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Summary

Qabara is a very anxious young artist who has decided she must paint her masterpiece before she turns 10 years old. She’s lived her whole life in a tiny desert town, but she’s determined to observe her surroundings closely and collect enough inspiration for her magnum opus, all before her mom makes dinner.

Qabara the Artist is a film-length, combat-free adventure RPG. You explore the surreal town of Al Chura as Qabara, searching for inspiration by examining the environment and talking to people, all to reach the next artistic plateau. Growing as an artist helps Qabara notice new things about the world around her. To encourage exploration, the game is open-ended, with multiple ways to collect inspiration, including quests with multiple solutions.

The game was made all by one person (more or less). I do the writing, the sprites and animation, the music, and yes, even this website. I am not the world’s greatest painter, but I remember being 9 and FEELING LIKE the world’s greatest painter, so I just wanted to share some of that joy with you. All of the art is based on things I drew as a kid.

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Release Date

Fall 2022

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Contact

If you’ve got questions, send em to: konolgames@gmail.com.

Web: yossarianiii.wordpress.com / yossarianiii.itch.io

Twitter: @yossarianiii

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Bio

KONOL Games is an independent developer of interactive stories based out of NYC. Its games include the road trip comedy Sex Robot Road Trip (2017, re-released 2021), the office lunch eating simulator Crunchy Lunch (2018), the existential horror comedy Kill Your Refrigerator (2016), the interactive music box Solidarity Forever (2022), and Hotel Shower Knob: The Game (2019).