The Archivist

Ethel Walker is an Archivist, a historian who has the power to travel in documents, experience what happened on their skin and come back to the present to report it. 

One day she discovers that something is missing from her family tree: an entire portion of her genealogy appears to be lost forever, maybe to conceal an ominous page of the Walkers' history.

Help Ethel reconnect with her roots by travelling back to 1873 when she will have the opportunity to talk with her ancestor and unravel the mystery around the murder of Oscar Walker.  Solve puzzles to get more clues and retrace the origins of the Archivists.

The Archivist is a visual novel developed during Global Game Jam 2023 in Turin by:

• Rossella Gentile (art)
• Alfio Magrì (sound design)
• Ivana Murianni (narrative design)
• Simone Murianni (programming and game design)
• Marco Riggio (programming and game design)

With the precious contributes by:

• Sara De Acetis (story editing)
• Mauro Landriscina (trailer)
• Francesco Morabito (music)

This is a fully playable prototype: this means that you can enjoy the full story (30 minutes of gameplay on average) and most of puzzles, but there is one puzzle missing (Lionel & Mabel's path) and some features such as saving are not available in the current build. If you like the game, please consider donating so that we can update it!

Tips:

• If you cannot solve a puzzle (or simply don't want to), press ESC and select "Skip puzzle"