The Canterberry Tales

A game by Amy Chen, Reno Thiart and Frank Masuelli

Welcome to The Canterberry Tales! Chaucer is great and all, but why doesn't he write about fruits? We needed to address this long-standing grape gripe!

The Canterberry Tales is a narrative game about exploring a medieval land of bards and berries across storybook levels, taking on the role of a feudal fruit and discovering what awaits you. It is our first game and we hope you enjoy it!

TIP: If you ever find yourself lost or stuck, the bard near the campfire can help you out on your quest! People won't always repeat themselves and react to your actions so listen carefully and explore thoroughly. Good luck!

Screenshots

Controls

The game is designed to be played on a keyboard with WASD or arrow key movement.

• Move your character left and right with '←'/'→' or 'A' / 'D'.
• Some levels allow you to go forward or backward - '↑'/'↓' or 'W'/'S' will do the trick!
• Press 'E'/'SPACE' to interact with characters and objects.
• Press 'Q' in the campfire area for a change of perspective midway through the game... watch out for an on-screen prompt!

Notes

Created for Godot Wild Jam #70 with the theme 'Folklore', incorporating the 'Transfer Takeover' wildcard. 

When we saw the theme, we quickly honed in on the importance of storytelling to folklore and decided we wanted to channel a classic story about spinning tales. From there, the game designed itself! (with lots of help from us)

Known Issues

- Princess and Messenger original locations flicker on scene entry (visual bug only)

Fun Fact

Chaucer did actually write about one forgotten fruit, the open-arse. We decided to go more family friendly. The more you know! https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210325-the-strange-medieval-fruit-the-world...

Acknowledgments

This game was created in Godot 4.2.2 using the Dialogic 2 plugin for dialogue. 

The font used for in-game screens is Atreyu by Greg Eckler.

Links

Godot Wild Jam #70: https://itch.io/jam/godot-wild-jam-70

The Canterberry Tales repository: https://github.com/renothiart/canterberry