Game Design: Amelia Jones, Kaden Franklin, Taryn England, Zoie Keys, Noah Morris
Artist: Alyssa Chaffin
Subject Matter Expert: Lynita Langley-Ware
Narrative structure: Set in the early days of the Cadron Settlement in central Arkansas. The player establishes the post office in the bustling new town. As the player delivers letters they are immersed in the history of the Area, its inhabitants, and what really happened in Cadron.
Mechanics: WASD to move Ai characters are clickable, providing dialogue Click the Backpack button to see letters you need to deliver Click the map to see where you must deliver them
--Credits:
Aesthetics:
Animals - https://kale-game.itch.io/2d-pixel-art
Animated Animals - https://lyaseek.itch.io/miniffanimals
Base Tile set - https://mythril-age.itch.io/mythril-age-tilesets
Characters - https://shatteredreality.itch.io/pcc
Fire - https://brullov.itch.io/fire-animation
Food - https://henrysoftware.itch.io/pixel-food
Nature - https://shubibubi.itch.io/nature-things
Scroll image - https://pngtree.com/freepng/old-kraft-paper-scroll_5446449.html
Envelope image - https://opengameart.org/content/envelope
Keyboard image - https://opengameart.org/content/keyboard-keys-1
Tent - https://opengameart.org/content/tent-8
Indoor objects - https://penzilla.itch.io/top-down-retro-house
Sounds:
Arkansas Traveler Music - https://archive.org/details/ArkansasTraveler/Arkansas+traveler.mp3
References for story:
Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Spring. 1957. Vol. 16 No 1. "Cadron: An Early Town that Failed" - Margaret Smith Ross / https://www.jstor.org/stable/40018428
Arkansas Historical Quarterly Autumn, 1960 Vol. Xix No. 3 "Some Old French Place Names in the State of Arkansas" - Lonnie J. White
Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings - Winter 1972 Vol XIV No. 4. "Report on the Cadron Settlement Park" - Waddy W. Moore
Pulasi County Historical Review - December, 1956 Vol. 4 No. 4 "SQUATTERS RIGHTS PART III The Cadron Settlement Prior to 1814" - Margaret Smith Ross
Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings - September 1959 Vol 1 No. 1. "Cadron" - Grafton Ellis Conway
"Nuttall's Travels into the Arkansas Territory, 1819." - Thomas Nuttall / https://www.loc.gov/item/05013013/
"Story of the Arkansas Traveler"- Arkansas Secretary of State (.gov website) / https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/education/arkansas-history/the-story-of-the-arkansas-traveler
"McFarland Alexander (1764-1812)" - The Oklahoma Historical Society / https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=MC043
"Joseph W. Harris (Veteran)" - Arkansas Gravestones.org / https://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=1069111