Ascii art adventure Stone Story RPG wins top Tokyo Game Show SOWN prize


Stone Story RPG turns minimal ASCII text markings into a distinctive and evocative art style. — AFP Relaxnews

Less is more in the case of the immersive Stone Story RPG, an imaginative game composed of punctuation marks and coding symbols and winner of the top prize at Tokyo Game Show's 2019 Sense of Wonder Night.

Stone Story RPG, which launched for Mac, PC and Linux computers in August, clinched the US$3,000 (RM12,557) Grand Audience Award at Sense of Wonder Night 2019.

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