I found another italian game, working in progress, which looks quite promising, and the developers have just released an english demo:you will be a scruffy detective, that will be involved in the mystery of Roswell.
You can visit their site HERE and download the english demo HERE

Please note:the link on the site for the demo is not working yet, please use the link in this post, because I wrote to the developers myself to get it sooner!

Thanks Carla, I just downloaded it.

Carla
Just installed the demo and I got a error message, the game won't load, uninstalled it right away.
Richard

That's strange Kjos, because I downloaded and installed with no problems at all.
Connie, did you have some problems?

Carla,

Thanks for that new adventure game info. It is much appreciated!

Thanks Carla

WOOPIE so many Great games on the Horizon

Will download it again
Richard

I installed it on my win.98se runs good,thanks,looking for my tools now.
Richard

I received an error message with this demo after I installed in on my WinXp. Error follows:

Error unable to load the frame called intro 2. Verify that the "Initial frame" exists and that the Go to another frame option in the Hot spot Properties is linked to an existing frame. Automation error. Unspecified error.

And Carla does it again! Thanks, it looks interesting!

Looks like my sort to

My download installed with no trouble. I have XP on my machine. Thanks again Carla. Looks good.

I had the same message. I am running xp as well

I had the same message on my xp to. I wonder why, I thought it was my comp.
Richard

Wow -- another one that looks good!

I downloaded it on Vista and it worked. Got a few error messages but just clicked OK and the demo continued. I played part of it and saved and reloaded a couple of short games and all worked.

Can't find my tools!

Thanks, Carla. I have XP and it installed without any problems. Before installing, I did turn off Anti-Virus. It's great to have something new to check out!

got it looks good

WOW - Looks good

when will be available?

Hi eddie -- welcome to GameBoomers!

Just playing the demo - I am finding it quite engaging! The graphics are nice, there is some animation moving from one scene but the interactive scenes are static i.e. pictures & there is no audible speech. But it seems to work quite well. But I've just got stuck so off to hints later if I can't work it out!!!

Thanks for the info, this looks good. Anyone know how far the demo goes. I've visited all the sites but haven't found any sort of puzzle to solve. THX

I have downloaded the demo without any problems but I can't go any further than, in front of the filing cabinet????

I can hear a clock ticking, I get a spyglass as cursor when hovering over the cabinets or the picture on the wall but nothing happens when I click with the mouse????

I get no option to go right, left or back.

Any ideas, please?

Carmen -- there's an Aurora thread in the Hints forum that you should check out. Warning -- it's got spoilers. Hope this helps!

Aurora has found a publisher!

PRESS RELEASE
'Aurora – The Secret Within'

Bath, 5th July, 2007 – Lexicon Entertainment, a premier publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for video game console systems and personal computers world-wide, is pleased to announce the signing of Aurora – The Secret Within for PC.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s the name Roswell sparked great interest in the press and with the general public and even in 2007 is still a topic that creates media coverage.

Aurora – The Secret Within, explores this great theme, was it fact or is it fiction!?

The Facts

The American military have released ground-breaking news: a flying saucer has crashed near Roswell. The statement is promptly withdrawn, but the media are not to be fooled. While this stunning event is frantically broadcast over the radio waves, Detective Pileggi becomes involved in a mysterious case regarding the disappearance of a local farmer.

During the course of the investigation, he will discover that everything he has believed to be true throughout his life is nothing but an illusion. His world is shattered into pieces. Will our detective be able to solve the mystery hidden within Aurora?

“Aurora - The Secret Within” is a classic ‘point and click’ adventure, immersing the player in a world of puzzles and mysteries just waiting to be solved.

Tale Context

The Pentagon always made people believe (even if not openly) that Area 51 has been hiding projects about supersonic airplanes and alien technologies. This however was a cover-up, because the truth was that the base was developed for a secret project called AURORA; Area 51 was hiding a time machine!

The Game.

You play the enigmatic role of Detective Pileggi – throughout the game, his face remains obscured, the player is never able to see his face clearly. His past will be uncovered over the course of the player’s journey. During the first three days the mission will be exploring Area 51 and discovering once inside the base that journeys into time are possible! Suddenly an accident occurs in the control room and Pileggi finds himself (inexplicably) in the future. Now it appears, he has only two days to find how to get home and also why he has been chosen to solve this case!

Moving further into the adventure Pileggi revisits many of the earlier places but this time during the 1997 post nuclear period!

Key Features/Elements include:

- 40’s ‘film noir’ environments

- 3D room exploration

- 3D interactive animated characters

- Logical, mathematical riddles, gradually progressive puzzles

- Multiple choice dialogues, influencing the story

- 3D movies

- Multiple endings

- Plus a whole lot more!

Aurora - The Secret Within is a classic ‘point and click’ adventure, immersing the player in a world of puzzles and mysteries just waiting to be solved.

Aurora – The Secret Within presents a thrilling, compelling tale of subterfuge that the player will need to unravel to succeed.

Developed by BluMiAl Studios.