Road to Nowhere (Prototype Game)

This game is a prototype to future games that I will create.  This game was a good learning curve on how to create my routines and functions to handle fmv in very specific ways.  I also learnt about multiple cameras, layers, shaders, just to name a few things.. 

PLEASE NOTE THIS GAME IS NOT COMPLETE.  When you get to a black screen press F1 to restart or press ALT+F4

"Road to Nowhere", tells the story of Cohle Bishop – a renowned introvert, and successful software developer – whose life is torn apart by scandal. 

Being guilty, he is haunted by personal demons, abandoning his “perfectly adequate” life in hope of finding himself on the open road. Despite the help of his psychologist, Cohle spirals into depression as he moves from town to town – destination nowhere.

Though hounded by painful memories, there is hope at the end of this strange, twisted journey.

Can you help him find his way? 

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"Road to Nowhere" is an emotionally charged "point-and-click adventure" about betrayal, manipulation, and abuse. 

The game is produced by GRAHF (previously 15BiT GAMES) and developed using Powerhoof’s PowerQuest framework. 

"Road to Nowhere"  has been chosen as a finalist for The Guest Plate award in the NZ Games Festival Pavs Awards 2021.

This solemn tale sports a unique aesthetic, and original dialogue written/ performed by David J. Ross and partnered with the direction and visual flair of developer Dean Thomson. 

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Features:

• Branching storyline with multiple endings.
• Live-action actors with a dreamy, neon-noir atmosphere.
• The vocal and visual talents of:
  • Rupert Booth (Contradiction)
    Melissa Medina (Rose & Locket)
    Walter Mack (Reversion)
    Succubitch (Twitch Streamer)
    Claire Lim (Twitch Streamer)
    Dean Thomson
    David J. Ross

• An interactive music system that changes according to your play style.
• A melancholy, orchestral and synthwave soundtrack composed by:
  • Aaron "MisterMyr" Silva (Neon Flytron)
  • Tommy "Embryonic" Gilbert
• With other music tracks by:
  • PlayHz
    
  • Kyle Misko
    
  • Daniel Birch
    
  • Suldusk

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System Requirements:

Windows (Minimum):
• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
  
• Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon
  
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Integrated DirectX 10 GPU with at least 2GB RAM
  
• DirectX: Version 10
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any compatible DirectX audio output device

Windows (Recommended):
• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
  
• Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Dedicated DirectX 11 GPU with at least 4GB RAM
  
• DirectX: Version 11
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any compatible DirectX audio output device

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Linux (Minimum):
• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Ubuntu 18.04+
  
• Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon
  
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Integrated GPU with OpenGL 3.2 support and at least 2GB RAM
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any compatible Linux kernel audio output device

Linux (Recommended):
• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Ubuntu 18+
  
• Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Dedicated GPU with OpenGL 4.5 support and 4GB RAM
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any compatible Linux kernel audio output device

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macOS (Minimum):
• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
  
• Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon
  
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Integrated GPU with OpenGL 3.2 support and at least 2GB RAM
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any compatible MacOS audio output device

macOS (Recommended):
• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Mac OS X 10.13+
  
• Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Dedicated GPU with OpenGL 4.2 support and 4GB RAM
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any compatible MacOS audio output device

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This game isn't complete and I've removed the demo in favour for the early access version which is where I got up to in development.  I will get back to this project at some point.  But enjoy what is available?  The end of the dev build will end with a black screen.  Just press ALT+F4 to quit