Esther awakens in an unfamiliar house. How did she get here? And more importantly, how will she get out?

'Esther's Story' is a short narrative puzzle game made in two weeks for the Buddy Up Jam: Winter 2022 game jam.

Features

  • Several tricky puzzles
  • Delightful hand-drawn and animated artwork
  • And a fully voice-acted story!

Controls

Move with 'WASD'.

Interact with 'E'.

Select two objects with mouse, then press 'Space' to enlarge the blue object, and shrink the red object.

Credits

Art — tsar.ah

Audio — Garrett Rose

Design — Dylan Chambore

Narrative Design & Animation — QueenGameMachine

Programming — J-Flex

Writing — Larkwrighter

Voice Acting — Wendy O’Hare

Third Party PackagesAssets

iTween

Storybook image - https://opengameart.org/content/open-book-0

Download

Download
EsthersStory-v1.1 146 MB

Development log

Comments

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(+1)

Very charming! Loved the voice acting, music and rhyming narration. Couldn't figure out how to leave the library, however - after I solved the globe puzzle, I couldn't pick up or size swap any other items :(