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The Thirty-Nine Steps PC

The 39 Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps is an interactive adaptation of John Buchan's classic spy novel "39 degrees, the mystery of the Black Stone". Production created by Tern Digital studio in cooperation with Creative Scotland combines elements of e-book, audiobook and adventure game.

Adventure | World War I | spyware

The Thirty-Nine Steps Release Date PC

15March2013

developer: The Story Mechanics publisher: Avanquest Software Official website

English language game language: English

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John Buchan’s incredible espionage thriller is set to be our debut – and the first ever – digital adaptation: a new form of entertainment for interactive platforms, and created by The Story Mechanics. Whether you know The Thirty Nine Steps inside out, or have never heard of Richard Hannay, this is the classic story as it has never been told before.

Here’s what to expect:

The entire story of The Thirty Nine Steps brought to life with incredible HD paintings, real-time visual effects, hand-crafted audio beds and original musical score.

Incredible digitally painted environments, composited in 3D space with real-time visual effects.

Original animated episodes used to tell retrospective character stories and tall tales

Original animated episodes circa 1914

A revolutionary system of text placement that enables location-orientated storytelling

A system of ‘echoes and apparitions’ drive text placement and progression

There’s also a dozen original story mechanics that underpin the story retelling, with a system of collectables and achievement awards tied into a unique player Profile.

Last updated on 13 March 2013

Game mode: single player  

PEGI rating The Thirty-Nine Steps

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains depictions of violence.

The Thirty-Nine Steps System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
  • 2 GB RAM
  • graphic card 512 MB (GeForce 8800 or better)
  • 2 GB HDD
  • Windows XP/Vista/7
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