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I was 13 years old when I first encountered Brian Moriatry's Loom. It was on a friend's ninja PC that sported both VGA and AdLib cards and I was, understandably, blown away. The complex, whimsical story, the wonderful graphics, the unique musical interface and the amazing music itself were unlike anything I had ever seen. Or have seen since.
IAMJASON is a dystopian sci-fi point-and-click adventure about losing something. Well, everything actually, though it does let you fight and defeat corruption. The corruption to be exact, which is quite an honourable thing to do, especially when accomplished in resolutions as low and chunky as 160x90.
Having hidden a package delivered by a stranger, shot someone I never got to talk to, snuck into a hotel room and listened to lovely renditions of Chopin's wonderful music, I can safely say that you will not get bored with Providence.
So you seem to have been cast as the grim hero who'll save the distressed damsel once again, but please, worry not. Until I Have You, despite lacking in the plot department, is different in other ways. In this case it's through the mechanics that the game differentiates itself, as it's a platformer in which you move the mouse pointer to accelerate towards the direction…
When Ruth Manning-Sanders retold the spooky, kids tale of The Old Whitch fifty years ago, she couldn't have possibly anticipated it would spawn such a wonderfully odd interactive thing as Able Mable Gets A Job. Nor could she have expected that so many naughty little jokes could fit into something so short and so whimsical.
I've been looking for a decent, freeware 16-bit-esque racer in the style of Outrun for quite some time now and kept bumping into unfinished prototypes, bad ideas, boring implementations and short one-level offerings. Thankfully and due to the wonders of the internets, I found a terrific one in the most unlikely of places: the Adventure Game Studio forums. A place where people are bound to…
Besides being one of the best looking games of Ludum Dare 30, The Lion's Song also happens to be one of the select few that sport really great writing. And an excellent core storytelling idea; one that has made for some classical short stories and, finally, for a wonderful short game about the quest for inspiration.
Nobody knew about it, but Haunted Castle is a game that has been around since the 1970s and, apparently, this makes it beyond any doubt the oldest game this column/garden will ever cover. Most probably one of the oddest too, as the Haunted Castle really isn't much of a video game. It's a board game.
The annual AGS Awards are open for voting for a couple more weeks. That is, the awards for the best games of 2012 made using Chris Jones' enormously popular engine. As the adventure genre enjoys a return to the spotlight, what better time to delve into highlights of the last year? NO BETTER TIME. That's what.
Adventure supremo Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games has announced a new entry into the lovely Blackwell series. The fifth game of the ghost-n-detective adventures is called Epiphany, and once again has Gilbert writing, with Ben Chandler on background painting and sprites. Which is exactly as you'd want it.
We've already hosted a brilliant collection of Ludum Dare games but Indiegames.com have spotted another that I feel compelled to share. I know there are probably hundreds that I'd feel compelled to share if I played them all but sadly this is the first Ludum Dare for ages that I haven't been able to dig into properly. On to Project M though, which is a…
Feature: Good vibrations
Mr. Vince Twelve's magnum opus Resonance is finally upon us, but is it all adventure fans have been hoping for? We threw Richard a large bag of point and click friendly Malteasers, a brand new notepad and pen, and the chance to finally stop holding his breath for it.
The trademark infringement is strong with this one. Still, the Lucas Empire has been relatively forgiving of fan projects based upon its galaxy far, far over-monetised, so perhaps this here Han Solo Adventures will avoid a Carboniting so long as it remains a not-for-profit endeavour. Not only does this star Star Wars' most criminally (but also mercifully, as he retains mystique for it) under-served character,…
Mr Lewis Denby, he of Beefjack, occasional RPS postings and, well, all manner of gaming publications the land over, has made a game. It's called Masked, it's a room escape game, but it treads where that odd, deathless genre usually fears to - the realm of emotion. "You're trapped in a room, for goodness' sake." he observes. "That must be one of the most emotional…
Who would make a game called ^_^ ? How am I supposed to refer to it in conversation? I suppose I'll call it the werebunny game and hope that there aren't hundreds more that I don't know about. The chap who did make it is Ben Chandler, who seems to make at least one adventure game every time he walks past a computer. ^_^ is…
Another day, another games bundle? Yes... but more importantly, also no. The AGS Bake Sale is a collection of 14 mostly point-and-clicky games that even the most hardcore adventurer won't have played yet, because all of them were written specifically for it. In addition, every last penny earned will be going straight to Child's Play, possibly in a big blue collection plate. The developers are…
Any fool with a copy of AGS can make an adventure game, but only a select few come up with ones that are truly worth your time. Egress is a game about astronauts and disaster (I presume The Dig is in an inspiration, but it also evokes the likes of 2001, Event Horizon, Moon and Defying Gravity), and while it can err a little too…
Here's five minutes of your life you won't get back. Fortunately, you might rather enjoy them. Or you might be bewildered by them. Or you might be angered by them. I'm at a loss to accurately describe your likely reaction. Oceanspirit Dennis is a one-screen, non-complicated point'n'click adventure made in AGS, which seems to be gleefully ripping the piss out of other point'n'clicks, out of…
Feature: "the ol' skeptic/believer scale"
Here are three things you should know about Dave Gilbert, creator of the Blackwell games. He’s not in fact related to Ron Gilbert, writer of Monkey Island. He has indeed been informed how much more awesome this game would have been if it was The Blackwell Decepticon instead. Oh, and he's one of the best writers working in adventure gaming right now. Thinking about it,…
Before you even start Adventure: All In The Game, you're asked whether you think your knowledge of adventure games is Minimal, Adequate or Extensive. I immediately quit and opened the Readme to see if it was made by Games For Richard Inc. It wasn't. But it may as well have been. This is one of my favourite AGS adventures in ages, with great writing, solid…
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