Shardlight [official site] developer Francisco Gonzalez has announced that he's no working with Wadjet Eye Games. Gonzalez announced the split in a blog post yesterday, though it actually happened last year. The future of his next game, Lamplight City, is also now uncertain.
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Feature: Raven about it
The latest adventure from top producers Wadjet Eye, Shardlight [official site], is out today. When I played the first half or so earlier this year I was pretty taken with what was on offer. Does the post-apocalyptic tale of oligarchies, underground rebellions and deadly plagues manage to maintain momentum? Here's wot I think:
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.
Feature: What A Relief
Edit: New hosting for the file! Get it here. Many thanks to the splendid Projector Games. Do you want to be told a good story? That's one of the purest pleasures of the adventure game - the embracing of the linear, pre-destined story that someone wants to tell you. While I often crave a divergent, dynamic and interactive game in which my choices have significance,…
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…
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…
I have been enjoying Ben Chandler's indie adventures so far. Shifter's Box was a smart collection of puzzles with a neat dimension-shifting mechanic, while Annie Android offered a cute mini-story to play through. His latest, Heed, is by far the more peculiar, and certainly the most interesting.