Professor Samuel Hunt works for the British Museum at the turn of the 20th century. Through his eyes, the player is likely to discover documents and
objects in the offices and stores of the Museum. Based on these, Professor Hunt sets out to discover ancient secret board games in twelve parts of the
world, and finally solve an age-old mystery.
Features
Each episode features interaction with other characters, several puzzles, and as a master puzzle, a board game to be played against one of the characters. Developers took great pains to include relatively unknown board games that also fit with the cultural context that the given episode is taking place in. Soundtrack also relies on the music of the local culture.
Special options
You can play the board games at the end of each episode over the Internet with other gamers. Or the board games can be played offline, against your computer. The game's website, www.agongame.com provides additional reading, cheats and hints between episodes.
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Adventure series
Private Moon Studios decided on a game series both to experiment with a new format in adventure gaming and to shortcut the path from development to publishing. This novel format is intrinsic to the storyline, as twelve different areas of the world are explored in each episode. It also allows additional information and interaction at the game's website, www.agongame.com that may influence how an episode is completed. Although the episodes create a linear order of adventures, multiple paths are available inside each episode. Gamers are also encouraged to share their ideas with developers to influence the content of episodes far ahead.
Distribution
The game will not be available in traditional stores but gamers will have to visit the game's website, www.agongame.com for each episode. By choosing distribution over the Internet, Private Moon Studios is shortcutting the usual channels of distribution. This allows this small company to market its product without the several years of delay that usually takes place between the idea of an adventure game and its actual marketing. This method also enables users to directly support developers both financially and with their input of ideas. The release of episode one is due in September and will be followed by further episodes bimonthly.