode where they all come together. Overall very enjoyable!

Thanks selmiak, and thanks for helping out with testing!
There are a lot of small hidden links between the episodes, but you're right, they're not explicitly related to each other. It's just some different story ideas set in one universe, so hopefully the player can fill out the fourth chapter by themself?
If I was making a bigger game it definitely could be interesting to tie them together and continue the story. Maybe something for Hjarta 2?

Congratulations on the release!

Congrats on the release.

Thanks guys! And thanks again for great feedback :-)

The word "Hjarta" is an Icelandic word. And yes in English it means heart.

You are of course right, since both Icelandic and Norwegian (my language) are developed from Old Norse where they used the word "hjarta"! Icelandic is probably the most similar to Norse, but we actually use hjarta in Norway as well! At least in nynorsk, one of the two variants of norwegian today

(btw congrats on qualifying for the European Championships)

Thanks guys!

Glad you liked it josiah1221! The hint system was a late addition, after some good feedback from the testers. Glad it was useful!

Hjarta is released! Completed game announcement thread here.

[New release trailer:]

HJARTA
An Eight Bit Skyline game

The Cosmonaut
and how he said Farewell
to his Friends and travelled beyond
and into the Unknown.

The Prisoner
that was sentenced
to the Abyss
of Despair.

The Martyr
and how she found Freedom
and saved the Universe.

New release trailer:

[embed=750,422]<iframe width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A_oq23_Y1HE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/embed]

What is HJARTA?

• Hjarta is a word from old norse language and it means 'heart'.
• Hjarta is a collection of short stories.
• Hjarta is a point-and-click adventure game.

Screenshots:




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Technical information:

• Version: 1.0
• Download size: 125 mb
• Installed size: 720 mb
• Supported systems: Windows

Huge thanks:

• Extra animations, puzzles: Navidad
• The wonderful testers: NickyNyce, Creamy, selmiak, MyEakinBack, Superkumi!

Websites: Official / GameJolt.com / Itch.io

I had the privilege of testing this and it is a beauty. It is definitely worth the wait, as a lot of effort has gone into this.

You are too kind :-)

Hjarta is practically done. Added an auto save system and some other touches and final testing is going on. The game will be released on sunday the 13th of september!

Thanks guys! Added some new stuff to the game including a new hint system and a lot of bug and animations fixes as a result of beta feedback. Release is still on for late august!

The game is almost finished and ready for release. I'm working hard on the final beta test right now as well as making a release trailer that will come out together with the game. I'm aiming for a release in august, probably near the end of the month!

[Hjarta]

I need people to beta test my new game, Hjarta. The first beta is almost ready!



The game is freeware, so there's no money in it, but I'd be really grateful!

It's a short story game with three different characters set in a science fiction setting. I'm hoping to release it sometime in july or maybe august!

The game has an in production thread here: adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=51747.0
It also has an official website here: hjarta.eightbitskyline.com

All feedback is good feedback, but especially stuff regarding code, typos/language stuff is needed.

Interested? Send me a PM!

Thanks a lot guys!

I'm not too keen on the font used for dialogue, though. Maybe you're planning on dealing with it later, but I think something bolder would be better.

It is really just a place holder right now.

[This is it:]

The game is coming together.
Updated progress in the first post.
Oh, and there is a teaser trailer out for Hjarta today...

This is it:
[embed=750,422]<iframe width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-i9qq0FispM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/embed]

It's edging closer
Hjarta has code,
almost all of it.
Cutscene animations are done,
the music implemented.
Playtesting is just starting up,
a new website is out.
Stay tuned for a trailer,
sometime next month?
A summer release is still
very much on the cards.

This looks great. I want this.

Looking forward to it!
Screens look great!
Keep up the good job.

Thank you both :-)

New screenshots!



Also updated progress in first post.

I'm glad I finally got round to playing this game.  I really enjoyed the mysterious, melancholy atmosphere, and I'm still thinking about the ending...

Thanks for taking the time to play it!