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==Reception==
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''Amanda The Adventurer'' currently has an "overwhelmingly positive" rating on [[Steam (service)|Steam]], with over 1,000 reviews.<ref name="Steam page">{{cite web |title=Amanda the Adventurer on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166060/Amanda_the_Adventurer/ |website=Steam |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
''Amanda the Adventurer'' currently has an "overwhelmingly positive" rating on [[Steam (service)|Steam]], with over 1,000 reviews.<ref name="Steam page">{{cite web |title=Amanda the Adventurer on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166060/Amanda_the_Adventurer/ |website=Steam |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> Ariel Chloe Mann of GameGrin describes it as a fun and unique game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Ariel Chloe |date=2023-07-25 |title=Amanda the Adventurer Review |url=https://www.gamegrin.com/reviews/amanda-the-adventurer-review/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=GameGrin |language=en}}</ref>


=== Accolades ===
=== Accolades ===

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Amanda the Adventurer
Developer(s)MANGLEDmaw Games
Publisher(s)DreadXP
Designer(s)James Pratt
Programmer(s)
  • Melissa LaMartina
  • James Pratt
Composer(s)
  • pd flattery
  • Brandon Wilkins (credits theme)
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
Release
  • WW: April 25, 2023
Genre(s)Adventure, horror, puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Amanda the Adventurer is a 2023 indie-horror first-person puzzle video game developed by MANGLEDmaw Games and published by DreadXP. The game was first released as a demo on April 8, 2022 on Itch.io as a part of The DreadXP Found Footage Jam,[1][2] followed by a full release on Steam published on April 25, 2023.[3] The game was later ported onto the Nintendo Switch on September 19, 2023.[4][5]

A sequel to the game titled Amanda the Adventurer 2 was teased in October 2023 by DreadXP and is currently in development.[6]

Characters

  • Riley Park is the game's protagonist who recently inherited the home of her now deceased aunt Kate.[7]
  • Katherine Park, or Aunt Kate, is Riley's now deceased aunt.[7]
  • Amanda the Adventurer (voiced by Chelsea Lecompte in Pilot Episode,[8] Blair Greene-Osako in full release[9]) is a young woman presented to be the title character, protagonist and host of the children's television series Amanda the Adventurer, as well as the titular antagonist of the game. She is portrayed as an innocent and adventurous girl who goes on adventures alongside her trusty sheep companion Wooly, but has a darker backstory. The concept for Amanda was inspired by Sam Colton's adoptive daughter Rebecca Colton, who also provides the voice for said character.[a]
  • Wooly the Sheep (voiced by James Pratt[8]), sometimes referred to as Woolie, is an anthropomorphic sheep and the deuteragonist of the children's television series Amanda the Adventurer. He is aware that he is locked inside the VHS tapes and is repeatedly attempting to cryptically warn Riley about Amanda's suspicious behavior without being harmed himself.
  • Rebecca Colton (portrayed by Lucy Brown[10]) is a child actress, the adoptive daughter of Sam Colton, and the inspiration for the children's television series Amanda the Adventurer.
  • Sam Colton (portrayed by Troy Jennings[10]) is a television producer and the original creator of Amanda the Adventurer, which was later purchased by Hameln Entertainment. He is the adoptive father of Rebecca Colton. Eventually, Sam mysteriously disappeared for an unknown reason and was later reported on the news as missing.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Amanda the Adventurer mainly on its puzzle element; each tape is unlocked after completing a puzzle by looking around the attic for the necessary object and using a hint or instruction given in one of the tapes. Tapes can be played on a CRT television, and the player will sometimes be prompted to pick an option or type an answer. Depending on what the player chooses, events in the episode or the game may change or cause the characters to react, such as the player being forced to type the correct answer after failing several times, Amanda and Wooly breaking the fourth wall, Amanda removing all wrong answers, or her losing her temper and the television screen corrupting as she gets angry.

Plot

The game's playable protagonist, Riley Park, has inherited the house of her deceased aunt Kate, who was presumably a parapsychologist. Riley looks in a box only to find a VHS tape in the attic, containing the first episode of a children's television series titled "Amanda the Adventurer".[7] The series stars a young woman named Amanda and an anthropomorphic sheep named Wooly, doing day-to-day activities such as making food and doing errands in a similar manner to Dora the Explorer. However, as each tape goes on, things start to get more and more suspicious and frightening as Amanda begins to lose her temper while Wooly attempts to warn Riley several times, not wanting anyone to get hurt.

Endings

The game has multiple endings, most of which can be achieved after completing one ending or steering away from the aim in a scenario.

  • The first ending has Riley (the player) be killed by a demon resembling Amanda after she asks the player if they think "everything rots".
  • Another ending has Riley be trapped inside one of the tapes, being a piece of meat in a butcher shop prepared to be chopped up.
  • The third ending, considered to be the true ending, occurs when a secret tape is played on the television which has Amanda ask if she can share a secret with Riley. If the player responds with "no", Amanda says she "thought [they] were different" and the first ending plays out. If they respond "yes", Amanda reveals she is "out there somewhere" before the TV becomes possessed, prompting Riley to throw a brick at it which, in turn, destroys it and the tape as the sun soon rises.
    • If, when aiming the brick, the cursor misses the TV, the brick will still hit it, but a mysterious silhouetted figure appears behind the table in the middle of the room.

Reception

Amanda the Adventurer currently has an "overwhelmingly positive" rating on Steam, with over 1,000 reviews.[11] Ariel Chloe Mann of GameGrin describes it as a fun and unique game.[12]

Accolades

Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2023 The Horror Game Awards Best Indie Horror Game Nominated [13][14]

Notes

  1. ^ While Rebecca Colton is credited in-game as the voice of Amanda, she is really voiced by Blair Greene-Osako.

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Submissions to The DreadXP Found Footage Jam". itch.io. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ Wilds, Anastasia (2022-07-15). "10 Best Found Footage Horror Games". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. ^ Amanda the Adventurer - Official Release Date Trailer (4K) 2023, retrieved 2023-04-30
  4. ^ "Amanda the Adventurer | Nintendo Switch download software | Games | Nintendo". Nintendo. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Amanda the Adventurer scares up a Switch release today". 19 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  6. ^ Amanda the Adventurer 2 Teaser Trailer, retrieved 2023-10-23
  7. ^ a b c "Amanda the Adventurer". DREAD XP. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  8. ^ a b "Who Voices Amanda the Adventurer? Characters and Their Voices". Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  9. ^ "Introducing the new voice of Amanda! - Amanda the Adventurer: Pilot Episode by MANGLEDmaw Games, Arcadim, SinisterCid". itch.io. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  10. ^ a b "Amanda the Adventurer / Characters". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  11. ^ "Amanda the Adventurer on Steam". Steam. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. ^ Mann, Ariel Chloe (2023-07-25). "Amanda the Adventurer Review". GameGrin. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  13. ^ "2023 Horror Game Awards Nominees Announced". The Horror Game Awards. 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  14. ^ Gardner, Matt. "Horror Game Awards 2023 Winners: 'Resident Evil 4', 'Signalis' Take Top Honors". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-26.