The Game Development World Championship Winter 2023 season recently announced its winners, and The Will of Arthur Flabbington won the Accolade for best adventure game!

I even got a shiny plaque for that!


I still find it hard to believe how well received the game has been, and this has motivated me to get back to work on a new adventure.

Thanks for supporting indie games and adventure games, and please consider leaving a review if you liked the game. Not only I love to read your feedback, but also reviews are an actual way of supporting the game, as more reviews means increased visibility on the platform. It takes just a minute, but it makes a big difference

And now, on to the next project

Minor bugfixes - I'd tell more but one of them is a bit of a spoiler

I see two main problems with walkthroughs: first of all, they're linear. And most adventure games aren't. If you're stuck in a puzzle you often end up reading solutions for stuff you haven't done yet before reaching the hint you needed.
And second, they often tell you what to do instead of explaining why.

NiceGameHints tries to fight these problem in an elegant way: a website dedicated to offering low-spoiler hints and walkthroughs where everything is incremental and goal-oriented. I'm happy to announce that they have an entry for The Will of Arthur Flabbington!

Often the solution to a hard puzzle is just a gentle nudge away.
I love when you ask in the forums, but if you want a quicker response, go visit https://www.nicegamehints.com/guide/will-of-arthur-flabbington

Great news for the Spanish speakers!


Thanks to the great work of Alodia Lozano, the game is now available with Spanish text.

And hopefully, more languages will join the TWoAF family too...

Saludos,
Guga

[h2]The 2023 Aggie Awards Readers Choice poll is live![/h2]

[h3]Click here to vote[/h3]

If you loved Will of Arthur Flabbington, The then this is the time to make your voice heard!

The categories I care about are mostly Best Writing (Comedy), Best Gameplay, Best Traditional Adventure and obviously Best Adventure of 2023.
If we could also nominate Artie as Best Character, the possession mechanism as Best Concept I'd be happy...
...and while we're at it, all other applicable categories I mean, wasn't the voice acting just lovely?

Thanks, you're the best

Cheers,
Guga

The update you've all been waiting for!

Farty Party can now be launched as a standalone game no need to load an appropriate save game, just launch the game from the Steam client and choose the option*.


But wait, there's more!
[h2]Weekly and monthly leaderboards[/h2]
Are you tired of not being able to reach the top 6? We just introduced timed leaderboards that you can check on the standalone mode.



And stay tuned, because there will be even more in the future...

*alternatively you can launch the TWoAF executable via command line by passing fpstandalone as parameter

The results for AGOTY 2023 have been announced yesterday, and we're very happy with how things turned out for The Will of Arthur Flabbington.

It won the Best Puzzles award, got 3rd place for Best Game by International Jury, and a nomination for Best Character.

Watch the whole event here:
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A few days ago Google Maps changed its color scheme and... well, since my game has a map whose colors reflect that, I didn't want it to be obsolete after not even one month!



But since I personally don't like the new colors, I also left the option to switch back to the traditional color scheme in the "Extra" category

Adventure games are all about story.
Well, also puzzles. And if you played The Will of Arthur Flabbington, you know this game is a lot into those... but still, there is a story. If you grew fond of the characters, and their relationships, and felt a bit of emptiness inside when the game was over, please show your appreciation by nominating The Will of Arthur Flabbington for the Outstanding Story-Rich Game award 2023.

Or the Best Game You Suck At award if you think this game is too difficult . Either way, your support is vital for this game!

Fixed a potential freeze on SteamDeck on the map screen.

Fixed a few minor glitches and a potentially disastrous bug when loading a savegame

Fixed minor bugs

Fixed untranslated lines in Italian version

Fixed a visual glitch with the crypt statue
Fixed typos and untranslated items in Italian version
Added missing name in GriefBot

Fixed some minor bugs

Fixed a possible game freeze when talking to Madame Julia

We're finally live! Our Kickstarter campaign aimed at funding voice acting for the game is up and running. Please consider backing and spreading the word, we need all the help we can get to make The Will of Arthur Flabbington a better game.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guga2112/the-will-of-arthur-flabbington-voiceover/

I'll soon be launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund for voice acting, and possibly also translations voices will really elevate the comedy in the game, so please consider following the project to be notified when the campaign starts, tell all your friends and consider backing!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guga2112/the-will-of-arthur-flabbington-voiceover