Me and my wife Petra Gurin, who was one of the designers, came up with the concept. The idea of the “Turtle” was inspired by the story of “The Golden Turtle” written by the Russian poet Mikhail Kurnakov, and the image of a turtle on a globe became the main idea of the game. It also represents the story of the search for the holy Grail.
The idea of the game is quite simple. The game world is split in five different regions. Every region has a starting area and several main cities. The story of the game goes along the player as he discovers the five different regions, meeting their locals and trying to find a way through the game to the goal.
The game starts with an opening video scene with the sound of a waterfall, the logo and a few text and music notes. After the intro the player moves to the main city of the first region. In this region, he is also given the first of the five skills.