Secret Files: Tunguska

Secret Files: Tunguska is a process developed in Germany point-and -click adventure from Animation Arts and Fusionsphere system. It treats thematically possible (fictitious ) backgrounds for the mysterious Tunguska event of 30 June 1908.

Contents and action

The young Russian Nina Kalenkow wants to visit her father, the scientist Vladimir Kalenkow, in its research laboratory in Berlin. But Kalenkows office at the Museum of Natural History is abandoned and ransacked, the researcher himself disappeared without a trace. Nina tried to turn on the authorities, but met with silence everywhere, appeasement and half-truths. In addition, the young woman believes pursued. In desperation, she turns to the only trustworthy person: Max Gruber, the assistant of her father, which she also exempt from the ambush of a false police.

Together browsing the duo behind the mystery of the missing explorer and thus comes to information about the so-called Tunguska event in the distant Siberia. Vladimir Kalenkow allegedly collected information that could explain what happened nearly 100 years ago, in which a large explosion had devastated communities.

The search for their father leads Nina and Max from Berlin via Moscow, by a trip on the Trans-Siberian railway to Tunguska, and later to Cuba, Ireland, China, and to the Antarctic. Here, you are always the captors of the FSB, the Russian secret, want to avoid on the heels that have captured obviously Vladimir Kalenkow and under all circumstances, that its research documents enter the public domain. But there are other pursuers: black robe carrier who also want to pre-empt a discovery of the true mystery of Tunguska.

Technology and control

The game is played entirely with the mouse. The game screen consists of a surface plot, which is framed by a black top and bottom of a gray leather - patterned bars with gold trim.

In the upper black bars all objects and persons with whom an interaction is possible, referred to in text and name. The lower bar shows in the left -to-medium range, all located in the inventory objects as icons through which you can click by means of lateral arrows. In addition, three additional buttons are mounted on the right side of the lower beam: a computer, a magnifying glass and a book. By clicking the computer takes you to the main menu. By clicking on the magnifying glass ( optionally via spacebar ) to obtain small memory and clues about what items you should look on the playing surface or even use. This is briefly mentioned by a magnifying glass icon. This assistance is optional, that is, they can also turn off if you prefer to play without extra tips. By clicking on the book you finally reaches Nina's diary, in which everything is so far in the game written down happened. If an entry is made in the book, this is represented by a typewriter sound and the lighting of the book icon in the upper left corner of the game screen.

On the game screen itself the character Nina is (at times even Max ) back and forth by clicking on certain objects or people as well as indefinite movement points. Serves as a stylized mouse cursor, the appearance changed in interagierbaren objects and subjects a little. Depending on the subject is indicated by green highlighting, with which mouse buttons on what is possible. The respective type of reaction is represented by small icons ( eye for reputation, for hand picking, ...). As on the surface are also in the inventory interactions with objects among each other is possible. This can be seen already at the state of the mouse pointer, whether an action is possible or not. Unnecessary clicking omitted. Dialogues and cutscenes can be abort by using the right mouse button, the mouse pointer symbolizes this through a fast forward icon.

In the released for the Wii implementation of the game no substantive changes from the PC version are available. Is controlled with the pointer function of the Wii Remote, which takes over the role of the mouse. In technical terms, only 4:3 output is supported.

Characters and voice actors

Successor

The successor, the name of Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis bears, was published on 29 August 2008 A playable demo was officially released on August 19, 2008.. The second successor, Secret Files 3, was released on 31 August 2012. On October 18, 2013 is also a spin-off appeared titled Secret Files: Sam Peters, which revolves around the journalist Sam Peters. Secret Files: Sam Peters was nominated for the children's software Price TOMMI 2013.