[AdvJam2019] [Juanjo - Python Blue] NUMEN: The Path of the Gods

First topic message reminder :

Well, this time I move away from horror and darkness and I would like to create a very short adventure game (1st person) focused in exploration of the environment with an original story and simple but logical puzzles. Beautiful environments and without fear of dying!

The original soundtrack is being composed by Python Blue (many thanks!).

Game Jolt page:
https://gamejolt.com/games/Numen/418894

TITLE:
NUMEN
The Path of the Gods

STORY
The gods have always helped the Curugan people when they needed them. Diseases, famine, natural catastrophes... But for years, the gods have not appeared and the Curugan people are dying little by little due to a strange disease. The situation is desperate so the council of ancients decides to send someone in search of the gods to ask for their help. The chosen one is Noah, the young disciple of the shaman of the town. Although he is young and inexperienced, he is strong, intelligent and the only one, after the shaman, who has enough knowledge to succeed in such a task.

Noah marches to the land of the gods, where only the shamans have been. After months of travel, he finally arrives at the entrance to the land of the gods. He knows that his people don't have much time left, so he goes into the place in the hope of finding the gods.

MAIN FEATURES:
- First-person exploration adventure game
- Beautiful and detailed graphics (3D in real time)
- Original and interesting story
- Simple but logical puzzles
- Inspired in games like Myst
- Explore freely without fear of dying
- Original soundtrack composed by Python Blue


INSPIRATION:
Mainly the Myst saga, but also other games like Quern, The Eyes of Ara, the Rhem saga or the Schizm games.

I'm going to use my usual tools: Unity, 3ds Max, Quixel Suite, Photoshop and old assets... and my magic!


As always, the idea is clear but this is a jam and I never know how it will end, that's the fun!

I will publish the progress.

I love what I see!!!!

Thanks Simon!

Another screenshot from Numen. Beautiful and peaceful scenery... but will Noah be able to find the gods and help his people? It will not be an easy task...

Gorgeous!

This is just amazing!

Thank you guys!

Thanks a lot Juanjo, now I gotta clean this drool off my keyboard!

Wow Juanjo! This looks so cool!
I really like the crystal I just want to touch it... lol.

Hahaha, sorry Josiah, and thanks!

Thanks John, I'm glad you like it!

When can we play?

Hahaha, be patient my friend...

Ok, I'm back! Today I'll return to Numen and if everything goes well in a couple of days I can finish it... or I hope so

Yeah me too I hope! Good luck

Another night of hard work...

Just 4 days left to finish the jam, the puzzles are not finished and there are many things to be polished, but I already have the main menu finished with the wonderful music of Python Blue integrated!


As always, this will no be easy!

Nice! I can't wait to play it Juanjo, you know it? Did I say it already? Looking forward to discover your new peaceful Myst-like for this jam

You can do it Juanjo! Can't wait to dive in!

Thanks guys!

I'm still fighting against the puzzles and the programming, meanwhile here you have another image:

Beautiful statues of... lions? creatures?
Definetely looks like a mysterious place to explore, with a lot of secrets!

Thats really good looking, nice work

Thanks guys!
The statues represent the guardians of the temple of the gods... but it seems that they are not very well preserved... what happened here?

Unfortunately there will not be many secrets to discover, the project is getting longer and more complicated than I thought and I'm cutting some things to finish on time, maybe after the jam I can finish it as I had in mind.

This is obviously the temple of the Monkey-Lion hidden deep in the forests of Sumatra (or those tablets I took have had some weird effect?)
Amazing work Juanjo - yet another down the road project?

Hahaha, thanks Roger!

Good eye, some inspiration comes from that place...

Other project? Well, my virtual cortex needs an update so I will be off the weekend... the next week Delusion will be again my main proejct!

woah looks more and more impressive everytime!

Thanks John, I appreciate it.

Well, last night I was implementing the sound effects, finishing adding the music of Python Blue (which is amazing!) and polishing details of my advjam2019 entry... but there are still things to fix.