Welcome aboard

This is the official website of The Mystery of the Santa Maria, a graphic adventure in development for PC. From today, the project’s progress will be documented here, one devlog at a time.

What kind of game is this

A graphic adventure with a text-driven interface: nine verbs, an inventory, a cargo ship to inspect and a deadline closing in. It is the final chapter of the Santa Maria cycle, which began with the text adventure Il Relitto Silente and continued with the short story Frequenza di Servizio.

The game is written, illustrated and developed in Italy, and will be available via digital delivery for Windows and Linux in six languages, with full Italian voice acting.

Where we are

Development started in the spring of 2026 and has passed version 0.18: the game structure is complete from start to finish — every location, puzzle, dialogue and the ending — and has already been played through in full for verification. Work is now focused on final assets: illustrations, voice acting, music.

What you will find here

Over the coming days we will publish a series of retrospective devlogs covering the journey so far, from the first line of code to the current build. After that, the diary continues in real time, version after version, until release.

Welcome aboard.