The Random Adventure Game News Thread

[LESS T_T]

Trapped on a space station with a ruthless killer, Edward Locke must solve this mystery, or it will be his last. In this strange place, filled with even stranger people, Edward will discover more about himself than he ever could have imagined. Join Edward as he explores a hand-drawn, richly conceived world: filled with danger, mystery, creativity, and memorable moments.

Point & Click Mystery Puzzler:
A game world chock-full of perilous puzzles, mind-melting mysteries, and bewildering brainteasers.

Adamant Actualization of Alliteration:
...

A Unique hand-drawn fully realized world:
Companies, advertisements, locations, characters, and much more are being handsomely hand-crafted to breathe lyrical life into the world.

Murder Mystery:
Collect evasive evidence, question suspicious suspects, explore the scenic station, consult your meticulous murder board, and catch the Keychain Killer.

Classic Adventure Mixed With Modern Ideas:
Earn in-game currency for eagerly exploring the world and accomplishing tall tasks. Players can use the currency to customize their affordable apartment and fill an aquarium with staggeringly strange and curious creatures.

Original Soundtrack:
Rip-Roaring Blues inspired all original cinematic soundtrack.

 

[Don Peste]

Experience a working day as plague doctor Oswald Keller in medieval Germany. Make diagnoses and help your patients with medical prescriptions or surgery. Stand up against misbeliefs and deal with the ignorance of the people. It is not without danger, but it is the only way to find out the cause of the "Black Death".

The Plague Doctor of Wippra is a short point-and-click adventure filled with medical puzzles, interisting characters, historical knowledge and a gripping story. Hand-drawn in beautiful pixel art, expect captivating gameply in a historical yet contemporary setting.

Features

• A moody medieval setting with believable characters
  
• Thick atmosphere and great storytelling
  
• Gorgeous painterly low-res pixelart
  
• Puzzles with actual historical and medical context
  
• Dialogues which matters
  
• The feeling of a retro adventure with streamlined controls
  
• Contains no bad jokes

Demo available now

 

[WallaceChambers]

＜Synopsis＞

"An 'unwanted child' will be taken away by Yotsume God."

Mai Sahara, a third-year junior high school student, goes with her father to her grandparents' house in the mountains.
Mai has idiosyncrasies that allow her to see and hear things that the people around her can't.
Before long, Mai arrives at her grandparents and falls asleep, exhausted from the journey.
As she wakes from a strange dream, two children suddenly appear in front of her.
Guided by the children, she wanders into Yotsume Shrine.
There she meets a mysterious boy.

"Don't touch me."
"Misery will come upon you."

"Solving two mysteries: the truth about the Yotsume God and the past of the Sagara family.
The remake of the Japanese-style escape adventure is now on Steam®.

＜Features＞
-Character voices played by amazing voice actors and actresses to make the story even more dramatic.
-Enjoy new illustrations and scenarios not seen in "Yotsume God".
-Characters that move expressively with animations.
-"Escape adventure novel" - a new genre that adds a profound story to the escape game.
-A multi-ending system where endings change depending on the choices made and items used.
-A Japanese-style storyline that allows players to enjoy the world of shrines and Japan.
-A hint function is included to help first-time escape game players enjoy the game.

＜Voice Cast＞
Mai Sahara: Hiyori Kono
Imigo: Megumi Arakawa
Tagata: Kodai Sakai
Kuro: Atsuki Nakamura
Shiro: Ayaka Fujimoto
Makoto Sahara: Yu Kitada
Shuji Sagara: Kanehira Yamamoto
Others

◆Opening Theme Song◆
"Kamikakushi"
Singer: Riko Sasaki
Lyrics: Riko Sasaki, Hisao Sasaki
Composer/Arrangement: Hisao Sasaki

Planning and scenario: SEEC
Official Twitter: @SeecInc

 

[Aeschylus]

For those who are interesting in experiencing a company's descent from blockbuster success to hilarious failure, ScummVM has added support for Trilobyte's entire library, including The 11th Guest, Clandestiny, Tender Loving Care, and (lol) Uncle Henry's Playhouse, the last of which is probably the biggest commercial flop in video game history. Fun times!

 

[Neuromancer]

I don't think, there was a constant decline in Trilobyte's output, rather that their releases in general are uneven with hits and misses.


The 7th guest - for the most part - was only a success, because it was one of the first CD-ROM games on the PC and featuring video scenes with real actors, which was a novelty at that time.
The game itself was OK - just a game with puzzles - but nothing special. Story and actors were a little bit cheesy, but also OK for this setting.


The sequel, the 11th guest was already a terrible game IMO, where many puzzles were retarded - especially the sequences where you had to find a specific item in the house based on senseless clues. The ending board game also left a bad taste.
The story was absolutely BS, too.

Spoiler

E.g. in one video, a character recounts the incident, when she was raped by "the house".


How should that work?

This scene was supposed to be dramatic, but I couldn't stop laughing because of the absurdity.

Also the movie sequences (with the exception of the ending) were completely separated from the game itself. After you solved certain puzzles, just some video snippets played, that told part of the story that happened before you enter the house - with no relation to the puzzle you solved before.


I think Tender Loving Care and Point of View were actually not released by Trilobyte, but by Aftermath Media, which had two of the same members (one co-founder), but otherwise were not identical.

While not really games, both of these were very good Interactive Movies.
If you are not into this kind of thing, you'll of course not like these. But you can't say they were bad per se.


I can't comment on the other games you mentioned, since I haven't played them.

 

[LESS T_T]

Dreams in the Witch House, "open world sandbox meets point and click adventure game"

Whether the dreams brought on the fever or the fever brought on the dreams Walter Gilman
did not know. - H.P. Lovecraft, The Dreams in the Witch House

Arkham, Massachusetts 1929. Walter Gilman, a promising math student, has just moved to the city and is starting his studies at Miskatonic University. The Dombrowski’s boarding house where he resides has a bad reputation, but Walter doesn’t mind the old rumors... Until the dreams start. A hideous scheme is underway, and if Walter is not careful, it could cost him more than his life. It could cost him his soul.

Dreams in the Witch House is a unique mix of classic point and click adventure and open world RPG. The gameplay is nonlinear and many of the elements are generated randomly, making each playthrough different.

You have two months to prepare Walter for the dreaded May-Eve. How you spend the time is completely up to you: concentrate on studies, get friends and stay in good physical and mental state. Or explore the old rumours, read the forbidden books at Miskatonic University, and work on your occult thesis. Or just stay in bed, and hope that it all goes away!

Based on the short story "The Dreams in the Witch House" by H.P. Lovecraft.

• Open world sandbox meets point and click adventure game
  
• RPG elements: money, health, sanity, and many character stats
  
• Day / evening / night - cycles and changing weather
  
• Several endings depending on player’s actions
  
• 10 - 20 hours of playtime
  
• Original soundtrack by genre favourite Troy Sterling Nies (The Call of Cthulhu, The Whisperer in the Darkness)
  
• Creeping tension: otherwordly threats intensify gradually
  
• 320 x 180 pixel graphics
  
• Plenty of detailed animation and visual effects

 

[hello friend]

Noticed today that the first chapter of Snail Trek is free. For those of you who have yet to try it, the Snail Trek quadrilogy is one of the better releases in adventure games these past 10 years. Also very cheap.

 

[LESS T_T]

On a far out secret space station a lab patient awakens, with no memory of his past or who he is . He is suddenly faced with immediate danger, as the space station is under attack.

Our hero must escape before the station succumbs to the enemy attack and start on a journey to discover who he is are and why he came to be in that laboratory.

Star Commander - The Sentinel, is a point and click adventure game inspired by the adventure game classics of the mid 1990s

Key Features:

• Over 75 different areas to explore
  
• An immersive sci-fi story.
  
• Packed full of puzzles with multiple solutions.
  
• Optional puzzles - learn more about the galaxy at your own pace.
  
• Meet an assortment of humans and aliens from all over the galaxy!

 

[Aeschylus]

I don't think, there was a constant decline in Trilobyte's output, rather that their releases in general are uneven with hits and misses.

I was referring less to a decline in quality (I basically agree with you that even their best game was mediocre), but more to the fact that they went from selling 1 million copies, to 500k, to 20k, to 187 (yes 187).

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Probably not the favorite Youtuber of anyone here, but Brutalmoose went back to video games and covered the final Pajama Sam game.

 

[WallaceChambers]

Who's Lila is a point-and-click adventure where, instead of choosing dialogue options, you control the character's face manually.

Life’s never been easy for William, but today is special – a girl named Tanya Kennedy suddenly goes missing and the only thing Will's friends know – he was the one to see her last.

Will you remain secretive and make William act as though nothing happened, or will you let true emotions show through his mask?

In Who's Lila, a specifically trained face-recognizing neural network allows you to make this choice! In dialogue, instead of choosing a text option, input facial expressions by moving parts of the character’s face. The neural network will then analyze the emotion and output the result, thus progressing the plot.

Apart from the struggles provided by your own face, you will be met with a gritty dither-punk world of Who’s Lila. Prepare yourself for dream-like landscapes, surreal architecture, steam-filled factory interiors, and David Lynch-inspired beauty of the industrial and the mundane.

________________________________________________________________
«Sometimes there is fear in the unknown, but we are good detectives and we have to know everything»
________________________________________________________________
David Lynch

Will you make sense of this strange story, or will you lose yourself in the beautiful mystery? Will you try to discover every possible turn of events, or will you stick to a single storyline?
And most importantly, will you be able to answer the ultimate question:

Who is Lila?

Features:

• Neural network-powered emotion detection
  
• 15 endings and choice-driven gameplay
  
• Steam achievements
  
• Ditherpunk visual style
  
• 6+ hours of gameplay
  
• Unlockable palettes
  
• 50+ unique soundtrack pieces written specifically for the game
  
• And more..

 

[Alex]

Who's Lila is a point-and-click adventure where, instead of choosing dialogue options, you control the character's face manually.

Life’s never been easy for William, but today is special – a girl named Tanya Kennedy suddenly goes missing and the only thing Will's friends know – he was the one to see her last.

Will you remain secretive and make William act as though nothing happened, or will you let true emotions show through his mask?

In Who's Lila, a specifically trained face-recognizing neural network allows you to make this choice! In dialogue, instead of choosing a text option, input facial expressions by moving parts of the character’s face. The neural network will then analyze the emotion and output the result, thus progressing the plot.

Apart from the struggles provided by your own face, you will be met with a gritty dither-punk world of Who’s Lila. Prepare yourself for dream-like landscapes, surreal architecture, steam-filled factory interiors, and David Lynch-inspired beauty of the industrial and the mundane.

________________________________________________________________
«Sometimes there is fear in the unknown, but we are good detectives and we have to know everything»
________________________________________________________________
David Lynch

Will you make sense of this strange story, or will you lose yourself in the beautiful mystery? Will you try to discover every possible turn of events, or will you stick to a single storyline?
And most importantly, will you be able to answer the ultimate question:

Who is Lila?

Features:

• Neural network-powered emotion detection
  
• 15 endings and choice-driven gameplay
  
• Steam achievements
  
• Ditherpunk visual style
  
• 6+ hours of gameplay
  
• Unlockable palettes
  
• 50+ unique soundtrack pieces written specifically for the game
  
• And more..

The adventure game genre didn't get to live too long, but boy, did it prosper!

At any rate, the game seems interesting, although I feat it may be a bit gimmicky. Then again, I thought the same thing about Obra Dinn and it was pretty awesome.

 

[WallaceChambers]

I agree, I'm wondering how well the mechanic holds up over 6 hours. I do see an inventory in some of the screens so I'm assuming there's more standard adventure game interactions as well. Probably wont bite on this one until some reviews come out but It looks cool and a little disturbing.

 

[Dexter]

There are a bunch of Adventure game Demos under the Adventure Tab in the Point&Click this year too, but nothing seems to particularly stand out: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest?tab=2
Anyone played any and can recommend anything there?

 

[Don Peste]

There are a bunch of Adventure game Demos under the Adventure Tab in the Point&Click this year too, but nothing seems to particularly stand out: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest?tab=2
Anyone played any and can recommend anything there?

Maybe this if you liked The Last Door (but it's very easy and very short):

This looks nice, but it was too slow for me:

 

[Modron]

The Dark Prophecy came out

About This Game
Welcome to a peaceful medieval village, where life is safe and calm. But one fateful night, everything changes.

Play as Jacob, an average medieval boy, on his quest to save the kingdom from a dark prophecy.

Jacob finds himself amid a whirlpool of magical events. Now the fate of his village (and whole kingdom) depends on him.

• Help Jacob on his quest and save the kingdom from the dark prophecy,
  
• Explore the environment and find solutions to move the plot forward,
  
• Discover new items and fantastical locations,
  
• Enjoy beautiful pixel-art locations.

Featuring:

• Choose your own adventure dialogues,
  
• "Look at/Use/Talk to" interactions,
  
• A dark prophecy and witchcraft.

 

[El Presidente]

Myst 3 Exile takes Journeyman Project Pegasus Prime the postscript.
This counts both anti-Riven and -Revelation.
2 DVDs.
Nevermind.

u ok there? Did you have a stroke?

 

[Modron]

A quest to find your pants.

A classic style adventure game about life and finding your pants. The more our hero tries to find them, the more things seem to spin out of control. The tone is funny but also kind of introspective, following the kind of crappy morning that makes you rethink every decision you’ve ever made while wandering around in your underwear.

This is a very short game!

Solve retro style point-and-click puzzles on your quest to get out of the house.
Intricate, detailed pixel art brings a rainy workday morning to life.

Offbeat humour and a touching emotional journey. Will he find his pants? There’s only one way to find out!

And always remember- you are more than the sum of your pants.

 

[lightbane]

Good: Is this the sequel to the "Don't shit on your pants" classic?
Bad: Faux retro-style pixel art that is barely tolerable. At least you can see something here, which is not always the case.

 

[Modron]

A spacefaring point and click adventure with a surf rock soundtrack got released.

Dexter Stardust - Adventures in Outer Space
Space! Dexter Stardust barely escaped when the Vreesians, inhabitants of the menacing Planet X, sent a fleet of robots to destroy all life on Earth. Now, twenty years later, a mechanical man from the 10th planet seeks to communicate to Dexter a very important message - he is the key to saving both humans and Vreesians. Play the taco-loving Dexter Stardust as he, and his good friend Aurora, go on the greatest adventure of their lives and discover the mystery of the Robot from the Planet X!

Classic Adventure Gameplay

• A classic point and click adventure; you can walk, talk, and interact with everything in your surroundings. Use and pick up inventory items to solve puzzles in over 100 unique scenes.

5 Episodes in One Game

• Playing Dexter Stardust is like watching back to back episodes of a Saturday morning cartoon! With 5 total episodes, feel free to jump to or replay any episode you’d like, at any time.

Fully Voice Acted

• All characters, cutscenes, and gameplay are completely voice acted!

An Adventure for Everyone

 

[asper]

A Sierra-like adventure game






Not very far in, but so far the art and atmosphere are really good.

 

[Neuromancer]

A Sierra-like adventure game

Doesn't look like Sierra at all.

 

[asper]

Sierra-inspired is maybe a better description. Interface is similar, and things like gaining points for solving optional puzzles.

 

[Modron]

about

From Lex to Rex is a point-and-click adventure game inspired by classics of this genre such as Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Hollywood Monsters and all the others you already know. It is about a plebeian who, tired of being hungry, decides to usurp the Rex! It is about the power of appearances using food as a common thread and strives to be funny and intelligent.

It's a quest where each room presents itself as a challenge.

Lex Is Tired Of Being Hungry!
Your journey will take you through pixelated scenarios inhabited by peculiar characters from the medieval royalty. Forget the main plan and go straight to the plan B. Become a friend of a pig, start from below and make your way to the top, let a princess get angry, deceive a chef, use objects from the enviroment and from your inventory. Whatever it takes to become Rex! But were you the first to come up with that plan?

 

[jfrisby]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1771383285/beyond-the-edge-of-owlsgard

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard is a passion project I spent the last four years on. It's an old-school point & click adventure game that is reminiscent of the animated movies and Saturday morning cartoons of decades gone by. While it is obviously inspired by the LucasArts and Sierra point & click classics, it also strives to create its own style and identity by returning to the original “adventure” aspect of the genre. Aside from solving the obligatory inventory-based puzzles, this means a heavy focus on exploring mysterious lands, uncovering secrets and dealing with all kinds of dangers.