ROAH

An Egyptologist finds himself investigating a murder shrouded in lies and deception.

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ROAH

ROAH is a single player, point-and-click mystery game where you step into the shoes of Jorah Daoud: an archaeologist who finds himself in the middle of a crime investigation in New York City. 

+ Explore items in each scene to learn more about the mystery shrouded in ancient Egyptian sorcery.  + Solve puzzles to find important clues leading you to the next step.  + Talk to characters and choose your responses. What you say may affect your future opportunities.

ROAH Release 1.3

Final bugfix update. Enjoy.

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Design Document

PDF

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Egyptian Hieroglyphic Marks

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Character Portraits

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Prototype 1.2

ROAH Release 1.2

Voice acted lines are now live for all non-player characters. Special thanks: VA - Quinn MacDonald, Juliana Loughin

More bugs squashed. (Usertest build.)

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Windows 64-bit / Mac OS

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Ink Script

Made possible by the open-source ink scripting language and editor from inkle studios. 3,000 words of dialogue, choices, and markup tags for triggering voice acting and animation, powers the story behind ROAH via the ink engine.

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Prototype 1.1

ROAH Release 1.1

+ Updated fonts + Updated look & feel + Added a cursor + (New) Choice dialogue wheel    - preview choice text on-hover

+ (New) Character Animations +  Lots and lots of bug fixes

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Windows 64-bit / Mac OS

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Prototype 1.0

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Storyboards

Example player experience of Ark gameplay. This storyboard features the main components: character movement, puzzles, camera perspectives, interactables, dialogue. This is the first level in Egypt and is meant as a tutorial. Jorah wakes up in his office forgetting his computer password. The objective is to find the note containing the password to solve the simple puzzle.

PDF version

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Overhead Diagrams 

Breakdown of key intractable elements in each level

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Canopic Jars

Used by Jay for his ritual

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Level 1 - Office

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Level 3 - Crime Scene 1 (Secret Lab)

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Level 3 - Crime Scene 1

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Level 6 - Jay's apartment

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Jay Parker

Engineer, age 30

A craftsman and engineer with a very particular set of skills. Jay was a hard worker during his involvement with the mythology club, and even participated in the Egyptian ritual that granted them exclusive powers. However, despite always putting in double the effort, he was not blessed by the gods’ powers. Seemingly the outcast, Jay Parker turned bitter and vowed to gain immeasurable power someday.

He continued researching the gods, particularly the god of death Anubis, and eventually was able to broker a selfish pact: the lives and organs of his old friends in exchange for power vested within him. Using his skillset, Jay devised a plan to kill and take a unique organ from each of them, to use as sacrifice in an ancient ritual involving canopic jars.

Jay had developed an unhealthy obsession with Gabrielle East, and he confided a lot in her during and even after the club’s disbandment. He exhibits bouts of erratic and maniacal tendencies when he is not his usual timid self. He has a dark outlook on life and is often consumed by his obsessions.

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Ben Williams

Entrepreneur, foodie, age 31

In university, Ben was always the power-hungry, dominant leader type. He was head of the mythology club. Super intelligent. Morally ambiguous. Kind of arrogant in the way he approached and treated others. He looked out for himself first and foremost since his bluntness allowed him to act with pure confidence. 

After the club, Ben refused to work for anyone else and pursued entrepreneurship. Initially he tried his hand in the culinary world, being the foodie that he was. When his first restaurant folded, he switched gears and started his own coffee shop named Cafe Milky Way. Their slogan was “The Best Beans from Ben the Best”. As an owner, he frequents the shop regularly to chat with patrons, and he often works long hours sitting inside his own establishment.