Equilibrar sonhos e família é o coração dessa aventura indie. Você guia o romancista Dan Kaplan pelo verão mais difícil de sua vida, em uma casa isolada à beira-mar, onde ele precisa conciliar o livro que definirá sua carreira com as responsabilidades de marido e pai. Uma presença fantasmagórica permite espiar os pensamentos da família, explorar suas memórias, revelar desejos ocultos e moldar sutilmente seus destinos - tudo isso sem ser visto.
As escolhas reverberam nos laços de Dan com o trabalho, a esposa e o filho, gerando eventos inéditos a cada jogatina. Toda decisão tem peso, sem soluções fáceis à vista. Jogadores casuais atraídos por narrativas reflexivas e com alto replay value encontrarão ecos de si mesmos nas vidas em transformação dos Kaplans.
The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be. The Kaplans have come to a remote coastal home for the summer, unaware that they’re sharing the house with a mysterious ghostly presence: you.
Read the family’s thoughts. Explore their memories. Uncover their desires and intervene in their lives. But stay out of sight; you can’t help the Kaplans if they know there’s a ghost in the house. It’s up to you to decide how Dan’s career and family life will evolve, but choose carefully; there are no easy answers, and every choice has a cost.
Dan’s relationships – to his work, his wife, and his son – react and shift in response to your choices. With a different sequence of events in every playthrough, The Novelist gives life to a unique experience each time you play.
The decisions you make will define the Kaplans’ lives, but they may also tell you something about yourself.
