Play the NPCs in a medieval village, and decide whether to help or hinder the adventurer in their quest.
August 8, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
College Fun Games :
8th, August 2024, Edinburgh, UK: College Fun Games has just released a demo of their first game, The Protagonish - a short point & click adventure game, a hand crafted funny experience with a grappling hook.
Watch the launch trailer
The Protagonish doesn’t focus on Sir Sandford, a fearless knight of noble birth, on an epic quest to defeat evil. Instead see the perspectives of four typical NPCs (non-playing characters) as an outsider threatens to upset the peace and quiet of their village. Play as the village shopkeeper, a monk who’s taken a vow of silence, a concussed miner (who doesn’t always say what they mean) and the mysterious beastie whom the knight has sworn to conquer.
Through dialogue, deception and puzzles, players can choose to help or hinder the adventurer in their quest, and see the consequences through multiple endings and character arcs. A short game with humour for the whole family, brought to life with hand-drawn characters and locations.
Featuring:
Full professional voice cast with stars from Edinburgh stand-up and stage
A score performed on real Celtic instruments
20 minutes of single player gameplay, with multiple endings
Wit, humour and a grappling hook
Hand-drawn art and animations
After being selected for Brilliant Indie Treasures (Brighton), and Timeless Gaming (Bury) the full game is self-funded, self-published and aims to release in September 2024 on Steam and itch.io for Windows, Mac, Linux. The demo is available now on Steam and Itch.io, contact [email protected] for any queries.
Websites: theprotagonish.com / collegefun.games
Launch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVxtDDwkkM
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2994780/The_Protagonish/
Itch.io: https://collegefungames.itch.io/theprotagonish
Devlog: collegefun.games/blog
Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@collegefungames
**ENDS**
About College Fun Games
The Protagonish is the first game from a new Edinburgh, Scotland based game studio, aiming to make point and click adventure games that tell stories with humour and heart.
CFG was founded in January 2024 by Daniel Turner, who brings 10 years experience running a software development company, and an astonishing 8 months of experience in game development. For the Protagonish, he’s also been lead writer and developer. Daniel started programming games on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum when he was 4, and grew up with a love of classic PC adventure games.
The Protagonish is our first title, a fun experiment from a team that’s never made a video game before. We are already writing, designing and recruiting for our first full-length title, to be announced in 2025.
Our aim is to make games as a team without ‘crunch’, where everyone from any background is given the freedom to do their best creative work. We pay fairly, work flexibly up-to 4 days a week, either in our beautiful Leith based office, at home, or our secret coffee hangout so we all have time for other creative projects. We are humans making games for humans, and don’t use AI tools.
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