Monday, June 16, 2008

Enter the Story

Enter the Story is an ambitious project by Chris Tolworthy, where he intends to create playable versions of the world's most famous literary works.

The individual games all connect with each other in the game's world, forming one large adventure game encompassing all of the novels that have been adapted.

Starting with The Picture of Dorian Gray, the series was revamped to become online choose your own adventure style game books (with the occasional adventure style puzzle) using Javascript.  The new games connect to each other, but the original five games don't connect to the new ones since they are offline games made using Adventure Game Studio.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is free, and the rest of the games are free for half the story.  The entire series (including the original five offline games can be purchased in a bundle pack).

In this game of Victor Hugo's novel, Jean Valjean seeks redemption for his past in 19th century Paris.
Released: Windows 01/05/09
Travel through hell, purgatory, then finally paradise in the game of Dante Alighieri's famous poem.
Released: Windows 09/10/09
In this game based on The Theogony by Hesiod, witness the origin of the gods, the universe, and of humankind.
Released: Windows 01/19/10
In this game of Charles Dickens' novel, two groups of people struggle in Paris and London during the late 1700s.
Released: Windows 08/23/10
In this game of Alexandre Dumas' novel, wrongly imprisoned Dantes is given a chance for treasure and revenge.
Released: Windows 08/01/11
In this game of Oscar Wild's novel, Dorian Gray sells his soul so that a painting of him will age rather than he.
Released: Javascript 02/21/12
In this game of Jules Verne's novel, a german scientist, his nephew, and a guide, travel to the center of the Earth.
Released: Javascript 02/21/12
In this game of Jules Verne's novel, a businessman and a scientist discover that aliens inhabit the moon.
Released: Javascript 02/29/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, the love of two young people is forbidden by their feuding families.
Released: Javascript 03/11/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, a man commits treacherous acts to become and to keep his position as king.
Released: Javascript 04/04/12
In this game of Mary Shelley's novel, a man uses cadavers to create a monster, who may not be a monster after all.
Released: Javascript 04/22/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, lovers are fooled by fairies as Duke Theseus and Queen Hippolyta are wed.
Released: Javascript 05/04/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, a Moor is to wed a senator's daughter, much to the Senator's disdain.
Released: Javascript 05/26/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, Prince Hamlet seeks revenge upon his uncle for murdering his father.
Released: Javascript 06/07/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, a king blinded by jealousy orders his servant to kill his childhood friend.
Released: Javascript 06/30/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, a magician banished by his brother causes his brother's ship to wreck.
Released: Javascript 07/12/12
In this game of William Shakespeare's play, rumors that Caesar plans to make Rome a monarchy lead to his death.
Released: Javascript 08/15/12