Shards of God

Played it last night, had a great time with it! Loved the world-building, the art and the scenario in general! I have recommended it to my friends, cheers~ 

I love your art style and the way you intellectually piece everything together, even when the dialogue came up with choices i didnt choose they were questions i had for myself anyway. I don't know how or why your brain functions the way it does, but its truly a work of art and i hope you never stop creating things with it

I discovered your game at the end-of-devcom 2024 demo party in Cologne. As someone who grew up with Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer et al and being a HUGE Dune nerd this was - of course -  a no-brainer for me to play. First game brought home from the week on my list and I gotta say...

... absolutely a ridiculously well thought-out experience and a glorious enjoyment through-and-through. I will be telling people of this game for years to come. This has re-affirmed my perspective on games that they can be small, self-contained pieces of art. Thank you. :)

As others mentioned it is ESPECIALLY commendable that the mystery can actually be solved if you take the time and really put the right clues together. Amazing writing. 

I discovered your game from a Canard PC article and I agree with them: The writing is deep, the whole design is soo nice and the puzzles are well balanced. Actually, I love adventure games but I'm very bad at solving puzzles and Shards of God is juuust hard enough for my little brain ;). 

Anyway: I enjoyed your game very much!

I don't know if it's easily doable in ags studio but If you're interested in translating your game in French, I could do it for you (for free of course, I'm not a pro translator ;)). I've already done a full translation of Into the Breach (Subsetgames) (with a friend and before the official french translation went out) : https://subsetgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=33355 And a full translation of ShardPunk Verminfall (all by myself this time) (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1183800/Shardpunk/) : https://www.nexusmods.com/shardpunkverminfall/articles/1 

Just ping me here or at X (@Mengpo6) :)

Absolutely brilliant!

The character development is so well done. I found myself really caring about them.

I must say... wow. I cannot describe how much of an 'impact' this had on me, not in behavioral sense, but... just in general. I'm not going to lie (and im sorry for my next words), I didn't have high expectations, I thought it'd be quite simple storyline. Although, I was met with amazing pixel art and quite short but really GREAT story! The more I played the more interesting it got... also extra kudos for making hint system (a very creative one in my opinion) cuz i dont belong to the smartest ppl out there. If anyone's reading this before playing the game, YOU TOTALLY OUGHT TO!! 

I think that's all, without getting into too much into my little yap cuz i don't wanna spoil by accident... but let me say it once again, this game was a blessing for me and has all of the "lore" stuff i absolutely LOVE in games like this one (e.x. creating a whole new religion just for the sake of the game, mystery and much much more)

This is the dream game for me...

One of the best games I've played recently! 

Very beautiful and a big inspiration.

Wonderful. Solid story with excellent character development, and a mystery that you can actually solve if you're paying attention. I loved the ending *sly wink*

That sly wink implies that I know something about the ending.

This was so much fun. I loved the characters (especially the depth of the Vigil Mother), and the endings were SO satisfying. You truly have a gift for storytelling.

Played this a while ago, real nice look and great mood. Liked the sound of it a lot. Good job!

Было бы классно увидеть на русском языке :)

the game is very very well written and has a great sense of humor! congrats!

Thank you for this game, it was an absolute masterpiece! It reminded me a lot of the games Dune (from 1992) and Beneath a Steel Sky.

Just a little piece of art. Simple but beautifully crafted. If there is a release on steam, I will definitely buy this thing.

What an incredible game! I absolutely loved every moment of this compact and gripping story. Thank you!

Very interesting.

Would you be interested in having the game available in brazilian portuguese?

Brisk and gorgeously rendered pastiche with plenty of characterful dialogue and an unerring focus. Looking forward to exploring your other works!

I'd heard about this from a short article in the French video games magazine Canard PC. I just finished it, I have to say it's a delightful little game! The story is very tight and well written, the game feels quite polished. It's short, but in the best way: there is no padding, just the content needed for the story to work and to keep the player guessing until the end. Great job!

Nice game! The animation and art were top notch. And the story was good with simple, realistic puzzles. My only complaints are lack of voice acting, which I understand since it's expensive and bad voice acting can ruin a game and some of the conversations were too long. Great game otherwise!

Very nice. A good two hour game, lots of fun characters, I managed to nail the killer on my second guess. The reveal at the end was lovely, and I got to put a hammer to good use. Wonderful.

You got to make a sequel where a murder happens in the Order!

fantastic story, art, and twist! took about two hours to complete while also getting lost a few times, but it's not difficult given that the game is good about giving hints. (not overbearingly so, i often tried to refrain from seeking them out to complete the puzzles myself, but it's nice that they're there regardless)

i also appreciated that the game gets interesting VERY quickly.. the whole experience goes by so fast because of how fast & smooth everything is :]

Whaow ! 😃👍👍👍

Got it for free; played it and went back here to pay for it. Great story, nice graphics and animations, balanced puzzles: everything was really well-done, congrats to the developer and artists!

It was truly amazing!!!

I loved playing this!

Hi Honza! That was amazing. The levels were splendid and the dialog equal parts witty and deep. I enjoyed it a great deal.

Quick question: are you interested in a fan translation? I'd love to do one (I'm a professional translator), but extracting dialogue from an AGS is a hassle. Let's talk about it! (I've messaged you already on twitter.)

Thanks again for this great game, looking forward to the next one!

Amazing Game ! too much chit-chat but beautiful animated . The graphics/music are just fabulous ... thank :)

This isn't a game. This is AN EXPERIENCE.

I had a crazy theory in the first minutes of the story, about a potential end twist. I was wrong, and the actual twist surprised me.

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

At first I thought Mother Tiabata was the culprit, and only asked us to recreate the murder to frame us.

The reveal that the victim wasn't who I thought he was took me off guard.