Wonderful. Solid story with excellent character development, and a mystery that you can actually solve if you're paying attention. I loved the ending *sly wink*
That sly wink implies that I know something about the ending.
Love your games!! I'm also an AGSthe rest are just bare bones developer (robotragedy1 and 2, recently 2080 wall city Lockdown and others.) I'm playing Shards and I love the interface. I'm not a coder and creating a game is always a nightmare for me and i'm never happy with the interfaces. Except the thimbellweed template the rest are just bare bones. I have an odd request for You sir. Can you make a template from your Game, removing of course many assets so I can use it as the base for any future game I might develop?
This was so much fun. I loved the characters (especially the depth of the Vigil Mother), and the endings were SO satisfying. You truly have a gift for storytelling.
Does it say something like "Shards_of_God_v1.2 is damaged and can't be opened. You should eject the disk image"? If so, then please follow the instructions in the readme file, you should be able to run the game.
I'd heard about this from a short article in the French video games magazine Canard PC. I just finished it, I have to say it's a delightful little game! The story is very tight and well written, the game feels quite polished. It's short, but in the best way: there is no padding, just the content needed for the story to work and to keep the player guessing until the end. Great job!
Yes, I took it as trolling and deleted it. The comment was bizarre, very arrogant and had earned a record number of downvotes. The fact that you also spammed the thread with 20 or 30 similarly nonsensical and/or antagonistic responses to other commenters didn't help either. More posts like this will lead to a ban.
Nice game! The animation and art were top notch. And the story was good with simple, realistic puzzles. My only complaints are lack of voice acting, which I understand since it's expensive and bad voice acting can ruin a game and some of the conversations were too long. Great game otherwise!
I got stuck right at the end by a bug. (Spoilers ahead)
When Tiabat summons the witness, the game just sits there, not going further. I've been waiting for five minutes and nothing happened... I want to see what happens next :(
Oops, sorry! I did a silent update this morning (just to correct a mistake in one line of dialogue) and it seems that this part got broken in the process. Please download again and load the latest autosave (should be labeled "[somebody] arrives"), hope it works now.
Thank you, it works perfectly, now! It was amazing, surprisingly well written and with astounding music and art. I really hope this will be just the first chapter!
Very nice.
A good two hour game, lots of fun characters, I managed to nail the killer on my second guess. The reveal at the end was lovely, and I got to put a hammer to good use. Wonderful.
fantastic story, art, and twist! took about two hours to complete while also getting lost a few times, but it's not difficult given that the game is good about giving hints. (not overbearingly so, i often tried to refrain from seeking them out to complete the puzzles myself, but it's nice that they're there regardless)
i also appreciated that the game gets interesting VERY quickly.. the whole experience goes by so fast because of how fast & smooth everything is :]
Got it for free; played it and went back here to pay for it. Great story, nice graphics and animations, balanced puzzles: everything was really well-done, congrats to the developer and artists!
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One of the best games I've played recently!
Very beautiful and a big inspiration.
Wonderful. Solid story with excellent character development, and a mystery that you can actually solve if you're paying attention. I loved the ending *sly wink*
That sly wink implies that I know something about the ending.
Love your games!! I'm also an AGSthe rest are just bare bones developer (robotragedy1 and 2, recently 2080 wall city Lockdown and others.) I'm playing Shards and I love the interface. I'm not a coder and creating a game is always a nightmare for me and i'm never happy with the interfaces. Except the thimbellweed template the rest are just bare bones. I have an odd request for You sir. Can you make a template from your Game, removing of course many assets so I can use it as the base for any future game I might develop?
My email is pijin73@gmail.com
Thanks for your games and talent!!
Thank you, fellow AGSer! I sent you an email :).
This was so much fun. I loved the characters (especially the depth of the Vigil Mother), and the endings were SO satisfying. You truly have a gift for storytelling.
Played this a while ago, real nice look and great mood. Liked the sound of it a lot. Good job!
Было бы классно увидеть на русском языке :)
the game is very very well written and has a great sense of humor! congrats!
Thank you for this game, it was an absolute masterpiece! It reminded me a lot of the games Dune (from 1992) and Beneath a Steel Sky.
Just a little piece of art. Simple but beautifully crafted. If there is a release on steam, I will definitely buy this thing.
MacOS Ventura tells me the disc image is damaged. Any chance of a reupload?
Does it say something like "Shards_of_God_v1.2 is damaged and can't be opened. You should eject the disk image"? If so, then please follow the instructions in the readme file, you should be able to run the game.
That worked. Fantastic game.
Happy to hear that, and thank you!
What an incredible game! I absolutely loved every moment of this compact and gripping story. Thank you!
Very interesting.
Would you be interested in having the game available in brazilian portuguese?
is the game complete or is it a wip?
It's complete.
Brisk and gorgeously rendered pastiche with plenty of characterful dialogue and an unerring focus. Looking forward to exploring your other works!
I'd heard about this from a short article in the French video games magazine Canard PC. I just finished it, I have to say it's a delightful little game! The story is very tight and well written, the game feels quite polished. It's short, but in the best way: there is no padding, just the content needed for the story to work and to keep the player guessing until the end. Great job!
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Yes, I took it as trolling and deleted it. The comment was bizarre, very arrogant and had earned a record number of downvotes. The fact that you also spammed the thread with 20 or 30 similarly nonsensical and/or antagonistic responses to other commenters didn't help either. More posts like this will lead to a ban.
Nice game! The animation and art were top notch. And the story was good with simple, realistic puzzles. My only complaints are lack of voice acting, which I understand since it's expensive and bad voice acting can ruin a game and some of the conversations were too long. Great game otherwise!
ahh my mac (m1) still cant open the game... says the item is damaged
Did you follow the instructions in the readme file?
I got stuck right at the end by a bug. (Spoilers ahead)
When Tiabat summons the witness, the game just sits there, not going further. I've been waiting for five minutes and nothing happened... I want to see what happens next :(
Oops, sorry! I did a silent update this morning (just to correct a mistake in one line of dialogue) and it seems that this part got broken in the process. Please download again and load the latest autosave (should be labeled "[somebody] arrives"), hope it works now.
Thank you, it works perfectly, now! It was amazing, surprisingly well written and with astounding music and art. I really hope this will be just the first chapter!
Very nice. A good two hour game, lots of fun characters, I managed to nail the killer on my second guess. The reveal at the end was lovely, and I got to put a hammer to good use. Wonderful.
You got to make a sequel where a murder happens in the Order!
fantastic story, art, and twist! took about two hours to complete while also getting lost a few times, but it's not difficult given that the game is good about giving hints. (not overbearingly so, i often tried to refrain from seeking them out to complete the puzzles myself, but it's nice that they're there regardless)
i also appreciated that the game gets interesting VERY quickly.. the whole experience goes by so fast because of how fast & smooth everything is :]
Whaow ! 😃👍👍👍
Got it for free; played it and went back here to pay for it. Great story, nice graphics and animations, balanced puzzles: everything was really well-done, congrats to the developer and artists!
It was truly amazing!!!
I loved playing this!