In this podcast, Thomas Domville explores RYFT: A Timely Manor for iOS, an immersive audio-based mystery-adventure game designed for hands-free, voice-activated play. Inspired by classics like Myst, Monkey Island, and Zork, RYFT offers a unique experience where players navigate and interact entirely through voice commands.

Game Overview:

• Setting: Players find themselves in Nexus Manor, a mysterious mansion beyond time, with no recollection of how they got there. Armed with a cryptic stone tablet covered in strange symbols, they must explore the estate to unravel its secrets.

• Gameplay: This fully audio-driven game allows players to:

  • Move using voice commands such as “north,” “east,” “south,” and “west.”
  • Verbally interact with objects and characters.
  • Solve intricate puzzles by collecting and combining items.
  • Engage with a fully voiced cast, each tied to The Master of the manor.

• Narrative: As they progress, players uncover recordings from a distressed girl, revealing a sinister scheme orchestrated by The Master. To aid her, they must navigate the sprawling mansion and uncover its hidden truths across time.

Tune in to the podcast for a full demonstration of RYFT: A Timely Manor!

RYFT: A Timely Manor on the App Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ryft-a-timely-manor/id1661569093

Transcript

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Hello and welcome.

My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse.

In this podcast, I'm going to be covering an iOS game called Rift.

It's the first chapter called A Timely Manor.

It is a free game, which I think all of us could say we love, and it's kind of compelling.

It's kind of a lot of fun.

There's some similarities to this to previous games I've done in the past years or so, and I thought I'd just pass this game along to you.

It is an audio based adventure game.

So it's kind of a voice control type game.

So it reminds me a lot of the older text adventure games where you are put in a room or whatever not be.

For example, in our first scenario, we're left in a room that has a desk and a coat stand and stuff like that.

And you'll see that we just completely use our voice alone.

Now, as a bonus, I will show you is not all has to be done by voice.

So for those that prefer just using the regular old screen, or if you have a braille display, that might be something that you want to take a look at as well.

So check on the availability of if that or this game is available to you in your country app store.

So without further ado, let's jump into Rift.

Now the first thing I want to note out is that as always voiceover sometimes kind of butchered the words.

And you're going to hear it pronounced it as right.

It seems like no matter which voice I use, it says right.

And that's because the spelling…