Agatha's Novel by mvasko2

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made by mvasko2 for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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Play online: https://mvasko2.itch.io/agathas-novel

Help aspiring writer Agatha to find all pages of her Magnum Opus!

It was a dark, gloomy night, when Agatha, an aspiring author went to her publisher to deliver the book she wrote. Unfortunately, maneuvering the narrow roads to her destination, Agatha lost all 12 pages of her Magnum Opus and now she has to collect all the pages, but her car only has limited space in its tank.

Can you help Agatha collect all the pages as fast as possible, not get lost in the labyrinth of roads and not run out of gasoline?

Prepare for the ride of your life in this spooky game that takes you down the narrow roads, to collect all the pages of Agatha’s fabulous book. But it won’t be as easy as it may seem to be, because your car only has limited space in tank and won’t go far without refueling – When Agatha publishes her book and becomes famous, she will buy a bigger one for sure.

Enjoy the great atmosphere along with beautiful hand painted graphics, marvelous music and of course, Agatha’s novel itself.

Controls

| Keyboard+Mouse | Gamepad | Action | |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------| | W, Up | Right trigger | Forward | | A, Left | Left stick | Turn left | | D, Right | Left stick | Turn right | | S, Down | Left trigger | Backward | | Space | Button × (down) | Brake | | Mouse movement | Right stick | Look around |

Tools used

  • Godot 4 - game engine
  • Blender - 3D modeling
  • GIMP - image post-processing
  • Inkscape - splash art
  • Paper, watercolors and scanner - painting
  • Guitar and Ardour - music
  • Audacity - sound effects

Team

  • EmaZuro – Writing, sounds, voice-acting
  • Milan Vaško - Programming, music, light design
  • NettlesCat - Graphics and level design

Making of

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Changelog

  • 1.0.0 - First release of game
  • 1.1.0 - Added fuel canister respawning to balance difficulty

Ratings

Given 12🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

HangoverGames
03. Oct 2023 · 07:20 UTC
To be honest, I never managed to collect all the elements; fuel in this game is really limited.
However, I really liked the atmosphere of this game!!
Reminded me of the first Harry Potter game I played as a kid on PS1
Scott Cooper
03. Oct 2023 · 15:09 UTC
Like the first comment said, fuel starts to get limited towards the end. But I liked the direction you all were going in, the syle feels familiar too. Nice job!
Tero Pulkkinen
03. Oct 2023 · 15:11 UTC
nice little car game with lights
evil23
03. Oct 2023 · 15:15 UTC
I took two wrong turns into dead ends and ran out of fuel. There is no 'game over' notification I just got stuck. The atmosphere was very well made though. In the beginning I thought slender man is lurking between the trees and I expected some jumpscare every moment. Also I liked the handmade artstyle!
Fabio bonú
03. Oct 2023 · 15:15 UTC
really appreciate the effort for the graphics. impressive amount of work in draw that scan to digital
agentparsec
03. Oct 2023 · 15:22 UTC
I almost had it, the last page was in sight when I ran out of gas ^^;
MaksimJ
03. Oct 2023 · 15:27 UTC
Cool game! I really like the artstyle. I got 10/12 and it was really hard at that point because I was stranded:D One time I think I collected 2 notes too fast, and I only heard the voice over for one of them haha
🎤 mvasko2
03. Oct 2023 · 15:59 UTC
Thanks for playing, everyone!

@hangovergames, @scott-cooper, @evil23, @agentparsec, @maksimj We've balanced the difficulty a little bit, the canisters should reappear after some driving time. Feel free to try again if you're interested.
Fusyon
03. Oct 2023 · 16:23 UTC
Took me 10 minutes to find the last piece of paper, so the respawning canisters were essential. I really enjoyed the narration and the aesthethics of the game.
Jollymah
06. Oct 2023 · 20:36 UTC
The game is a bit hard for me but I really like the mood and how we control the car!
Azyriah
06. Oct 2023 · 21:27 UTC
I had some difficulty with the keyboard controls and got stuck at one point, but this was fun! Loved the narration part of it!
Brogolem35
07. Oct 2023 · 10:21 UTC
I did not see a game where you listen to a book i the background coming. Well done!
Jeff Kerman
08. Oct 2023 · 09:01 UTC
Great game. I liked the car handling as I know from personal experience it is hard to make good car handling. Great job
Bill Marcy
11. Oct 2023 · 02:35 UTC
I'm impressed at how full the forest feels with the tree assets you used!
PSV Games Studio
13. Oct 2023 · 21:06 UTC
Very cool game! I liked the game's graphics, the gameplay is very fun and the environment is well filled. I almost managed to get through 12 pages, I was so close...
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Good job!
alexandrina
17. Oct 2023 · 07:16 UTC
i liked the game, it took me a while to manage to colect items amd to control the car, but it's not impossible, really interesting how you used sound and voice as a story, nice work!
EgorMnc
20. Oct 2023 · 13:32 UTC
the game is quite interesting, it was fun to play, everything was done well, both the controls and the game design itself