If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers
Four strangers. A train. A masked ball. A tale of dark and troubling things in four acts.
THE SILENT ROOM
In a luxurious hotel room in Rome, freshly arrived from Turin, Carlo awaits for his lover Patrick to arrive. However, as the shadow of fascism looms ever larger, the tension of meeting in constant hiding is beginning to take its toll.
THE SLOW VANISHING OF LADY WINTERBOURNE
Lady Winterbourne has lost her husband in a tragic accident. Now letters from pretenders to her vast fortune keep arriving every day at her mansion, yet the only thing she’s interested in is the bottle of laudanum in her cabinet.
THE NAMELESS RITUAL
Harassed, ridiculed and belittled by his peers, Dr. Jordan Samuels has resorted to the occult sciences in a desperate attempt to turn the tables on his tormentors. But is he truly ready to face the Guardian of the Threshold?
IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT
As much as Laylah enjoys her job, sometimes she yearns for a bit of variety to distract her from her daily routine — even if it means going against her very powerful bosses’ orders.
Controls:
- Left click = Walk / Talk / Look / Interact.
- Right click = Cancel item action.
- Esc = Pause / Options Menu.
- Alt + Enter = Toggle fullscreen mode.
- Alt + Ctrl = Toggle cursor lock when in windowed mode.
Brought to you by:
Laura Hunt: coding, writing, music, sound design.
Thomas Möhring: art, animations, cutscenes.
Diskussion über das Spiel
Steam User 2
Ein beeindruckendes Spiel, das man an einem Abend genießen kann – perfekt für alle, die nach tiefgründigen, erzählerisch starken Spielen suchen. Absolute Empfehlung!
Steam User 1
What a fantastic game. I can't believe it's free! It is a short pixel point and click adventure with very dark and mature themes. It has a very well written story and manage to surprise the player. It has some neat puzzles. The pixel graphics are very well done and animated. If you like this sort of game, defenetliy give it a try! I hope the developers will bring us more games in the future!
Steam User 0
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is an excellent atmospheric pixel-art game, that explores the darker side of the human condition. And its free, a circumstance that is astounding and makes it definitely worth giving it a try.
One cannot say a lot about the story without spoiling the fun. Basically, the game is split up into three chapters that explore the tragic experiences of three different people living in the year 1929. I tried to summaries it now but one would have to give away a lot… just have a look, the main plot points become clear very soon in each story. But they are masterfully unfolded while a brilliant atmosphere is created.
Because some people asked: While the situation of homosexuals and people of color in this historic period are explored and are relevant for the story, the game in in no way preachy. These aspects are important for the characters portrayed but do not feel artificial or forced. The developers managed to create pixelated humans one really gets attached to and feels their misery and pain. Only thing that bothered me was one or two riddles, that felt a little bit to long/complicated… but that is an afterthought.
If you like pixel-art, if you like mature themes and “period-pieces” give it a try. Especially as long as it is available for free.
Steam User 0
Wunderbares Point and Click Adventure mit düsterer, dramatischer Story.
Reißt einen spätestens ab Ende des ersten Akts mit und lässt einen auch nach dem Spiel noch grübelnd zurück.
Schicker 2D Pixel-Grafik-Stil.
Atmosphärische Soundkulisse.
Angenehme Spieldauer von ca. 2,5 Stunden.
Warum kostenlos?!
Steam User 1
Tolles Spiel mit spannenden Geschichten der jeweiligen Charaktere. Fand die Puzzle im letzten Kapitel teils etwas schwierig doch alles in allem hat es mir sehr gut gefallen!
Steam User 0
Sagenhaft. Richtig gut.
Ach, es ist doch zum Kotzen, oder? Da bringt ein Indie-Team ein dichtes, echtes, super-cooles Werk auf den Markt, nur um danach in der Versenkung zu verschwinden. Hey, ein Nachfolger geht doch noch, oder?
Dass euer langweiliger non-Games Day-Job mehr Kohle einbringt, glaub ich jederzeit.
Aber ich kann nicht glauben, dass ihr nicht noch Ideen für eine neue Story hättet.
Steam User 0
Sehr starkes Spiel, das wesentlich mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient hat. Ich hab mir direkt das Supporter Pack gekauft, um die Entwickler zu unterstützen.