
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.
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About
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator about a moment where I was struggling to come up with an idea for my University project in 2024. You are tasked with helping, by inspiring me with music. Enjoy a narrative experience by adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development. Move along at your own pace, enjoy the audio experience in a fully 3D soundscape. Find notes that explore extra lore, and get an extra sense of who I am.
The year was likely the toughest I have ever faced, and I wanted to depict these moments as an audiovisual experience with light puzzle mechanics and gameplay. The game takes around about 25 to 35 minutes to complete. The aim of this game was to help others who are in education to understand that it is okay not to know, and that the ideas will come. I too wanted to express myself in the only way I know how, and figured this would be the best platform to be able to do so.
Voice work done by the talented Josef Boon
While the game is completed, I am still relatively new in the world of game development and I expect bugs and issues, which I will hopefully have a chance to iron out. I am also not the best at optimizing due to Audio Design and narrative being my field of expertise. The game was created over the course of 5 months and was submitted as my fourth year University project that focused on how audio and narrative work together to better player experience.
This game should work with mouse + keyboard, and an Xbox controller.
Controls
WASD to move
E to Interact
ESC to bring up more options
Developers Note
This game will forever be free, and hopefully everyone can find their own level of enjoyment. I am forever learning and always open to feedback so please let me know what you think in the reviews!
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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Pues sí, los videojuegos pueden servir de terapia, hasta para sus creadores. Correcto
Игра 'The Honours Project' - это захватывающий детективный квест, погружающий игрока в атмосферу британского университета, охваченного тайной. Сюжет вращается вокруг расследования загадочных событий, связанных с научным проектом, и требует от игрока внимательности, логического мышления и умения находить взаимосвязи между уликами. Мне особенно понравился стиль повествования, который держит в напряжении до самого конца. Персонажи прописаны достаточно интересно, чтобы сопереживать им и вовлекаться в их судьбы. Графика игры, хоть и не может похвастаться ультра-современными эффектами, тем не менее, создает нужное настроение и атмосферу. Однако, стоит отметить, что игра может показаться несколько сложной для новичков в жанре квестов. Некоторые головоломки требуют нестандартного подхода и внимательного изучения окружения. Тем не менее, сложность только добавляет азарта и заставляет чувствовать себя настоящим детективом. В целом, 'The Honours Project' – достойный представитель жанра, который определенно заслуживает внимания любителей детективных историй и квестов. Рекомендую к ознакомлению!
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Hours played at review time, across 46 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Well Scott, i gotta say, you made a masterpiece. You deserve all the love you can get from this.
The game crashed for me first play. I got to the "Pay Your Bills" game show and pressed all the buttons and the game wouldn't progress. I thoght hte game had stuffed up. I lose 20 minutes of time so i had to start all over again from the start. Started again and this time it worked properly and let me progress. Finished the game. Nice little indie game. Roughly 35 minutes to finish. Walking Sim with lite puzzles. You'r walking through a university listening to a guy talk about his honours and music. Pretty decent walking sim with voiceover and even voiceover on the found notes. I am glad you can't just walk off aanywhere and explore as there isnt really anything to look at so the good thing is they keep you on track as you play the game. The end was nothing special. No complaints for a free 35-40 minute game. The walking was a little slow, i feel like they could have let you pick up the pace a bit with shift but htey didnt. There was no run. The puzzles were alright nothing complex just watch the music keynotes on the keyboard, remember it and play it back and the other puzzles was just pull the lever, and follow the floor markings. Nice free game with voiceover. worth a play if you want someting peaceful for a night game session
Truly a touching and astonishing game! Please keep making great game and music Scott, I will definitely support you :')
Not the game for non music composers! You are required to solve music puzzles by creating new music (or the music which the developer had in mind while making this game)
Honnêtement j'ai adoré le sound design, Je fais du montage vidéo et je trouve que ce jeu représente ce que je souhaite faire à l'instantané en terme de son. Aussi les effets de particules pour la disparation des bémols (je crois que ça s'appelle comme cela) y ajoute vraiment un aspect beaucoup plus grand que 'juste' le rendre invisible, Et bah ça vient rajouter une idée en plus que je pourrais réutiliser plus tard. Vraiment le projet est cool de A → Z (surtout au niveau 'Pay Your Bills!') (mon dieu j'ai oublié de noté les ref à 'The stanley parable')
A strange but beautiful game
Otimo
This was exactly what I was looking for. The music relaxed me as I listened to the narrarator and the atmosphere put me in a state of calm I can't quite explain. Great.
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