The Procession to Calvary

The Procession to Calvary is a point-and-click adventure about pursuing the escaped tyrant Heavenly Peter after the end of a holy war. You travel through a world assembled from Renaissance paintings, solve puzzles and decide whether to use your sword to kill people who stand in your way. Murder can let you skip puzzles, but your actions may come back to haunt you.

The pursuit

After your oppressors are defeated, the churches of the Old God lie in ruins and thousands of innocent people have been murdered. Heavenly Peter escapes, and you are tasked with finding him and taking revenge. Along the way, you steal a ship, feed a donkey, enter a talent contest, help an inept street magician, sing, dance, play a possibly magical flute, poke a man in the face, hunt for treasure and talk with Our Lord God Almighty.

Point-and-click puzzles

The game uses a traditional point-and-click interface with a verb coin interaction menu and a simple inventory. You can drag and drop the items you collect. The puzzles follow a consistent internal logic, even as the story uses surreal, anarchic humour and treats lofty subject matter with flippancy.

Art and music

The landscape brings together hundreds of Renaissance paintings, including works by Rembrandt, Botticelli and Michelangelo, to form a consistent world while remaining sympathetic to the original works. The soundtrack features classical music selected to suit the artwork, including compositions by Vivaldi, Bach and George Frideric Handel.

A standalone story

The Procession to Calvary takes place in the same world as Four Last Things, but its story can be played independently.