## Description

_Victor Hugo’s Les Mis erables_ is the first entry in _Enter the Story_ , an
interactive world of classic novels of which the concept was started in 1997,
independently developed by Chris Tolworthy. The main series acts as a
framework with a separate background story, not revealed yet in the first
release of the game, where the different volumes eventually link up to a
giant, single adventure game. After the release of the second game, this first
title was re-released with new features that allow the player to use items
from the second game in the first one to solve puzzles and there are also a
number of new locations that are opened up.

Adapted from the 1862 novel _Les Mis erables_ by French author Victor Hugo, it
mainly tells the story of the French ex-convict Jean Valjean who is looking
for a way to the right the wrongs in his past. There are different plots
linked together by the single character that eventually touch a wide array of
subjects such as religion, philosophy, architecture, history, love and moral
decisions.

The core gameplay is based on the characteristics of a point-and-click
adventure game, but with major differences. It is largely presented as a
visual novel with linear, interactive choices that further the plot.
Controlled through the mouse, a left click is used to explore, double clicks
have the player learn more about another character and right clicking is used
for all other actions and suggesting ideas to characters. There is no
inventory, but objects can be recognized and then suggested to characters as
an alternative. Also very different is that the player is able to leave the
protagonist Valjean behind at a location to explore other areas in the
meantime, because the actual protagonist controlled by the player is the angel
Peri, who is not a part of the original story.

The entire game is shown through a world with manipulated images and
paintings, and stroke-based art for all other objects and the animated
characters, with text for conversations and descriptions. There are no voices,
but different music tracks in the background. Next to regular gameplay
sequences, there are also cutscenes. The game contains a map and a log of
recently clicked people or objects, and recent conversations.

Enter the Story: Volume 1 – Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables