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Pas-de-Calais · 7 episodes · 30 chapters · 22 mini-games

An adventure game for ages 5-13

DokuThe Lost Chronicle

Seven episodes through the history of the Pas-de-Calais, from the coal forest of 300 million years ago all the way to the Moon.

Pick your episodeThe game
On screenEpisode 1 · Olhain

The Grimoire has lost the pages of the Great Chronicle, and the Grey Mist has scattered them all over the Pas-de-Calais. With Pip, Russet the fox and Hoot the owl, set off to find them: every zone you win gives back a real page of history, checked and sourced.

7

episodes

30

chapters

22

mini-games

287

Chronicle pages

92

notebook species

The episodes

Seven adventures, one département

Each episode has its own landscape, music, chapters, mini-games and Mist to clear. The first chapter of every episode is open from the start.

  1. Episode 1

    Olhain

    The Lost Chronicle

    The hills of Artois · From prehistory to 1918 — and an imagined future

    • The Olhain forest
    • Olhain castle
    • The Fairies' Table
    • The Stone Age
    • The Frozen Future
    • The Hills of Remembrance

    6 chaptersDiscover the episode

  2. Episode 2

    Coal

    In the land of the miners

    The mining basin of northern France · From 300 million years ago to today

    • The coal forest
    • The pit and the miners’ town
    • The slag heaps

    3 chapters · 2 mini-gamesDiscover the episode

  3. Episode 3

    Arras

    The city of a thousand lives

    Artois, from the Gauls to today · From the Gauls to today

    • The Atrebates' country
    • The Roman town
    • The trouvères
    • The town of tapestries
    • Under the cobbles
    • The Beautiful Useless One

    6 chapters · 2 mini-gamesDiscover the episode

  4. Episode 4

    Giants

    Giants, fairs and carnival

    The festive towns of the North · The feasts of the North, then and now

    • The new giant
    • The giants
    • The carnival

    3 chapters · 2 mini-gamesDiscover the episode

  5. Episode 5

    Opal

    Wind, sand and sea

    The Pas-de-Calais coast · Wind, sand, and the flight of 1909

    • Berck, wind and seals
    • The great harbour
    • The Two Capes
    • The lace and the dragon

    4 chapters · 6 mini-gamesDiscover the episode

  6. Episode 6

    Saint-Omer

    Along the water

    The Audomarois, in the Pas-de-Calais · From the Middle Ages to the age of machines

    • The market gardeners' marsh
    • The cathedral and the book
    • The boat lift
    • The vanished town

    4 chapters · 5 mini-gamesDiscover the episode

  7. Episode 7

    La Coupole

    From shadow to stars

    The Helfaut plateau, in the Pas-de-Calais · From night on the heath to the Moon

    • The heath plateau
    • Under the dome
    • The planetarium
    • The Moon

    4 chapters · 5 mini-gamesDiscover the episode

The map

The Pas-de-Calais, a playground

From the hills of Artois to the Opal Coast, from the mining basin to the marsh of Saint-Omer: every episode starts from a real place. The giants take a detour into the neighbouring Nord, to Dunkirk.

ENGLISH CHANNELNORTH SEANordSommeEnglandPAS-DE-CALAISOlhainCoalArrasGiantsOpalSaint-OmerLa Coupole

Simplified map, to place the episodes.

The story

Find the lost pages

The Grey Mist has scattered the pages of the Great Chronicle and turned the world grey and silent. In every chapter, Pip crosses zones held by the Mistlings; he clears them, wins the zone, and a page comes back to the Chronicle. The characters and the Mist are made up for the game — and the game says so.

  • Pip, the hero, who changes outfit in every chapter

  • Russet the fox, always ready to go

  • Hoot the owl, who asks the questions

  • Mist, a white lady of the Fairies' Table

One outfit per chapter

Little knight, visitor in a lamp helmet, little Gaul, band drummer, kite flyer, boatman, stargazer… Pip dresses like the place he travels through.

The game

How it plays

Move, then throw

Moving is dodging; stopping is throwing at the nearest Mistling. Attacks are marked on the ground, and enemies are cleared away, never hurt.

Pick your talents

At every level, one talent out of three: twin shots, bounce, a spinning shield… Each episode dresses them up its own way.

Rebuild the Chronicle

Every zone you win gives back a page of history. Hoot only asks about a page you have already read, and "Put it in order" sorts the dates.

Fill your notebook

Real animals and real plants are peaceful: you watch them and note them in your notebook, you never fight them.

Bring a companion

Nearly forty little animated companions, each with its own power and a gift talent. Swap them at any time.

Play the mini-games

Steer a barge, fly Blériot's little plane, dig an archaeological square, drive the lunar rover… 22 mini-games open as you go.

The journey

300 million years in seven episodes

  1. OlhainFrom prehistory to 1918 — and an imagined future
  2. CoalFrom 300 million years ago to today
  3. ArrasFrom the Gauls to today
  4. GiantsThe feasts of the North, then and now
  5. OpalWind, sand, and the flight of 1909
  6. Saint-OmerFrom the Middle Ages to the age of machines
  7. La CoupoleFrom night on the heath to the Moon

A serious game

Knowledge, with sources

Every page has a source

A Chronicle page is a line of a fact sheet, with its source: Wikipedia, the Mérimée heritage database, official sites, museums. What is made up is said to be made up.

Told with care

No soldier is ever an enemy, no weapons, no flags. The Great War and the Second World War are told in a child's words, through what remains and what helped.

Made for children

No ads, no purchases, no account. No link out of the game without the parental gate.

Worked on with the places

The "Under the dome" chapter will be presented to La Coupole's educational service, to be reworked with it.

Devlog

News from the Chronicle

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Coming soon

Coming soon to Google Play

Doku — The Lost Chronicle is in development. Follow the devlog to know when to set off.

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The Olhain guideThe forest, the castle and the Fairies' Table, where it all began.