Ancient Aliens - The Roots of Sound by Miguel, The Ugly Files
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| Release Date | 28 July 2013 |
| Release Type | Freeware |
| Content Advisory | Strong | None | None |
| Operating System | Windows |
| Setting | Contemporary |
| Genre | Investigative |
| Story | Original |
| Play Length | Short Game (can be completed within 30 minutes) |
| Language | English |
| Graphics | 800x600, 16-Bit Colour |
| Downloaded | 2,662 All Time |
About
Follow the adventures of a Chicago trumpet player on a quest for an ancient technology that can change the world!
| miguel | Story,Design,Background Art and Programming |
| Blue Moon Demo 1.1 | author |
| MAGS October 2014- Charamba, Chapter 2: Hallowe'en | author |
| MAGS September 2014 - Charamba - Chapter 1 - bitches in the desert | author |
| OSD - LGS - Demo | everything |
| The Dwarven Dagger Of Blitz | author, coding & art |
| The Dwarven Dagger of Blitz - Chapter 2 | author, art and coding |
| The Dwarven Dagger of Blitz 2 | Author |
| The Visitor 2 | Testing |
| The Visitor 3 | Early testing |
| Elise Trinh | Writer |
| Ilyich | Background Art |
| My Burden to Keep | Cover/title artwork |
| Patchwork | Story, Art, Scripting |
| Quest for Infamy | Background Artist and Animation |
| Shardlight | Character Portraits |
| Technobabylon | Graphics |
| The Charnel House Trilogy | Graphics, programming |
| The Perfidious Petrol Station | Testing |
| Unavowed | Portraits |
| Whispers of a Machine | Portrait Art |
| Donald Castro | 2D Art |
| Zoltan Gyorei | Music |
| Ilyich | Additional Game Design and Testing |
| My Burden to Keep | Cover/title artwork |
| Patchwork | Story, Art, Scripting |
| Quest for Infamy | Background Artist and Animation |
| Shardlight | Character Portraits |
| Technobabylon | Graphics |
| The Charnel House Trilogy | Graphics, programming |
| The Perfidious Petrol Station | Testing |
| Unavowed | Portraits |
| Whispers of a Machine | Portrait Art |
| NickyNyce | Additional Game Design and Testing |
| 11-11-11 | Testing |
| An Entertaining Speech (A Manhunt for a Serial Killer) | Playtester |
| Camp 1 | Testing |
| Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots | Additional graphics |
| Conspirocracy | Background Art, Testing |
| Gray | beta testing |
| Hjarta | Testing |
| Hubris - a Popular Pub Pastime | Testing |
| The Dwarven Dagger of Blitz - Chapter 2 | testing |
| The Sacred Tablets of Tibet | Testing |
| The Unprintable MAGENTA | beta testing |
| The Visitor | Everything |
| The Visitor 2 | Everything |
| The Visitor 3 | Everything but music |
| Stee | Additional Game Design and Testing |
| Cold Meat | proof reading |
| Mechanismo | English translation editor |
| Shai-la of the Sith | help with translation |
| The Perfidious Petrol Station | Testing |
| Arj0n | Additional Game Design and Testing |
| Ponch | Additional Game Design and Testing |
| Stee | English Grammar and proof reading |
| Cold Meat | proof reading |
| Mechanismo | English translation editor |
| Shai-la of the Sith | help with translation |
| The Perfidious Petrol Station | Testing |
| Tremulas | Testing |
| Renodox | Testing |
| Baldy's Adventure | Grammar and play testing |
| Conspirocracy | Testing |
| ELF: The 4 Elements | Proofreading AND Beta testing. |
| House of de Sade | Grammar and Spell checking. |
| Murder Most Grisly!! Whodunit? | Proofreading/testing |
| Potato Head - Sweet Attack! | Testing and grammar checking |
| Skumring: Extra Noir Edition! | Testing |
| The Man From Fugue State | BETA testing |
Awards & Reviews
AGS Awards 2013 Nominee
AGS Awards 2013 Nominee
Best GameplayBest Music
Best Puzzles
AGS Panel Rating
This game narrowly made three cups thanks to a strong soundtrack and well made backgrounds. It has a certain cinematic touch and manages to set an immersive mood. However, it also has a high number of weaknesses.
Narration is in third person but occasionally slips into first, and its attempt at humour can be rather irritating. The protagonist comes across as male chauvinist and self absorbed. In moments of fourth-wall-breaking, he complains that the narrator is a bad comedian, but has basically the same jargon himself (=sexual innuendos and puns).
If you can handle less than excellent dialogues and characterisation, the game is a rather ambitious effort.
Pick of the Month
September 2013
Ancient Aliens - The Roots of Time follows the exploits of a jazz musician whose life turns upside down when his father dies. It's a traumatic event in itself. but when people start showing up and and being intensely interested in the research that his father had sent him, things start to get complicated. Can the beautiful…
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Comments
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Mr Miguel is one of the guys I always learn the most from. I always play and complete his games. Really enjoy them and always inspires me with new development concepts.
Only Game developer ever, to make mention of DJango Reinhart. Lot's of insight into the Jazz world. One of my favorites.
Lovely game with great art, music, story and interesting and fresh topic. Thank you!
I played it months ago.
I think that three blue cups are not enough.
It's a game of great charm and great immersion.
I wonder myself who wrote the review, it surely wasn't the same person who normally reviews games. But we can never know because there's no name on it.
I enjoyed this game a lot, in all its nice art and cheesy lines. There is probably a bit too much story dump in it, but since it's episodic I guess it's something you would expect from chapter one.
I think the panelist who reviewed this failed to get the satirical intent of the author in depicting the characters (or maybe I see things where there are any); download it and judge by yourself!