Asterigos: Curse of the Stars - Interview @ Gamingbolt

Acme Gamestudio, developers of Asterigos, have been interviewed about the setting, storytelling, combat, and more by Gamingbolt.

"It takes up to 15 hours to beat the game if you run straight for the main quests. If you consider all collectables and all explorations, it might take up to 35 to 40 hours."

How much of an emphasis does the game place on storytelling? Hilda clearly seems to be quite an important pillar of the story, but what should players’ general expectations be from the overarching narrative?

Asterigos has very heavy storytelling, if you compare it to the general action games. We try to design our unique way of narrative. And so we make our protagonist, Hilda, a girl with a love to draw graphic diaries. So as you play through the game, she would write down and draw the pictures of what she experienced, making every player’s diary unique to read. Other than this, there are also historical documents, letters, or other written diaries to let you explore the lore of Aphes. And whenever a conversation starts, we also grant Hilda options to ask more questions should you be interested in knowing more of the story. There are also flashback echoes where when you triggered, an event of the past would replay again right before your eyes to let you re-experience what had happened.

And there’s motion graphic cinematics, told from another important characters’ perspective, to conclude a story when Hilda finished a stage’s main objective.

We hope with these components piecing together, we can bring an immersive and enjoyable storytelling experience to the players.

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