Cynical Point & Click Game "Demetrios" debuts on Kickstarter & Steam Greenlight with First Trailer

October 7th, 2015 - Saint Etienne, France

Indie French developer COWCAT today announced a first trailer as well as campaigns for their first video game : "Demetrios - The BIG cynical adventure".

Inspired by classics such as the Broken Sword and Runaway series, this new Point & Click adventure has a distinct use of cynical humor. Featuring high definition (1080p) handcrafted art, it offers varied puzzles, for beginners and experts alike, and a high level of interactivity.

Watch the Demetrios debut trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NeLunbsfL4

The game puts you in the shoes of Bjorn Thonen, an antique seller being robbed one night after coming back home drunk. Doing his own investigation with the help of Sandra, his next-door neighbor, he ends up involved in a mysterious and murky affair. But these two unlikely heroes may be able to surpass themselves and discover ancient secrets!

Seeking to raise 2 500€, the Kickstarter campaign is already 44% funded in just one day!

Rewards for backing Demetrios range from a digital copy of the game or a physical DVD, to becoming a character in the game or associate producer. The money raised will go towards finalizing the game development, including audio, animation and such.

Support Demetrios on Kickstarter : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/983902887/467222784?token=79ece79f

The Steam Greenlight campaign aims at making the game available to the popular digital store.

Vote for Demetrios on Steam Greenlight : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=502785332

Demetrios is aimed for a release on PC (Windows/Mac/Linux) in Early 2016 .

Stretch goals for console ports (Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, Xbox One) are part of the Kickstarter campaign.

Having recently finished an alpha build of the game, I can say with confidence that this is something new and wonderful!

Fans of point and click adventures will be delighted to see some fresh blood in the genre, with fantastically risky writing and art choices coming together for fun effect.

The game is driven by a ridiculous sense of humor that defies classification. Many of the best elements of the "Leisure Suit Larry" games are reborn here, excepting that most of the stuff that put off female gamers has been replaced with stuff that would feel more at home in "South Park."

Amusing mini-games are sprinkled throughout, including an optional hunt for cookies in every scene. Searching for cookies is especially fun, and finding them yields more jokes. The cookies also serve as the currency exchanged for game hints, which is a wickedly clever design choice. (If you carefully search every scene for cookies, you should need fewer hints. If you only need a few hints, and the game gives you those hints in exchange for cookies, no one gets mad and ruins the fun with a walkthrough. )

The story is fun, but almost incidental. The real treat is wandering around as these ridiculous characters, doing ridiculous things.

This game was a good time.