Chimera Angel
In Chimera Angel, you assume the role of Jennifer Winter, a 19-year-old girl with a secret that she has never revealed to anyone: she has the ability to change her shape at will. She has never even told this to her best friend and roommate, Kristen Horn. It's a secret she keeps because she fears that people would see her as a freak and would not trust her if the word ever got out.
One day, Jennifer's parents drop by her college dorm unannounced and expect to have dinner with her – a dinner that doesn't go very well. When Jennifer returns to her room hoping to talk about it with her roommate, she finds Kristen gone. There is a ransom note pinned to her bed, and it appears a man named Tony has mistaken Jennifer for a girl named Claudia and threatened Kristen's life. Jennifer must go on a quest to correct this mistaken identity and to save Kristen before it's too late. But this quest will lead her to a land called Naraza, where the people are oppressed by none other than the man who has kidnaped Jennifer's best friend, and she soon realizes that this will not be as easy as she would like, and that Kristen is in even more danger than she thought.
Game Features
Chimera Angel is an adventure game that is currently in development and is slated for release in mid-to-late 2007. The game is being developed with the WinAGI Game Development System and will run under the AGI engine. The game will feature:
- a highly responsive text parser interface that will let you explore the game's world, even the parts of it that aren't important to the plot
- a revolutionary (for AGI) conversation interface, for increased non-player character depth
- fully-realized non-player characters who have distinct personalities and differing opinions about the things that are going on around them
- optional sequences – actions that are not required to complete the game will allow you to find out more about the story
See the Development Blog for updated information about the progress of the game.
Jen's Quest
If you've noticed that Chimera Angel sounds an awful lot like Jen's Quest, that's because it is Jen's Quest. The name has been changed to Chimera Angel for its release. This project was started in 1998, abandoned in 1999 and resumed again in 2001.
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Chimera Angel is a work of fiction. Any similarity to any real people or events is purely coincidental.