Tales of El Salvador
A downloadable living book for Windows
For generations, the people of El Salvador have passed down folk tales and legends about many colourful characters and creatures to their children. Tales of El Salvador presents players with an opportunity to experience these stories in the form of a living book that was made in collaboration with several Salvadoran artists, photographers, and musicians.
Los Cadejos is a short, interactive story crafted in the style of paper theatre that tells the legend of two of the most famous characters from Salvadoran tales.
Besides this animated tale, this project also includes an art gallery that features the art of 49 Salvadoran artists. This art gallery is decorated with iconic elements from Salvadoran culture and contains retellings of 27 Salvadoran folk tales.
Mario Martinez
Concept, Art Direction, Art & Organization
Maximilian Giller
Programming
Translations
Mario Martínez, Maximilian Giller, Renata Samà, Milan Boskovski.
This project features the artwork of several Salvadoran artists, photographers, and musicians. It was an extraordinary gift to have them lend us their talent and creating this project would not have been possible without their support.
Featuring the art of:
Photos provided by:
Daniel Pérez
Edgar Escobar Ramirez
Ernesto Rosales
Joel Reyes
Mario Martínez
Raymundo Rivas
Walter Lara
Music by:
Vayron Linares-
Dancer, choreographer, scenographer, and producer.
National Directorate of Arts, Ministry of Culture of El Salvador.
&
Silvan Korupka
Special thanks to:
Prof. Ralf Hebecker
Kolja Bopp
David de León
Madjer Linares
SPAINT
Download
Install instructions
Download the zip-file, then extract the contents and execute "Tales of El Salvador.exe".
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Fantastic concept & art works! I would love to see a web build :-)
some real wonderful art featured here c:
A cute little art gallery with descriptions of various folk tales from El Salvador, one of them also being an animated story.
I think it would be better suited as a browser game instead of a standalone game, though it seems to have rather large files.
All in all Tales of El Salvador is an excellent way to learn a little bit more about folklore one might not know about, so give it a try!
Lovely illustrated itch page and living book. I will give some feedback to each part:
- Los Cadejos: Great opening, I really liked the mood, sound effects and the intro screen. The interactive part to drag the wolf was the best, I would love a small sound effect on completion. Almost felt like fighting againt the evil wolf. A typewriting effect could also add a little.
- Art gallery: A ton of stories to explore with nice music and transitions
- Book of el salvador: Many beautiful pictures about the country, which were integrated in the art gallery - cool :) Also the slider is helpful. Some small notes would be nice!
General:
- Many supported languages, impressive!
Ideas:
- A share button, to share a story which you really liked with your friends
- A marker/ checkmark or something similar to know which storys one has already read in the gallery overview
Overall great work and awesome opportunity to learn about the culture!