太短了，比我的牛子还短

Let's try to keep this short and sweet, like Storyteller is.

So here we have a puzzle game about finding the right combination of actions to translate a conclusion or prompt into a full logical sequence or scene. All of that made to look like images in a story book. Because we're the ones putting the story together, we're the ones solving these puzzles to become a Storyteller.

The presentation is, in my opinion, immaculate. The yellowed and stained pages, the stylized characters, their quirky animations and the excellent, albeit sparse narration, do sell the concept quite nicely. Daniel Benmergui's opus isn't just beauty, it does contain, and expects, a brain in its puzzle solving. More than one solution is often available, and sometimes required to meet the additional goals that a level might present.

Contrast and compare Is this seat taken? for a similar experience.

I understand that there have been comments about the game's duration, and the reality is that as of now, Storyteller takes around 3 hours to complete, including achievements. When it came out, it took less than that, as it received updates that added more challenges. As such, the middle ground I'll aim for today is the following: if it seems interesting to you, get it on discount. And I'll leave it at that.

I do think that the inventive puzzles, the additional challenges and the gorgeous presentation justify the afternoon you'll spend with it. I sure enjoyed my time, and I can see myself replaying it to see if I can solve some of the stories faster, or play around with different combinations.

One thing that would have helped the game greatly would be mod support. I don't know if Annapurna Interactive wish to support for the creation of custom scenarios, as the foundation for fan made content seems robust enough, but at the very least they could give modding tools a thought or two.

It also played beautifully on Steam Deck!

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a nice light and short narrative puzzle game, i liked it a lot, i wish it was longer