Listen - Just a game.

[Denna 10]

"Listen" is a short adventure game about life and being alive. The game was created by a team of five RPG Maker developers. This was a contribution to the RPG Maker Web Contest.
 
What is it about?

The puppetman is a creature that wanders the earth, unseen by almost everybody who is not close to death, but always ignored. He has almost given up on finding somebody to listen to his stories, when he meets a young girl who lives in a german hospice. As they open up for a quite unusual friendship, the little girl learns more about the puppetman's past and the reason he remains unseen. But can she save him? Or does he save her?
 
Some details
 
Team:

Alexis Hiemis, Crazy_Leen, Denna, Evrey, Pilzchen

Genre:

Puzzle, adventure and a bit drama

Setting:

Modern setting, a hospice in Germany

Languages:

English, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese

Playtime:

Short game: 1- 2 h

Game Progression:

Revision of the full version released at the rpgmakerweb contest 2014.

Beta phase:

Beta starting on 04/30/2015.

Release date:

The offical release is intended for the 06/01/2015.

Recruitment:

Translators (e.g. Italian, Portuguese, French etc. ), see for further information on that matter the Listen website.

Website:

https://listen-game.de/en/

 
Main characters
 
Girl

The girl lives in a german hospice and suffers from her lonelyness and boredom. Her bigest wish is it to leave the hospice behind and to ride a Ferris wheel.
 
The puppetman

The puppetman is an invisible creature that wanders the earth. Always looking for contact to others and friendship. But his will is nearly broken.
 
Features

• Some tricky puzzles
• Charming characters
• Secrets!
• A minigame with a record-modus after unlocking

Screenshots
 

 
All screenshots

 

What is this creature that wanders the earth, unseen by everyone?
 

Unseen but sometimes noticed by those who are about to die.
 

He was almost broken when he met a young girl. She can see him! Why?
 

Let's play!


Can we make it to the top?


Push me! Oh, you know what that means?

 
Credits
 

***Story & Idea***
Denna Gherlyn
 
***Story Support***
Alexis Hiemis, Crazy_Leen, Pilzchen, Evrey
 
***Graphic Design***
Denna, Alexis Hiemis, Crazy_Leen, Pilzchen
 
***Scripts***
Ugly Horst, Evrey, Alexis Hiemis
 
***Graphics***
Enterbrain, PandaMaru, Sithjester, Timmah, yms.main.jp, Lune de la Cruor, Denna Gherlyn, Alexis Hiemis, Pilzchen, Evrey
 
***Music***
Crazy_Leen, fri.events Orchestra, Gregoire Lourme, Tyrad, Julien Boulien,
 
***Translators***
Denna (German), Evrey (German), Maca (Spanish)
 
***Previous beta tester***
Sorata, Lone Wolf, ChimaereJade, Darceus

 

 

Download (all languages included!)

Edited June 1, 2015 by Denna

[amerk 1,122]

Moved to Showroom. It can be moved to Masterpiece once you've included a download link.

[Denna 10]

Hello guys,

we're proud to announce, that Listen will be translated into Italian. Thank you, EatYourBeetS, for this opportunity. But we don't know whether or not the Italian translation will be published at 06/01/2015 together with the other languages because we'd need to find some proofreaders for this language first. Maybe you're a native speaker?

Currently it seems that there are no delay in our schedule. The minigame is finished and successfully integrated into the game. Some bugs are solved and we got a nice bunch of beta testers. 21(!) Spanish people and 4 of each German and English tester.  There could be more. However, most of the german and english people do grammar and misspelling corrections, but more is never too much when it comes to spell.

So, I hope we find some more English and German beta testers  and maybe some Italian proofreaders so that we can further improve Listens quality.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day.

~Denna

[Nyapurgisnacht 152]

Very interesting, I wonder what the deal with the puppetman is? This looks like it's gonna be good, I'm looking forward to seeing more :3

[Denna 10]

Hello guys,

Listen will be translated into Brazilian Portuguese, too.

~Denna

Edited April 28, 2015 by Denna

[Denna 10]

The closed beta has started. Just in time. *cough* Well… Somewhere on earth it was still April as the mail was sent, I guess. 20 testers will put the game to the acid test.

 

I also just updated the topic. I refreshed the screenshots because they weren't current anymore.

[TorturedHealer 6]

A puppet man, very interesting.

[Denna 10]

Hello everyone,
I'm proud to announce that Listen is finally here. You can download the game here.

Please consider that where can still be bugs and grammatical errors in the game. Please use our bug report form here to report them to us. Every tiny detail or suggestion is highly appreciated. Feedback or wishes for a new version, too.

And now have fun and a nice day.

~ Denna from the Listen-Team

[Paprika 2]

I tried to download it, but somehow i can't.

I don't know why, my computer says it has been damaged or not working in a first place.

Please help me 'cause i would really like to try it.

Thank  you!

[Denna 10]

@Paprika: I just uploaded v2.1 because we had some troubles with the files. I hope it's now fixed for everyone.

[Denna 10]

I just uploaded version 2.2. -.-

Fixed many grammatical errors (mainly german ones this time) and some old bugs that for some reasons returned from the bug graveyard.

[Tsarmina 2,612]

Hey Denna!

 

I wanted to start off by addressing everyone -- Listen is a highly underrated game that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. Denna, I played this awhile ago, and I was struck by the detail and charming simplicity of this game. The premise is sweet, simple, and engaging, not in the least because I'm never entirely sure what I'm supposed to do. Starting with the play room, the entire game has a slightly surreal feel to it, almost whimsically so (but the music in the play room/tower was a little creepy, so I turned the volume off haha ^^") I got stuck on the puzzle with the weird laughing bushes, but it's probably just me being an idiot...

 

I love the graphics. Even without faces, your manage to convey emotion well in this game c: The puppetman creeped me out at first but I feel like he's really grown on me. The little sprite animations make a huge difference. I was pleasantly surprised at the attention to detail--the way the girl turns her head, the way she crawls in the play tower puzzle, the puppetman riding the toy horses (they look a bit like shapeless ducks to me, but I don't care, it's adorable). I love how real it feels.

 

And I'm not sure what's up with that giraffe (he is a giraffe, right?), but I'm looking forward to continuing to see him.

[Rikifive 3,411]

This game looks so special!

It reminds me of "To The Moon" somehow...

I think this gotta be a GREAT game, because it just looks great and by reading intro I'm interested as hell!

I'm going to play that game very soon!

[Veethree 11]

This looks really great! I'll be sure to download this later when I get home.

[Rikifive 3,411]

Finally found some time to play that. =P

Can it be launched in fullscreen?

nvm, I figured it out, I'm just a moron. =)

Edited July 19, 2015 by Rikifive

[Ariel Schnee 7]

This game is made with RPG Maker XP now.

 

What is it doing on this site?

 

This site is supposed to be for Maker VX Ace games.

 

 

[Denna 10]

First of all, sorry for the late response. I was quite busy the last month. :S

 

@all: Thank you very much for your feedback.

 

@Tsarmina: Did you figure it out yet. Maybe I can help you with the bush? And yes, it's a giraffe.

 

@Nightgazer Starlight: As you might have noticed this forum also gives games made with other Enterbrain engine a home. Where are a lot of other games made with the xp or the vx around. That the forum is named rpgmaker vx ace doesn't necessarily mean that it's ace only. First of all it means the forum has a focus on the ace, but everything else is for the administration to decide and obviously they also welcome games of other Enterbrain engines like ours.

 

Currently we're working on the last overhaul: the tower. As soon as our translators got the translation done we'll release it. Stay tuned.

Edited July 29, 2015 by Denna

[Rodoren 10]

Congrats, very nice game although I didn't completely understand the ending

 

Well done!!

[ReidenLightman 5]

I played this game on stream on Twitch and left my thoughts about it while playing.

 

Part 1: http://www.twitch.tv/reiden5459/v/11999168

Part 2: http://www.twitch.tv/reiden5459/v/12047242

[Tsarmina 2,612]

@Tsarmina: Did you figure it out yet. Maybe I can help you with the bush? And yes, it's a giraffe.

Whoops! I'm late myself Yes, I did, it was a very thoughtful and enjoyably game. The ending was sad ;_; but I liked it. Short and sweet.

[SEJordan 17]

This game looks amazing, I'll be sure to download it.

[Rikifive 3,411]

Started a long time ago ~ had a big pause due to some stuff ~ finally got back to that game and finished it.

 

This is a well made game!

 

I kinda got confused by the story, but it was really good. Though I think the ending was too quick ~ I wasn't exactly sure what was happening. (Also I was expecting something extremely good at the end, like that type of games usually do =P)

 

The gameplay was kinda too slow sometimes, but generally it was enjoyable.

 

I loved the details in character sprites (sprites where they're turning their head or pointing on something using hands) and the work with events (~sprite details).

 

It's a really good game and I liked it. (=

Well done! 

[+ CloudTheWolf 7]

This is awesome! found a bug though  

 

If you talk to the trap door from above when it's open you get an error (Maybe a translation bug) I was playing in English