Hunt decides to travel to the twelve locations mentioned in the codex, and find the games, leaving Smythe behind to find out what he can about the Codex.Īrriving in Lapland, Professor Hunt has to find the last descendant of the Vainio family and the board game owned by the family. Hidden in the artifact is a stone with coordinates and a name written on it, pinpointing a location in Lapland and a family named Vainio. Hunt informs his close friend, Dr Thomas Smythe, about the artifact, and with Smythe's help, locates the artifact in the stores. The letter mentions the Black King is linked to an artifact in the museum. The page makes references to a demonic 'Black King' and to several board games. In 1903, Professor Samuel Hunt receives a mysterious letter and the first page of a Codex. There is a slight discrepancy of the controls between the episodes for example in Episode 4 the Files section records conversations, whilst documents are stored within the inventory. At the end of each episode, except episode 1, the player must face a computer-controlled character in a board game, and win in order to complete that episode.
The player has access to an on-screen dial which can open an inventory and access items and open files allowing the player to view various documents located in the game.
In AGON, the cursor will change to indicate what actions players can take, ranging from arrows for movement to a cogwheel for using an object. The player takes the role of Professor Samuel Hunt, a cultural historian at the British museum, and explores a 3D pre-rendered environment using a 360° field of view and moving between the various locations and interacting with objects and characters by clicking. Screenshot visualizing the game interface