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ARIANA TRENCH: TREASURE MAN'S TRAIL

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The Council of Fortune, also known as the Fortune Council, comprises the world's most notable pirates. Together, they govern Libertalia, the legendary pirate colony. For the council to protect their wealth from other pirates, they contract the services of the Trench Hiding Company to hide their treasure.The company's current owner, Ariana Trench, has been recruited by the pirate captain, Hector Azucar, to track down the Golden Idol. In the wrong hands, any pirate could use the idol to reveal the treasure Ariana has hidden for the Council of Fortune.To add a classic game feel to the comic, it will be illustrated in beautiful pixel art graphics. Some of the inspirations for this project came from video games series such as Monkey Island, and Professor Layton.

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The story takes place in Libertalia, a hidden pirate colony on the island of Madagascar. A treasure-hunting expert, Ariana Trench, has been recruited by a shady pirate captain, Hector Azucar, who promises her a share of the treasure she must retrieve from the Treasure Man's cave, which is littered with the world's most dangerous booby traps.To add a classic game feel to the comic, it will be illustrated in beautiful pixel art graphics. Some of the inspirations for this project came from video games series such as Monkey Island, and Professor Layton.

ARIANA TRENCH: TREASURE MAN'S CAVE

ARIANA TRENCH: A PUZZLING ADVENTURE

ARIANA TRENCH: LOOT SNATCHERS

PUZZLES AND ILLUSORY

Ariana Trench is back with another fun and interactive pirate adventure. Ariana has been hired by Captain Azucar to track down a treasure chest in Treasure Man's Cave. The Treasure Man has flooded the cave with puzzles, riddles, brainteasers, and traps for Ariana and the reader to solve.Ariana must track down the treasure without a treasure map, but the Captain's daughter, Kaylyn Azucar, has lent Ariana a talkative Peruco bird that knows a thing or two about Treasure Man's Cave.42 Pages, 6 X 9, Paperback/ Ebook

This book merges story with puzzle solving to create a fun and interactive, pirate-themed adventure. Instead of traditional treasure hunts, readers will have the honour of burying the treasure themselves. The puzzles readers must solve involve finding the correct locations to bury treasure.Ariana has made a name for herself in Libertalia burying pirate treasure, but recently there have been some creatures running around preventing her from doing that, as well as stealing her treasure. Ariana must find out who is in control of these creatures she refers to as The Loot Snatchers before they completely ruin her business.
68 Pages, 6 X 9, Paperback/ Ebook

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"I bought this book for my son and he has been on it since forever. It is really interactive and it kept me busy too lol. This was a fun puzzle book. The characters talking in between puzzles made it feel like a real immersive pirate adventure. Love love." - Divine Grace

We're focused on creating game books that feature a variety of interactive puzzles and character-driven stories. The books will be flooded with challenging puzzles, riddles, and brain teasers, all meshed together organically with the narrative.

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ARIANA TRENCH:
LOOT SNATCHERS

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"This was a breath of fresh air. Unlike the other crosswords, word search, and Sudoku puzzle books that are flooding Amazon, this pirate book actually has tons of fun and creative puzzles that really make you think. Every puzzle is different and the pirate tales were entertaining as well. I'm definitely picking one up for my friend for an early Christmas present."

We're focused on creating interactive puzzle adventure books with character-driven stories that explore innovative worlds. They will be flooded with challenging puzzles, riddles, and brain teasers, all meshed together organically with the narrative, similar to the Professor Layton series.

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Huli has mastered all the Chinese traditional games and has gained a reputation for never losing. One day her village was conqured by an intelligent army, utilizing inventions that did not require violence or brute force. The army's leader, game master Kong, stated that he and his army would stop enslaving the village if someone could defeat him in a single game of their choosing.Fearing that her winning streak may be in jeopardy, Huli embarks on a journey to create a new game where she hopes to have better chances at defeating Kong. The story is told in the form of a comic and includes many unique puzzles in which Huli must discover inventive ways on how to outsmart Kong and his army.

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Set sail on a mind-boggling pirate adventure as you solve the many unique and challenging puzzles of Ariana Trench. She is a world-renowned cartographer, designing maps for pirates and hiding their treasure in the most elaborate ways. Many of her traps and puzzles have been documented in her pirate journal, and worthy treasure hunters may also discover the whereabouts of her hidden treasure by solving an overarching puzzle, all with the help of her pirate journal.This book is an expanded version of Ariana Trench: The Ultimate Puzzle Book For Pirates and features more puzzles.102 Pages, 6 X 9, Paperback/Ebook

Reviews

"I think it's wonderful. It includes such a wide range of incredibly inventive puzzle types. It would be a great book to solve with the whole family too I think, and there is certainly enough in there to make me think for a start." - Dr Gareth Moore, bestselling author of puzzle books worldwide

"This is a cool little puzzle book. I was pleasantly surprised with the level of difficulty and storyline that went with it." - Erica Peninger

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Set sail on a mind-boggling pirate adventure as you solve the many unique and challenging puzzles of Ariana Trench. She is a world-renowned cartographer, designing maps for pirates and hiding their treasure in the most elaborate ways. Many of her traps and puzzles have been documented in her pirate journal, and worthy treasure hunters may also discover the whereabouts of her hidden treasure by solving an overarching puzzle, all with the help of her pirate journal.Everyone loves puzzles, and this book enables you to test your wits on the high seas, solve pirate riddles, and locate buried treasure. To ensure that the fun continues, every puzzle is unique so the adventure never goes stale. It offers everything from riddles and brain teasers for beginners, to enigmas for experienced solvers. Aside from enjoying the book alone, it also makes up for a fun time around family and friends, as they ponder together how to solve these pirate dilemmas, and with the answers at the back, you won’t be left stumped.This book is an expanded version of Ariana Trench: The Ultimate Puzzle Book For Pirates and features more puzzles.102 Pages, 6 X 9, Paperback/Ebook

While in search of lost treasure, Ariana Trench finds herself marooned on a remote island run by highly intelligent monkeys known as the Trymonks. They are fond of building puzzles and contraptions and are now forcing Ariana to traverse through their dangerous escape rooms for their amusement.The story is set in the same world as the previous book but will now be told in the form of a full colored comic and feature more unique and challenging puzzles to solve.

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PREMISECenturies ago, the legendary Zhong Kui, the King of Ghosts, single-handedly subdued thousands of spirits across China, known as the Tangrams. He used the Tangrams to fend off enemy nations and build his empire known as New Kunlun. Zhong Kui believed none of his successors would be as disciplined as him, so he sought to disperse the Tangrams among his citizens instead of allowing the next emperor to control all of his Tangrams at once. Zhong Kui bound the Tangrams with talismanic seals and had his pilgrims hide them across the country.

He also had his alchemists forge seven stones known as the sacred Tans, which are to be used together as a key to unlock the Tangram Seals. Once the Tans are arranged in the shape of a Tangram seal, it will summon a Tangram with unique abilities, and part of those abilities will also be endowed to the person who summoned it. Every family in New Kunlun was given a pair of Sacred Tans, but only those who were brave and clever enough to seek out the Tangram Seals would have a chance to possess the power of the Tangrams.Centuries later, a new combat sport known as Tangram Martial Arts became a main event in New Kunlun. It is mainly showcased in tournaments where a fighter and tangrams battle against another fighter and their tangrams. If a fighter’s tangrams are knocked out, the fighter can continue to fight, but if the fighter is knocked out at any time, they will automatically lose the match.

This new sport caught the attention of the new emperor of New Kunlun, Emperor Shou. Emperor Shou sees the full potential of the Tangrams and believes that only his family lineage deserves to possess the power of the Tangrams. To bring about his vision, he commands his secret elite soldiers known as the Chinkara, to hunt down heroes and strip them of their sacred Tans and tangram seals.Julie Tan, an amateur fighter, is brought to New Kunlun for the first time and discovers that she was somehow noted as the previous champion of the tangram martial arts tournament. Julie Tan has no prior knowledge of this and assumes whoever fought in her name must have been a shapeshifting Tangram. She also discovers that her name has been listed to battle in the upcoming tournament and she has no choice but to participate because anyone who pulls out of the tournament will be imprisoned by the emperor.Julie later comes across a tangram named Huli who tells her that the winner of the tournament gets to enter the sacred treasure room of Zhong Kui and that there is a book there that lists all the tangrams that Zhong Kui discovered and what their powers are. This book will play a pivotal role in narrowing down which Tangram has shapeshifting abilities and Huli can help track them down. Julie Tan is now on a mission to search for more Tangram seals to help her win the tournament against fighters who have a grudge against her, and uncover the mysteries of New Kunlun.

THE TANGRAMS AND THE SEALSEvery Tangram is unique, but many of them may share the same class as other Tangrams, as well as their abilities. For instance, Huli belongs to a Fox Class Tangram Seal, but other tangrams may carry the same class, with or without similar abilities. There are many classes of tangram seals yet to be discovered, and some rare tangram classes may only have one tangram that belongs to them. Some tangrams talk, while some do not. Their designs generally feature a Chinese aesthetic of an object, an animal, or a person, depending on the class.

SUMMONING TANGRAMS
A person can summon a tangram to help with various mundane tasks. In the tangram martial arts tournament, fighters can use up to three tangrams in a single match and possess the power of all three tangrams at once. Tangrams are generally only loyal to the person who summoned them, meaning that if a person summons a tangram using another person’s tangram seal, that tangram will then switch loyalties between persons.

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To celebrate Kodomo no Hi, the National Children's Day holiday in Japan, Kintaro is tasked with delivering puzzle boxes, all a part of the new Koitendo subscription box service. The fulfillment center for the puzzles is solely operated by robots, but it has been secretly taken over by the Yakuza and is being used to smuggle highly advanced weapons.The story is told in the form of a comic and includes many unique puzzles in which Kintaro must try to figure out how to deliver the puzzle boxes across Japan and regain control of the fulfillment center.

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Gloria Pinkerton has had her life stolen by a mysterious doppelganger and must figure out how to convince her friends who the real Gloria is. The story is told in the form of a comic and includes many unique puzzles and optical illusions that Gloria must investigate to track down her doppelganger. She may also be led down by different story choices for the reader to explore.

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