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Lovely style! The graphics are really unique... I might back something on Kickstarter again!

Good luck with development!

This looks like the game I have been waiting for ever since I completed The Dig when I was younger... It is glorious!
Oh, and I love the combination of 2D and 3D. You have my vote!

[LeafThief]

Thanks a lot guys! Really appreciate it
LeafThief: The game will definitely have poetic qualities even though it will be more like a collection of short stories!

600 downloads, a thread over 3 pages, and only 6 ratings on the game page? Come on people!
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1875/

I'm super happy with those numbers, plus total downloads on all sites is five times more than Skumring. I'm not complaining :-)

[SeamanNaranja]

Looks even smoother than your last game and the concept is intriguing. I'll have to go back and grab Providence now. :O

Thanks! Hope you enjoy it

Knowing that a new game is being produced by SeamanNaranja means it's gonna be awesome. If it's not for the rules of this forum, you don't really need to show screenshots or anything... Congrats and best of luck completing this piece of art

You are always too kind AnasAbdin!

Eight Bit Skyline becoming a publisher to watch!

Just happy someone is watching!

I just played this game.

My comments will basically be in line with what everyone else said:

Really cool different interface. Graphics and animations really stood out.

Not much of a puzzle game but definitely creepy!

Cheers

SHADOW

Glad you liked it!

What a great game. So beautiful to look at and such a dramatic interwoven story. Sadly it is a bit short and linear in walking and giving the illusion of choice but really fun to play! But besides this linearity the gameplay flows really well, a bit well for my taste, as there are no puzzles to interrupt that flow and make me think. But the story does make me think, so that's okay

@SeamanNaranja: ohnoes, I'm glad I did read your hidden text in the post before this one, otherwise I'd have tried it again too to try different paths and decisions...

Thank you for the kind words! Yeah, it is probably more of a visual novel, baring the puzzle at the hotel. Figured it fitted in with the themes and I had huge trouble coding puzzles since it is a platform game!

Spoiler alert! Do no read if you haven't played yet!

Yeah, but I hope you enjoyed it the first time around. The illusion of choice was the idea, much like in Telltale games or such. :-)

hehe, the hotel... there I though is a puzzle, so

That would be great! I just didn't think about it...

Looks outstanding and concept sounds interesting. Good luck finishing it, can't wait to enjoy this world.

Thanks man!

+1;
also, I'm curious, is it going to have similar gameplay to Providence (with keyboard movement and minimalistic puzzles)? Or is it a "pure" point and click adventure game? Or something totally different?

It's a "pure" point and click adventure. Inventory, mouse clicks and some hopefully challenging but fair puzzles!

[The Cosmonaut]

HJARTA
by Eight Bit Skyline



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.

Teaser trailer:
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Screenshots:




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.

Progress:
Graphics: 100%
Animation: 100%
Scripting: 100%
Music: 100%
Sound: 100%

Release date: 13th September

Websites:
Official / GameJolt.com / Itch.io

A really beautiful game. I love cyberpunk, Deus Ex, Blade Runner and this made me think of all of them! I'd love to see something longer in the same style or something of the same quality...

Just gave this a go and it is a joy to look at. The animations are so smooth and the transition effect between indoor and outdoor is a thing of beauty. As noted in the detail it is fairly short and the player is somewhat guided along the rails for the majority of it (the hotel section for me was the exception) but this is all about storytelling.

Thanks for your kind words! The hotel section probably is the only one with anything that resembles old school puzzles. I made a decision early that it should be a shorter game, because I wanted a steady pacing.

I'll definitely be playing through again to make some different choices.

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I thought about putting up a disclaimer at the end, so that people didn't come in a second time thinking it would have a lot of alternative routes through the game... In reality there aren't many. The illusion that there is and that you're making all these decisions is it. No matter what you do destiny is what awaits you. Unless you interpret it with dream theory, like some people on YouTube have!

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I just started on the game and it's intrigueing. Nice graphics too! What I miss though is a small explanation about how the interface works at the beginning, or on the AG webpage, because the interface is not really intuitive. I found it strange that I can't open doors but not go into the rooms they open to, for instance. And it took me a while to find out that when I want to use an object I have to press its 'inventory number,' for want of a better word.

Hi! Glad you are playing! The basic controls are the left and right arrow key for movement, space for interactions, and the number keys for inventory items (listed in the bottom left). Check out the controls in the pause menu (by clicking ESC). Hopefully the interaction bar should pop up at the bottom of the screen as well. If not you might be experiencing some kind of bug?

Played the game and finished, the interface has some exploits, aka the mouse can still be moved over dialogs, and it would be nice to have left and right work on some steps, but besides that the game is pretty well animated and well done. Like the music, like the UIs, like the plot. 5/5, really worth playing this.

I'll get into the bugs tonight! Thank you for them and the kind words :-)

Just finished it, lovely game, even though I don't feel I had any choices...
I did had to set the sprite cache to the maximum (100Mb) to get the game to run smooth, I was almost about to give up on it, when I remembered that option.

Thanks!

Spoiler

I don't think your choices matter that much in the end. When it comes to what you do with the targets you have a choice, the same goes for wether you lie or tell the truth. But at the end I thought it would be interesting if you lost control... It's probably depressing and naturalistic

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Also, the cache thing? I'm sorry about that, I just can't seem to find a fix! Glad you got it working tho!

I did stumble into one bug.

Yeah, sorry about that... I've been working day and night to fix that one, but I can't really find a better solution! Hope it didn't ruin the experience.

I'm not quite sure I got the full depth of the story though...
Keep up the good work, looking forward for more from you!

It is whatever you want it to be! And thanks for the kind words

I absolutely love the amount of polish in this game, both in art and sound design! Great job!
I'm among those who wanted more so I'll keep my fingers crossed, hoping to see something else like this maybe longer and, why not, maybe more complex!

Thanks and yes! Something new is already well underway :-)

playing your game was a very enjoyable experience. I will play it again tonight to satisfy the developer in me. Also having feedback from such an artist like you is an honour

Congratulations on the release. The game is technically superb.

I have played "a date in the park" and "Providence" in a row.
Both games are so depressing.
Now, I need a cuddle.

Thanks for playing it and sorry for making you sad

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Ooooo I have been meaning to try Spine (I use Anime Studio mostly) but was put off with the fact it doesn't allow vector art but seeing how smooth the animations are in this game, I may have to give it a try

It's pretty neat and very intuitive!

I played this game and I was disappointed when it ended because I didn't want it to end
I will not talk about the story, art and music because I am still feeling euphoric.
I will not talk to SeamanNaranja because I don't want to keep him busy from making another game.

Your words are just to kind... Glad you enjoyed it!

EDIT: After a few tests, I'll say that the culprit is trying to scale down the game. Runs fine in windowed mode, I just can't scale the window to a lower setting.
Using the non windowed mode, and selecting a lower resolution crashes winsetup right away.

That is weird. I am using the AGS alpha tho, with custom resolution. It's supposedly not stable, even though I haven't had any problems with it!

Really enjoyed this. The aesthetic and tone reminded me quite a bit of Kentucky Route Zero, which has become one of my favorite games. I also second the request for looks at your process. The animation and (vector?) artwork are beautiful in this.

Sox's comment makes me wonder: are there multiple endings? I'm going to play it again regardless! Well done!

Thanks! Kentucky Route Zero is awesome! It isn't proper vector stuff, but it's drawn with pencil in Photoshop. Oh, and the animation is done with Spine by Esoteric Software, another project I helped kickstart (along with the Musopen Chopin recordings)! :-)

The tree sequence is very well done.

It was my first idea for the game!

oh and

Spoiler

10/10 would stay silent for a whole game again

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Spoiler

Agreed

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Thanks a bunch for all the good feedback guys! The best thing is the fact that someone wants to play it at all!

Also: I have just updated the game to v. 1.1 where I've fixed all the bugs Inventive Mind mention and added autosave, just in case. Thanks for improving the game!