A Crisis of Fae

When Verity has her soul stolen by a fairy, she must embark on a three-part quest. 

To enter the land of fairies and reclaim her soul she must follow Three Rules:

• Be Small
• Be Sparkly
• Be Sarcastic

Full of magic, horrendous puns, and a surprising amount of dragon snot, this comedy adventure game is the opening chapter of a larger project.

Completed in two weeks for AdventureX Jam 2024

Accessibility ♿︎

We have made efforts to make this game playable by as many people as possible, and to achieve this, ensured the following:

• Easy 2-button interfact (left and right mouse buttons)
• Blind-friendly "Accessible mode", only partially playable: play with keyboard + text-to-speech. Check "known bugs" for more details about the limitations on this mode.
• Subtitles and voice acting included for all dialogues (even for a doorbell-speaking character!)
• No pixel hunting and no overlapping hotspots;

Controls 🎮

Important: Press K (once in the game) to enable the text-to-speech accessible mode. You can only play with your keyboard when in this mode.

• K: Enable/Disable accessible keyboard + TTS mode;
• Arrows: Move between elements; 
• Enter (or left-click): select or interact; 
• Backspace (or right-click): Look at; 
• Tab: Open/Close Inventory; 
• Spacebar: Open menu toolbar 
• Esc: Skip cutscenes

Team / Credits 👥

Creative Director: Sally Beaumont

Narrative Designer & Dialogue Writer: Sally Beaumont

Programmers: Dan Johnson (MostlyDecentGames) and Fabio Guggeri (Gugames)

Artist: Scotty Grissom (VampireWombat)

Sound Designer: Patrícia Mendes

Composer & Music: Michael Lückgen

User Experience Researcher & Designer: Patrícia Mendes

Voice Director: Sally Beaumont

Voice Actors:

• Sally Beaumont as Verity, Grandma, and The Dragon https://www.sallybeaumont.com/
• Rich Keeble as The Well  http://richdeepvoice.co.uk/
• Naomi Miller as The Fairy https://www.naomimillervo.com/

Playtesters:

• Superfreq
• RTWarner
• Jaogwal

Sound Effects:

• Michael Lückgen
• Soundly
  
• freesound.org
• Ovani Sound
• Campfire Crackle 2 by rbirdwise -- https://freesound.org/s/157186/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
  
• Cloth heavy movement.wav by CUDenverSound -- https://freesound.org/s/486927/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• Cork pop.wav by ross_sinc -- https://freesound.org/s/538937/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
• Gate_Squeak_02.wav by Koops -- https://freesound.org/s/17872/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• Late Summer bugs with Barred Owl_Sept_2024 SW Michigan by EvolEsurb -- https://freesound.org/s/758055/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• wind draft loop 1 by nsstudios -- https://freesound.org/s/651541/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• Wind Rustling Trees.mp3 by FunWithSound -- https://freesound.org/s/381381/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Menu font: Kiwi Soda by jeti - Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://www.dafont.com/kiwisoda.font 

Save screen font by Wherebe

Made with PowerQuest.

Special thanks to:

• Jacqueline Casey
• Games For Blind Gamers Jam Server
• Max Angor
• Dave Lloyd and the PowerQuest community

Known Bugs: 

The accessible mode is not fully implemented nor fully playable. Known problems and tips to reduce them:

• The audiodescriptions and the TTS adjustable speed could not be not implemented in time for the launch. There is no way to avoid this problem.
  
• Ensure NVDA is enabled to avoid experiencing subtantial lag;
• Press K whenever entering a new scene - a bug is disabling it every time we change one;
• Minor spoiler: if you get stuck in the Lair, try disabling the accessible mode and left-clicking on the screen. There is a pop-up message saying "To-Do" you can only move from with the mouse.