FADE
Virtual box art for Fade.
Developer(s)	Fade Team
Distributor(s)	PocketGear, Handango, other online retailers
Designer(s)	Fade Team
Series	Fade
Version	v1. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video Handango is an online store that sells Mobile software. Handango offers worldwide distribution support and e-commerce services to its partners A "game designer" is a person who designs Video games or one who designs traditional games such as Board games Video Games Designer A video game designer 09 latest
Platform(s)	Pocket PC/Windows Mobile (ARM, MIPS, SH3)
Release date	2001
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	internet web download
System requirements	10mb free memory on device or storage card
Input methods	touchscreen

FADE is a point-and-click adventure game developed by the Fade Team and released for the Pocket PC platform in 2001. In Computing, a platform describes some sort of Hardware architecture or Software framework (including Application frameworks, that allows A Pocket PC, abbreviated P/PC or PPC, is a hardware Specification for a Handheld -sized Computer ( Personal digital assistant Windows Mobile is a compact Operating system combined with a suite of basic applications for Mobile devices based on the Microsoft Win32 The ARM architecture (previously the Advanced RISC Machine, and prior to that Acorn RISC Machine) is a 32-bit RISC processor architecture MIPS (originally an acronym for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) is a RISC microprocessor architecture developed by MIPS Technologies The SuperH (or SH) is brandname of a certain Microcontroller and Microprocessor architecture See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction An adventure game is a type of Video game characterized by investigation exploration puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters and a focus on Narrative In video gaming, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session Digital media (as opposed to analog media) usually refers to Electronic media that work on digital Codes. A Touch Screen is a display which can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area A Pocket PC, abbreviated P/PC or PPC, is a hardware Specification for a Handheld -sized Computer ( Personal digital assistant ^[1] The game was critically acclaimed as the first large-scale adventure game for the platform. An adventure game is a type of Video game characterized by investigation exploration puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters and a focus on Narrative It is most often compared to Myst, and the games in the Zork series, the first immersive graphic adventure games for the PC. Myst is a graphic adventure Video game designed and directed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller. Zork was one of the first Interactive fiction Computer games and an early descendant of Colossal Cave Adventure. Immersion is the state of Consciousness where an immersant's awareness of physical self is diminished or lost by being surrounded in an engrossing total environment often An adventure game is a type of Video game characterized by investigation exploration puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters and a focus on Narrative IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. ^[2]

The game was originally created in French, and was translated into English. This has resulted in some lines sounding rather awkward, and French remains in some parts of the game's dialogue. However, this has not posed a problem for many players. ^[3]

The game's story is actually very complex. It has been compared to a similarly-themed film, the critically acclaimed Memento. Memento is a Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his brother Jonathan 's short ^[4]

Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot synopsis 2.1 Summary 2.2 Expanded overview 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links

Gameplay

FADE is essentially a point-and-click first-person graphic adventure game along the lines of Myst and The Journeyman Project. Point-and-click is the action of a Computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen ( point) and In video games first person refers to a graphical perspective rendered from the viewpoint of the player character An adventure game is a type of Video game characterized by investigation exploration puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters and a focus on Narrative Myst is a graphic adventure Video game designed and directed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller. The Journeyman Project is an adventure Computer game developed by Presto Studios.

Plot synopsis

Summary

Fade takes place in present-day France, and the player steps into the shoes of Louis, a married Frenchman suffering from amnesia since childhood. Throughout the game, he will explore various locations and will slowly discover the truth behind the mysterious blackouts that he occasionally has.

Expanded overview

The story starts out as the player takes control of Louis Everett, a French art dealer, as he wakes up in his home. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. An art dealer is a person or company that buys and sells Works of art. The player is also introduced to Anne, Louis' wife, is taking a shower at the time. This early in the story, it is learned that Louis suffers from random blackouts, and he usually has unusual dreams during those blackouts. Because of this, Louis takes medication for the blackouts.

The player soon receives a call from Félicienne, Louis' assistant at the antique shop he owns, regarding his latest client, one Mr. An antique ( Latin: antiquus; old is an old Collectible item It is collected or desirable because of its age rarity condition utility or other unique Belleville. Apparently, a file about a deal with Mr. Bellevile was sent to Louis, which he promptly finds in his mailbox. Louis then heads to his shop in a village called Saint Jeoire via his automobile. His wife tags along for the ride, and player is presented with an opportunity to talk to Anne along the way.

Upon arriving at the village, Louis finds Félicienne in the process of changing a broken light bulb. He helps her, yet gets rid of her after by lighting a cigarette, which she abhors. A few moments later, in his office, the player is alerted that Mr. Belleville has arrived at the shop. This apparently is the first time that Louis is to meet his client as all their previous meetings have been over the telephone. Right before meeting Mr. Belleville, Louis succumbs to a blackout.

The player regains control of Louis, now in an unknown hotel in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city He has no recollection of how he had arrived, and no memory of what he was doing there in the first place. Louis finds his way downstairs and is directed by the hotel's receptionist to a bar across the street.

At the bar, Louis discovers that he has left his wallet in his room and goes back for it. Along the way, it is found that the receptionist is not at the lobby desk. A newspaper he was reading however, is on the desk, which the player may read. In the newspaper, there is a certain article about a serial killer in an area called 'Robertville sur Angeais'. It is also learned that all the killers' victims had their hearts removed with complete surgical precision. Louis then proceeds to his room, but is blocked by a chambermaid who does not want him to pass. Maid is also a shortened form of " Maiden " an archaic word for an unmarried woman or a Virgin. He bypasses her by convincing a man he had met earlier in the bar to propose to the chambermaid.

After taking his wallet from his room, Louis goes back to the bar for a cup of coffee. He is directed by another man to the train station in the town, and Louis buys a ticket for 'Robertville sur Angeais'. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another After a long wait for the ticket, the player finally boards the train, where Louis meets a beautiful woman in his cab. Not long after, the player is treated to another one of Louis' blackouts.

Once again, the player finds that Louis has switched locations again before awakening from his last blackout. This time, Louis finds out that he is in the house of Jean, a friend of his. Louis talks to Jean for a while, about some seeming trouble with Anne. Louis walks to his house, discovers a strange occult symbol painted on his mailbox, and finds that Anne is not there. The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" The musical instrument is spelled Cymbal. A symbol is something --- such as an object, Picture, written word a sound a piece Apparently, the house does not have any electricity, so the player is forced to find a flashlight in order to restore power to the house. Louis runs over to Jean's place to find it empty. He uses a fuse he finds in Jean's house (after repairing it) to restore power to his house and almost immediately, the phone rings. Upon answering it, only a faint, buzzing sound can be heard. Louis decides to ask around the neighborhood.

Surprisingly, as the player moves from neighbor to neighbor, it is apparent that the neighbors believe that Anne was a battered wife. Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or spousal abuse) occurs when a family member partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate Louis flees the neighborhood to the bus stop, then to Saint Jeoire. It is still night when he arrives to discover his shop ransacked, with Felicienne sobbing in the back. After going back and forth in the town, the player finds Louis in the house of a friend of his wife, Astrid. She gives Louis the key to the dairy that Anne apparently owns and he promptly heads there. Breaking into the cash register, he finds a tape recorder inside, which he listens to. This article deals mainly with analog tape recorders for audio applications information on digital recording, recording of video signals, and There appears to be a conversation between Anne and an unknown man on the tape, but the vocals aren't clear. Louis then uses a camera to take pictures of his vandalized mailbox and globe, and uses the tape recorder to record the sound emanating from his phone. But when he plays the tape again, he finds himself falling into another blackout.

Louis regains consciousness to find himself sitting on a fountain. After a few minutes of inquisitive exploration, the player finds out that Louis is now committed in a mental asylum. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is He is forcefully confined to his cell after an altercation with the receptionist, where he spends the night until breakfast the next day. In a scene reminiscent of the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the player is given the chance to converse (rather uselessly) with the mental patients. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 Comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman. After more exploration (and an encounter with Zampano, the asylum's beefy tough guy) and interaction with the asylum's colorful residents, Louis is taken to the "doctor". He is interviewed and thrown back in his cell, where he formulates an escape plan. Louis starts a fire in one of the huts to create a distraction, which he uses to attempt an escape, but he is caught. Waking up in a heavily padded isolation cell, Louis finds the door unlocked. He eventually makes his way to an underground cavern where he witnesses a ritual involving his wife as a human sacrifice. A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter A ritual is a set of actions often thought to have Symbolic value the performance of which is usually prescribed by a Religion or by the Traditions Human sacrifice is the act of Homicide (the Killing of one or several Human beings in the context of a Religious ritual ( ritual killing Afterwards, he blacks out again.

Once again, Louis wakes up in his house, similar to the beginning of the game. Anne, once more, is not in the house. The phone then rings and Louis learns from the police that they have found Anne. To his horror, Louis finds that the police have actually discovered Anne's naked body in some woods near their home. There is some confusion, as Louis asserts that the body is his wife's, but not the girl's face. Eventually, the player finds clues that Anne is alive and well in Louis' mother's apartment in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

In Paris, Louis finds himself in the apartment that he grew up in. The player is given the chance to explore around the house. In one of the bathrooms, it is discovered that Anne was growing some marijuana in the bathtub. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a He finds a notebook with names and telephone numbers of many people, including one Gisele Montfort, who he calls. She hangs up, but Louis decides to talk to her in person and heads to her house.

At Gisele's, Louis learns that his wife had been to a swingers' bar in town a few days before. Swinging, sometimes referred to as the swinging lifestyle, is "non-monogamous sexual activity treated much like any other social activity that can be experienced as a He goes to the bar, accompanied by his assistant (who apparently had come along), and meets a girl named Christine. After some more exploration, the player ends up trying to break into Belleville's house. He takes several documents from the garage and heads back to his mother's house. The phone rings again and Louis is invited over by a man named Alex. Unfortunately, upon reaching Alex's place, the player discovers that the former had somehow hanged himself.

The player is now lead to a mysterious man named St. Arman, who appears to have information about his wife. After a long conversation, an altercation ensues with some cult members and St. This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice Arman sends Louis off alone to conduct a particular ritual. When Louis undertakes the ritual, he blacks out.

Upon waking up, the player now finds Louis on a boat en route to the Isle of the Dead, a painting of which was hanging in his room in the beginning of the game. Isle of the Dead ( German: Die Toteninsel) is a well known painting by Arnold Böcklin. There is a lot of puzzle-solving involved on the island, involving huge marble statues of Christine and Jean. Eventually, in the middle of the island is a mountain with a well in the center, into which Louis jumps.

Within is a huge cavern of lava and brimstone, similar to the christian vision of hell. Lava is molten rock expelled by a Volcano during an eruption When first expelled from a volcanic vent it is a Liquid at Temperatures A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Hell, according to many Religious beliefs, is a location in the Afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering Belleville is in the cavern, along with Louis' wife Anne. A conversation ensues, which soon changes into an argument, which turns into open conflict. Belleville is thrown into the lava and dies, but not before mortally wounding Anne with a handgun. Anne then gives Louis a pendant, which he places in a statue's hand which causes him to black out once more. A pendant (from Old French) is a hanging object generally attached to a Necklace or an Earring.

Louis is shocked to wake up naked in an alien room, made mostly of metal. He finds himself on some sort of space ship, and Anne is in a capsule with him. A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. Two people break into the room and explain to Louis the truth about his experiences.

Apparently, it is the far future and Louis is part of a deep space expedition. In order to conserve energy and survive the long travel, he and Anne have been in suspended animation for some time now. Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination Everything he has experienced so far is but a figment of his imagination, a side-effect of being in suspended animation. Somehow, the program controlling the suspended animation malfunctioned, and the couple could not be woken up. Anne found out the truth earlier and hoped to release Louis as well. Unfortunately, her last act of freeing Louis' mind cost her her own life.

The game ends on that note as Louis breaks down, not knowing what to believe.

Reception

The game was a finalist in Pocket PC Magazine's Best Software Awards in 2005, along with other renowned titles such as Myst (for Pocket PC) and Scrabble. Myst is a graphic adventure Video game designed and directed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller. The verb "to scrabble" also means to scratch scramble or scrape about see Wiktionaryscrabble. ^[5]

The game was praised for the depth, addictiveness and uniqueness of its story and its highly detailed graphics, which were very advanced compared to other Pocket PC games of the time. In fact, it is regarded as one of the most beautifully-rendered games for the Pocket PC. ^[6]

Over the years, Fade has garnered numerous awards and recognition from many notable news sites focusing on mobile software. ^[7][4][8][3] Fade was awarded five out of five stars by Mobile Tech Review in 2003. ^[9] In 2004, years after its release, Fade was included as the one of the "must-have games for the Pocket PC" in an article on Pocket PC Thoughts. ^[10]

References

External links

• Official Fade Team Website. The makers of the game. The game can also be purchased from their site.

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