An adventurer with a yearning to explore the inaccessible, misty world of magic hears a tale of a door that opens onto that world, located in a lost city. She embarks on a journey through desolate and dangerous places to discover this city and its door, and enter the mist-world.

Presskit

Factsheet

Developer:
IanEborn
Based in South Africa

Release date:
TBD

Platforms:
Windows
Linux

Website:
thaumaturge-art.com/index.php?/pages/adoortothemists/overview.html

Description

An adventurer with a yearning to explore the inaccessible, misty world of magic hears a tale of a door that opens onto that world, located in a lost city. She embarks on a journey through desolate and dangerous places to discover this city and its door, and enter the mist-world.

History

The project that would become A Door to the Mists started out rather larger: an "adventuring simulator", with semi-open gameplay, a wide variety of levels, and separate "regions" (read: hubs) in which levels could be found, and between which the player could travel.

This, however, was rather too big, given various constraints. So some scaling back was done, and, after at least one false start, the story of A Door to the Mists was found.

(The setting wasn't new--Ian had previous written a short story set there. While somewhat geographically removed, that story shares some elements with the game--including entry to the mist-world being an important plot-point.)

With a reduced (but still somewhat... ambitious) scope, a new story, and an interesting setting, Ian set about building A Door to the Mists. And so it has gone for the past few years, and so the game has slowly built up into what it is today.

Features

  • Traversal and exploration, with universal mantling
  • Puzzle-solving, both in-level and minigame
  • Sparse combat, one-on-one against a variety of foes

Videos

A Door to the Mists: Story/Intro Cutscene YouTube

A Door to the Mists: Core Gameplay (Revised) YouTube

"Depictions" Demo Trailer YouTube


Images

Download all screenshots & photos as .zip
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cityRuin.png
combatAdventurer.png
combatMummy.png
cutscene1.png
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documentBook.png
documentPoem.png
examination.png
inventory.png
lore.png
mainMenu.png
minigamePuzzle.png
outside.png
pit.png
ruinAnimalSign.png
shrine.png
tombSlab.png
tombWithMurals.png

Download logo/icon assets as .zip
logo
icon

Monetization Permission

IanEborn allows for the contents of A Door to the Mists to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from A Door to the Mists is legally & explicitly allowed by IanEborn. This permission can be found in writing at https://www.moddb.com/games/a-door-to-the-mists/presskit.


Wallpapers
Wallpapers for PC and mobile indiedb.com/games/a-door-to-the-mists/downloads/wallpapers-pc-and-mobile.


About IanEborn

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I am an indie game developer, writer, and visual artist.

More information
More information on IanEborn, our logo & relevant media are available here.



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