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Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait

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Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination...

The wisdom that we get from the “already told” stories makes us deeply feel that we cannot hide from the inevitable (*).


Be an active participant in a story true to the original.

Play the role intended for you by the master Edgar Allan Poe. and uncover the dark secret behind the portrait of a muse.

The show must go on... in the right way.

Make choices and follow the illustrative sounds and music.

Images arise and disappear in the fumes of the gothic atmosphere.

Experience the story as realistically as your imagination allows you to.



 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀    Story mode

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀You decide when to unfold the rest of the story.


 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀    Explore mode

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Follow the music to discover locations and push the action forward.




We strongly recommend using headphones for the full 3d audio environment experience.




Enjoy the Gamebook in your favorite armchair or while traveling. Just run your Gamebook on any laptop/PC. No Internet access is required when installed. Using headphones is strongly recommended. Once you start playing, you don't even need to look at the screen. You will see what you hear through imagination.



Audio-active production is free, expected adventure time is 30 minutes.








(*) Inspired by: Umberto Eco “I nuovi mezzi di comunicazione e il destino del libro”.

Achievements

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Say the Wish

Say the Wish

16.9%

Find the well

Revealer of the Gothic Tragedy

Revealer of the Gothic Tragedy

17.8%

Finish gamebook in the Explore Mode

Connoisseur of Gothic Tales

Connoisseur of Gothic Tales

20.9%

Finish gamebook in the Story Mode

Researcher of Human Fate

Researcher of Human Fate

21.8%

Listen to the muse story

The Oval Portrait

The Oval Portrait

22.7%

Come up to the Oval Portrait

Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait

Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".

Developer

The Midworld

Publisher

The Midworld

Release Date

23 June, 2022

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