About This Game

Story

Play as Amadeus, a young werewolf struggling to understand his condition, as he navigates a tale woven by Witches. He is equal parts desperate and determined—how can one reclaim agency over themself, when afflicted by a curse that steals it from them every time the moon Aska draws full?

Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee is a narrative game heavily inspired by Umineko When They Cry thematically, and Professor Layton aesthetically. Gameplay is a blend of pure Visual Novel scenes + Point-and-Click Adventure scenes. The story is linear, and will be told in 5 sequential episodes.

Episode 1 ~ Waltz is coming soon. A new pre-release demo is coming October 2024 - stay tuned!

Demo Features (more features coming in new demo, October 2024)

20-40 minutes of playtime

7 detailed, hand-drawn backgrounds to explore

6 portrait expressions for Amadeus

6 original music tracks, including 1 track with 3 dynamic layers

Point-and-Click controls with unique cursor icons to indicate player interactions

Alternate Hover-and-Spacebar control scheme for players who have difficulty with mouse click

Toggle for auto-scrolling text with adjustible appearance speed and delay time between textboxes

Diegetic backlog of previously-read text

Optional splash screen to fill window beyond 4:3 gameplay (may impact performance - see system requirements)

Controls

VN Scenes

TAB Key: toggle Auto Text Progression on/off

SPACE Key: display full text/progress text

1/2/3 Key: select choice

Mouse click on the displayed buttons is supported as an alternative

Point-and-Click Scenes

HOVER with mouse, cursor will change to indicate if object is interactible

If cursor changes, MOUSE CLICK or SPACE to trigger...

-Boot: Amadeus will MOVE to location

-Eye: Amadeus will INSPECT distant objects

-Hand: Amadeus will INTERACT WITH nearby objects

-Arrow: Amadeus will MOVE to a new screen

WASD and ARROW KEYS supported as alternative to MOVE Amadeus

SPACE supported as alternative to INTERACT with nearby objects

UI

ESC Key: pause/open Settings Menu

N Key: pause/open Notebooks Menu

To adjust sliders in Settings Menu, use mouse to click and drag the pencil icon left/right

Menus can also be opened + closed by clicking on the buttons in the screen corners

Credits

Game Design, Art, Music/Sound, C# Scripting, Implementation, Narrative - Leo ArcanaXIX

Clarinet (Deal With a Witch) - Lucas Bere

Marimba (Spellbound Mischief) - Jay Lee

VO (Kain's Ghost) - Nat Ferare

Narrative Consultant - Ashlee Scheuermann*

Code Consultant - Dan Mellott

Mix Consultant (Deal With a Witch, Spellbound Mischief) - Sonia Mokhtari

Playtesting - Derek, Joanna, Luke, Aaron, Ashlee

Playtesting (original prototype) - Alex, Lucas, Skipper, Nathalie, Taylor, Dan

*Ashlee also wished to be credited as "Made Everything Worse." Thank you Ashlee. <3

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game deals with topics including: child abuse/neglect, death, murder. It also involves body horror with respect to the main character's werewolf transformations.