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Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale

Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI.

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Developer
Binary Charm, Daring Touch
Publisher
Binary Charm
Release
July 27, 2021
5 years and 7 days ago
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Positive42 reviews88.1%

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About the Game

Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years.
Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past.

The INarEn technology “TextActing” will immerse yourself in the reading by aligning the text display and soundtrack to the main character's thoughts: it will be like living the experience inside her mind.

Features

  • Available Languages: English, Italian
  • About one hour of gameplay
  • Original soundtrack
  • Achievements
  • Powered by INarEn story presentation and navigation

INarEn Features

  • "TextActing" dynamic text display
  • Synchronized music
  • "Continuous paging" text scrolling
  • Mouse, keyboard or gamepad controls
  • Interactive timeline
  • Ability to rewind to any branch point
  • Controls to skip/ffwd already read text fragments
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