I added automatic dialogue progression.
Dialogue nodes now advance automatically after a delay, and the dialogue closes itself after 3 s.
It reduces the amount of clicking, but you might miss something.
Would you keep this optional, use generous timings, or is this feature not that important at all?

Small dev update:

Started working on Chapter 2 with new puzzles and dialogues.
Also added invisible hotspots to make scenes more interactive, and finally implemented persistent settings.

Slowly starting to feel like a real game.

After 5 months of engine work and migrating my adventure game scene by scene to LibGDX, today I finally got back to content creation.
Designed two brand-new locations with dialogues, quests and puzzles. Feels great to move forward again!

Chapter 1 is ready for playtesting. Friends and family are my first group of playtesters. Let’s see how much I’ll have to fix after that.

An old stone tablet with a writing: It was one of those golden autumn days that make Freiburg look magical. For most of my fellow students, it was just a normal afternoon. Maybe they were already thinking about the weekend parties. For me, it was the day everything began. At the time, I had no idea that this day would set me on a trail — from an old manuscript halfway across the globe to the gates of the Mayan underworld. A discovery that might have been better left hidden.

A small story sneak peek from my adventure game.
Did I get you interested?

I built a version for playtesting and gave it to my brother, who had some time today. But a bug that only appears in the build crashed the game...

Gespielt und genossen:

Gamemenu for the 5th Maya Codex

I got the new game menu from my graphic designer today.
It finally replaces my placeholder UI.
I really like it and can't wait to see it in action!

After valuable feedback I added a double-click fast-run feature today.
Players who prefer a faster pace can now move through scenes more quickly.
It feels good and looks great!
Would you use it?

This is the devlog for The 5th Maya Codex.
Inspired by Monkey Island & Broken Sword, I’m building a story-driven point & click adventure, solo, in my spare time.
I’ll share progress, puzzles and setbacks as I go.
I hope you'll join me!