Episode 1: Opal’s Halloween

Priscilla resting in the park

As of September 2022, the first ever playable episode of Opal and Tiny Cow is ready to play! This any future episodes will be uploaded to opal.artfularmadillo.com.

If you’re on a mobile device, you’ll need to rotate it to a horizontal view to play it. If you’re on a computer browser, be sure to adjust your window size so the images aren’t squashed or stretched (although that’s pretty fun to play with, I’ve found.)

The story is about a 10 minute play time, at the longest. But just in case you need it, there is a save function!

When there is no choice to make, click the arrow in the bottom right corner to turn the page. Sometimes you’ll have to click multiple times to see the characters “animate” a little.

Arrow to turn the page

Will you walk through the park, or avoid it completely?

Priscilla, Opal, Todd, and Tiny Cow face the entryway to the park.

There are a lot of houses to visit, and every house has different candies, and you can choose your favorite at each door!

Is it really kidnapping if everyone has fun? (don't answer that)

Will you bring the kid along on your journey? It seems like he really wants to come with you, but his family might be missing him…

Some choices affect the rest of your play through. Like where you end up going, or what you can do.

If you lose your buckets, you’ll go the rest of the night without them! But that can be fun, too.

The kids run out of the park with their candy buckets
The kids run out of the park without their candy buckets
Todd knocks on the door of the SCARIEST house in town!

Play multiple times to see all the possible events, houses, and characters. See what happens when you sneak into the scariest house in the neighborhood! What happens if you try and stand up to a bully?

You’re in for a fun and spooky time. But don’t be afraid, you have good friends around you (including an adorable Tiny Cow)

Halloween night is one of those special times when kids can go out on their own and make their own decisions, and that can get pretty messy!

Todd is startled

Special thanks to everyone who supported me through this project. It was a labor of love to create something I had envisioned for a couple of years, and I am so happy with how it turned out.

Please let me know what you think of the game once you’ve played it (and which ending(s) you have found!)

Detective Opal (Unofficial Private Eye)

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Some of you may remember my dynamic duo from last year, Opal and her tiny cow (who has been simply renamed “Tiny Cow”).  Well this year I put together a pitch for a point-and-click style storybook game!

I’ll only show a few tidbits here for reasons I’m sure you understand, but if you’re interested in working with me on this, email me!  I’d love to collaborate with someone who knows how to put together apps, as I think this idea would really work on digital tablets.

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A filthy-yet-charming American city in the early 1900s, Grenadine is home to a colorful cast of characters.  All of them are possible perpetrators of various crimes ranging from minor to major.  Alternate endings reveal a different culprit each time!

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What excites me about this project most is there isn’t a single character that I feel lukewarm about.  All of them are dynamic and exciting in their own way and I’ve been having so much fun writing stories for them.  Ultimately, I do want to make this a digital, interactive game, but in the meantime I will definitely develop a little book or two.