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Release Date 19 April 2014
Release Type Commercial
Content Advisory Occasional, mild | None | Occasional, mild
Operating System Windows
Setting Contemporary
Genre Investigative
Story Original
Play Length Full Length Game
Language English
Graphics 320x200, 16-Bit Colour
Downloaded 1,675 All Time

About

A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salomon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo? Crack codes, decipher secrets & find a lost fortune in this exciting adventure for Windows PC.

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Mods Exec producer

Stupot Testing
Cross Stitch Casper testing
DarkForce: Peace among nations... Grammar and spell checking.
Dreams in the Witch House testing
Feng Shui And The Art Of TV Reception Testing and feedback
GIGANT Play Testing
Hen Man: Origins Game design and art
Kanji Gakusei Testing
Minifeg: The search Beta testing
MONSTER WANTS IN Tester
Noughts & Crosses Everything
Power Nap Game design, art and story
The Art of Dying Betatester
Tile Puzzle Everything

Snarky Testing
AGS Awards Ceremony 2016 Coding, 2016 version
AGS Awards Ceremony 2017 Coding, 2017 version
AGS Awards Ceremony 2018 Coding, Production
AGS Awards Ceremony 2020 Coding, Production
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator animation, writing
Frantic Franko: Bergzwerg Gone Berzerk proof-reading, play-testing, beta-testing
GIGANT English Proofreading
The Hobbit: Rise of the Dragon King Gameboard Movement help.

brush Testing
A Sloth for Both Seasons Background graphics, animation, SFX, German translation
AGS Awards Ceremony 2017 Presentation animations
AGS Awards Ceremony 2018 Presentation Animations
AGS Awards Ceremony 2020 Presentation Animations
AGS Mastermind Graphics
Big Blue World Domination [MAGS] Testing
Black Morph Graphics and game design
Blue Lobe Inc. beta testing
Bury Me in the Sand Animation, and testing
Dakota Testing
Danger Mouse Demo Testing.
Don't Push The Button Didn't push a button
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator background art
Echo in the Clouds (Demo) Environment animation, sound effects, additional writing
Ego in Planet of the Apes Space background
Eternal Chrysalis Programming, Graphics & Animation, SFX, Story, additional Puzzles, blingbling & blinkenlights
Feria d'Arles Testing
Hjarta Testing
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers testing
In Bloom Beta testing
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking Backgrounds, sprites
Indiana Jones and the Seven Cities of Gold Demo
Kanji Gakusei Testing
Kathy Rain Testing
Maelstrom Obscura: Case 1 Cases Desktop Image, Newspapers, Loch particles
Rat Channel Tester
Red Hot Overdrive Testing and Green German Car sprtes
Robo Quest v1.21 German Translation
Sabotage on Noegato-Bas Coding / Menus / Stillscreens
SPHONX Story, testing
Sphonx Tech Demo Story
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi Testing and QA
Tales help on early version of the game
Tales - Tech Demo German Localization
The Art of Dying Betatester
The Bum German proofreading
The Journey of Iesir Demo Testing
The Mind [MAGS March 2020] Music
The Perfidious Petrol Station German Translation
The Shaft Playtesting
Troll Song - Verse One - DEMO Testing
Troll Song Verse One - Completely Stoned Testing
Wages of Darkness beta testing

Eric Testing

Grundislav Voice acting
A Golden Wake Art, Writing, Coding
Back Door Man Design, Art, Dialogue, Addtl Scripting
Ben Chandler: Paranormal Investigator!
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 1 - In Search of the Skunk-Ape Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 1 Deluxe Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 2 - The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 2 Deluxe Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 3 - The Sorceress of Smailholm Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50 Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 5 - Land of the Rising Dead
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 6 - Scourge of the Sea People Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 8 - Relics of the Past Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Warrior Within Case 1 - Wrath of the Skunk Ape Disapproves of this version of his game
Blue Lobe Inc. voice cameo
Carver Island 2: Mrs. Rodriguez's Revenge Creator
Crackwell Unhinged Backgrounds and Programming
Dumbass Drivers! DEMO Voice acting, death by dangerous driving
Fridge Follies Spanish translation
Granny Zombiekiller Demo Creator
Granny Zombiekiller in Mittens Murder Mystery Creator
Hard Space: Conquest of the Gayliks! Coffee and Donuts
John Sinclair- Voodoo in London Ben Jordan Sprites
Lamplight City Writing, design, art, animation, coding
Limey Lizard: Waste Wizard! Voice and Testing
Little Girl in Underland Scripting, Sound, & Voice Acting
Narcoleptic Weight Loss Expert Voice acting
Oceanspirit Dennis: The Full Name Of This Game Won't Fit In The Subject Line!!1 Voice (Jessica)
Oceanspirit Dennis's Holiday Havoc! Everything minus music
Owl Hunt Voice of Cedric
Porn Quest Creator
Shardlight Writing, Design, Coding
Tea For Two: A Detective Logan Case Voice Acting
The Adventures of Fatman Voice acting.
The Art of Dying Betatester
The coming of age - a Lorna Bains whodunit Additional Coding
The Crackwell Legacy nothing, idiot!
The Rebirth/The Reaper The Rebirth
The Secret of Carver Island Creator

SpacePirateCaine Voice acting
Blue Lobe Inc. voice acting
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator voice acting
Kinky Island DEMO Saved Kinky Island
Kuma Story Art, Story, Scripting, Music, Concept
Kuma Story DEMO Art, Scripting, Story, Concept
Red Flagg - Don't Call me Blue REDUX Art, Programming, Additional Writing

monkey0506 Steam intergration
! Scripting Advice
Agent Trinity - Episode 0 - The Ultimatum Countdown module
Background Blitz Collection Screensaver Randomizer help
CGA games screensaver Playlist v1.1 module
Dakota Flashlight Module
Diamonds in the Rough Additional scripting
Featherweight Scripting help
Heed Testing
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok Additional coding
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Remake Character Control Module (also strazer)
IWWHIIWWHITOMIROTPG: The Game! Programming, design, dialogues
Living Nightmare: Freedom Flashlight
Mysteries of Peak Valley: Case 2 The White Lady Flashlight module
Oceanspirit Dennis: The Full Name Of This Game Won't Fit In The Subject Line!!1 Creation, Compilation, Voice (Santa)
Palette Quest Everything
Palette Quest 2.0 Everything
Pub master quest Legends v3.0 DLC feature scripting
THAT DAMN DOG! Playlist Module
The Secret Plan 1- Running to stand still Character Control Module.
Trance-Pacific Beta-testing

McBoy Testing
2034: A.C. (After Canada) II [Bake Sale 2] Music
Colin Simpson Leaves Employment Pretty much everything
Flophouse Hijinks (Deluxe Edition) Music and Playtesting
Lost In The Woods Music -- Lost in the Woods Suite
Pride & Relatives Pretty much everything
Rain & Snow - The Bouncer
The Penthouse Pretty much everything

Awards & Reviews

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AGS Awards 2014 Nominee

AGS Awards 2014 Nominee

Best Animation
Best Background Art
Best Character Art
Best Game Created with AGS 2014
Best Gameplay
Best Music & Sound
Best Programming
Best Puzzles
Best Voice Work
Best Writing

AGS Panel Rating

The Samaritan Paradox is a game with a story cleverly split into a real-world, Gothemburg-based thriller and a medieval fairy tale. The graphics are nice low-res backgrounds with good animations and together with great music provide a dense atmosphere. The story is interesting and the characters have all their own agendas with a dynamic dialog system that allows diving deeper into the various personalities. The most noteable aspect of the game are the puzzles which appear in a wide range of types and are challanging, yet fair and rewarding.
However, the general lack of responses to actions as well as several technical glitches make this game a bit rough around the edges for a commercial release.

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By Stupot on 19 September 2014

I'd been looking forward to TSP for a long time and it didn't disappoint. It's a very smart adventure with mature themes but still very fun to play. The characters are believable, the writing is strong and the puzzles are pitch-perfect. The decision to use two totally differing art styles for the two different settings was a nice touch and you can tell a lot of love and effort went into those backgrounds.

A very strong game and one you really should play if you have the chance.


By CaptainD on 21 August 2014

A solid adventure game, some good puzzles. I enjoyed the book sections much more than the real-life sections, which sometimes felt a bit forced to me. There were quite a lot of missing interactions but I think these have probably been fixed (I had an early review copy). The plot was interesting but I wasn't convinced by the plot twist at the end.


By shaun9991 on 20 August 2014

Really great game. Interesting plot with twists and turns, nice atmospheric surroundings and graphics. Original puzzles. I'd recommend this


By Yol on 8 July 2014

I am enthusiastic. very nice plot, the subject treated well in various aspects, thanks to the subtitles I could appreciate every dialogue, (let me emphasize that I lose a lot of videogames '' only'' because they are not translated , in italian)
I believe it has a good gameplay does not get bored and has a good pace.
be recommended.


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