The Inquisitor Adventure - Audiogame.
by TIconBLU srl
Ivan Venturi, creator, script writer, designer and producer of the Eymerich
project.
In the game you play Nicolas Eymerich, The Inquisitor, in 1364, the time of
the plague.
Nicolas Eymerich arrives in Carcassonne, the city of the Inquisition, where
he is ordered to investigate what happened in a distant village in the South
of France, a territory infested with the heresy of the Cathari.
The Catholic Church has lost its influence and power there.
This is evident with the congregation of the Dominicans towards the
Cistercians in particular.
Will omened signs have shown themselves.
Eymerich must investigate.
He perceives immediately that truth has been only partially revealed, he
then manages to disclose it thanks to his in vestigation within the
fortress, and to his acts of strength and brightness. However, There is
something more.
The nauseating smell of Satan is well perceived.
That’s why Eymerich takes the power away from the abbot and becomes the
Grand Inquisitor, while strange and obscure signs appear on the horizon.
The village is tormented by a terrible presence, appearing on the last
solstice of Summer, causing deformed fetuses and propagating the plague.
A plague even more terrible than the one that decimated the known world just
20 years before.
The journey is becoming more and more deadly and dangerous, an infernal
nightmare.
Madness and heresy have united, forests are on fire hiding monstrous
creatures created by the ancient pagan myths, and the Cistercian castle has
turned into an impregnable fortress where large stakes burn.
None of that will stop Eymerich, he will eventually arrive to what is both
cause and symptom of this pandemonium.
This is the first among four chapters that will take Eymerich to combat the
most ancient of evil, in the heart of medieval towns full of history and
mystery, crossing different spatial and temporal planes.
NICOLAS EYMERICH THE INQUISITOR (1320-1399) is the lead character in ten
books by Valerio Evangelisti published in Italy (by Mondadori) and around
the world.
NICOLAS EYMERICH: INQUISITOR is the first volume in the saga of Interactive
Novels about the Inquisitor, and is divided into four chapters:
Chapter 1: the INQUISITOR, Eymerich is called back to Carcassone by the head
of the Inquisition, a problem has arisen. But not everything is said.
Demons, heretics and the Plague contaminate the place he is sent to.
On sale for $10.99, reduced from $13.99
Chapter 2: the VILLAGE, Obscure tales are unveiled in the plague-ridden
village. And the night is filled by the inhuman cries of the demon, who
beside him gives birth to creatures beyond all horror.
Chapter 3: the DEMON, In a now-dead wood, in the heart of the mountain
burning with infernal flames, Eymerich and his brother finally face the
Demon.
Chapter 4: the ABBEY, But the awful truth is beyond the insurmountable walls
of the Abbey, where pyres of bodies are burning, their smoke darkening the
sky. Something very, very ancient has taken the form of Satan.
WHO IS EYMERICH
Nicolas Eymerich, Dominican, was born in Girona, Catalonia, A.D. 1320, and
there he returned and died in 1399.
Author of the Directorium Inquisitorum, the text that turned torture and
unlimited power of the Sacred Inquisition into law.
His right-hand man is friar Jacinto Corona from Valladolid. Jacinto Corona
is the only person able to resist the overwhelming force of Eymerich’s cruel
temper and sharp mind.
Nicolas Eymerich’s knowledge of the sacred, profane and blasphemous texts is
abundant and his complete lack of respect for human life is well known.
Eymerich has one goal and one goal only: combat Satan.
At all costs.
Eymerich’s story is well documented, as well as is his fury to defend the
power of the Catholic Church, especially during a tormented period when the
Pope resided in Avignon and the Hundred Years’ War was raging on.
However, many are the black spots in his adventurous life. A life full of
wars, intrigues, plague, dead men and dangerous journeys. It is these gaps
that Valerio Evangelisti, author of the books of Nicholas Eymerich, has
filled in by narrating the events that cannot be found in history books, and
never will be.
There are things that have not to be handed down, facts that history prefers
to forget.
Events that would crumble the foundation of rational thinking.
Valerio Evangelisti’s books of Nicholas Eymerich from have taken up this
challenge, and we with him.
In collaboration with UNIVERSAL ACCESS.
The “Nicolas Eymerich, Inquisitor” video game can be enjoyed fully even by
the blind or short-sighted, using the AUDIOGAME mode available in all game
versions (PC/MAC/iOS/ANDROID).
Version: 1.4
Size: 629 MB
Also through the collaboration with many blind friends and the boys and
girls at Universal Access, we have aimed to make this game fully enjoyable
even without using sight, improving the video-gaming experience in AUDIOGAME
mode as far as possible.
Human spoken words and texts in english, latin and italian.
Original character and story, he's really a bad guy.
Rich 3D audio environments (best in home theatre 5.1)
From 6 to 8 hours of game play.
Optional text driven input issuing commands with your keyboard, for
retrogame fans.
Easter-egg-based secret mechanism for high longevity, try to make full
100/100 score.
Beautiful and well-acted dialogues or cut scenes.
More than 21,000 words dubbed for every language!
The game works on PC and Mac, iPad and iPhone.
iPad and iPhone controlls:
To start in Audiogame mode, hold down (any part of the) screen with two
fingers for at least one second.
Generally, press with a finger to select one of the available actions with
two fingers to confirm. However, there are many other possible actions,
listed below.
Press down with one finger to listen to the description of the scene.
Press with three fingers to return to the menu.
Press with four fingers to access the guide.
Drag from the top edge downwards to open the inventory.
Drag from the bottom edge upwards to open the map when available.
Drag from the right edge towards the left to open the note book.
Drag from the left edge towards the right to listen to the objectives.
Trace a cross with your finger to use the divine assistance.
During the game you may hear special sounds, which notify of particular
events. Here is a list of them:
A distant bell sound means that the last action selected has been confirmed.
A louder and high-pitched bell sound , means that a dialogue has ended.
The sound of a drum , indicates that the selected object has at least two
interaction options e.g. watch and speak.
I listened to the podcast but have not purchased the game, so my comments
are based on that alone.
It reminds me of the old text adventures such as Zork that are turn based
and give you a list of directions, and objects and people you can
investigate or react to, but using sound effects and real human speech such
as in Grizzly Gulch Western Extravaganza, but like that game once you
played the game there seems to be very little re-play value as once you
solve a puzzle it is no longer a puzzle to solve.
Link to the US IOS iTunes app version:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inquisitor-audiogame-adventure/id602192817?l=it&ls=1&mt=8
You can read its entry in the AppleVis Directory:
http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/games/inquisitor-audiogame-adventure
There is also a podcast at the AppleVis site:
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/inquisitor-audiogame-adventure-ios
And there is a very long AppleVis forum discussion thread (nearly 100
posts), but which contains spoilers:
http://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-gaming/inquisitor-audiogame-adventure-warning-contains-game-spoilers
---
Gamers mailing list __ [email protected]
If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected].
You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at
http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org.
All messages are archived and can be searched and read at
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected].
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list,
please send E-mail to [email protected].
