Posted By: Jonas Kyratzes
Released: The Strange and Somewhat Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge - 11/22/08 11:05 PM
More info and the (free) download here:
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/?page_id=95
And a description nicked from my website:
When the inventor/magician known as Old Man Bill suddenly disappears from his house in the middle of the desert, his friends, companions and pets start worrying: what could have happened? To solve this sinister mystery, they call upon their old acquaintance, pretentious game designer Jonas Kyratzes, who builds a magical portal into the Lands of Dream. Using this portal, YOU can now interact with the wondrous and colourful world of the house at Desert Bridge, and help Harold the Talking Picture Frame and his friends locate their master, Old Man Bill.
In reality, The Strange and Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge is a transdimensional portal - but if your friends don’t believe you, tell them it is something of an old-school adventure game, with wonderful hand-drawn graphics, beautiful music and a lot of humour. Or, if they’re more into feature lists, you could say something like this:
* Colourful hand-drawn graphics!
* Beautiful music!
* A lot of humour! (Some of it funny.)
* And some serious bits, too.
* Red herrings! (Literal and metaphorical.)
* A dinosaur in the garden!
* Many fascinating characters to meet!
* Non-linear structure! (More or less.)
* More content than you can shake a wet carrot at!
* The only inventory system ever to feature the “gerbelize” option!
* Not a single annoying action sequence or minigame!
* Brew potions! (Even some useful ones!)
* A lot fewer exclamation marks than this list!
* Freeware!
I will gladly respond to questions and stuff here, but not before tomorrow - for now, I need to rest a little. I haven't announced the release anywhere else yet, precisely because I am so tired, but since most of my beta testers came from GameBoomers, I figured it would make sense to announce the game here first.
A note: before you download the game, read the full description. This game is funny and colourful, but it's not a children's game, and people who are easily offended by language should stay away, because even though this is not an "adult" game in any way, it is nevertheless very likely to offend them. Probably intentionally. The creatures of Desert Bridge are very opinionated, you know.
Enjoy!