I'm giving this old-school style point and click game a big thumbs up.

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Updated the review based upon game completion.

This was a fun game. I needed a light-hearted game to play, and this worked well for me. It reminded a bit of the excellent “Not Another Weekend” game.

This is mostly a family-friendly game. In the arena section there is a scene where a human voiced robot and a tree are quickly (no gore or blood) eaten by a dinosaur; they are pleading not to be eaten. I think I saw one cuss word "bas....". That one.

You explore two planets and 60 locations and play as three different characters.

The game has crisp and vibrant graphics; the voice actor’s casting is perfect, as is the music.

The puzzles really heat up (in a good way) as you progress. None are so frustrating that you are tempted to rage quit. There aren't many puzzle directions, but you can figure them out. I made them harder than they needed to be by expecting the devs to be devious; they are not.
The puzzles are clear-cut and make sense in this game world.

There is not a journal reminding you of what you need to do, but most of the time you are not overwhelmed with gathering items and accomplishing tasks. I took quick notes and pictures when I knew I wouldn’t have time to play for a bit.

However, when you are on the other planet the pace really picks up and I needed notes on who is whom and what they do.

There were no timed, auditory, or dexterity-based puzzles.

There are alternate endings. When you are halfway up the stairs in chapter ten you cannot save. I had a save part way up the stairs and used it to see the other endings.

There is a menu screen explaining the controls. This has the standard controls you would expect in a Point and Click game with at least 50 manual save slots. The inventory is located at the top of your screen, you just hover to access it. You can enable hot spots.
There is a quick-jump map that is quite helpful.


The developer estimates approximately ten hours of game play. I got a little lost on the second planet and wandered. I exhausted almost all conversations and played leisurely. My actual playtime was about 13 hours.

Old school in the best possible way, great story, not too hard and a whole lot of fun. Loved it through and through

Great point and click adventure game. If you liked Deponia or Secret of Monkey Island, you'll probably like this.

Had to stop and leave a review, the level of detail both in visuals and voice acting is incredible. The vibe is perfect!

Love the game so far, only stopping because I also love to sleep more than three hours at night.

In regards to puzzle games, I look for fun yet "fair" entertainment.

If I have to somehow figure out that the goat should have worn the red sock on it's left horn on a Wednesday morning (all based on the hint "The early bird catches the worm"), then I feel like I'm being led on.

So far, this game hasn't done that. The in-game logic is consistent.

- If I run into problems later on, I'll edit this review accordingly. -

- - Edit upon finishing game: no problems encountered - -

As for how the game handles, it's all well within established parameters. You click to move, to inspect and to act; the inventory is mouse-over (upper part of the screen). If I wanted to be nitpicky, I would love to have a run animation when you double click, but so far no scenario was really big enough to make that strictly necessary.

I'm a sucker for the art style, as well as most of the voice overs (though the New England accents are sometimes a bit ... unsatisfactory). The tonality of the delivery, though, tends to be spot on; no truly atrocious cases of flat delivery, either. But then, this is somewhat subjective and what works for me may not work for everybody.

That's what demos are for ;)

Looking at the "hours of fun vs cost ratio", I'd say this game comes out on top. It's a very solid point and click game, done in a style that feels immediately, comfortably familiar to fans of that genre.

It doesn't re-invent the wheel, it doesn't force you to ponder puzzles for days on end and nearly get a nosebleed from frustration ... it simply entertains. And it does so excellently.

Completed the game in approx 6.5hrs, exhausting all lines of dialogue, so not the 10hr estimate they gave. I have taken extra time to go back and do some steam achievements after that. I have some pros and cons to the game (some of the cons you may see as pros and vice versa, depending on what you like to get out of a point and click game).

Pros:

• Great art style and animation, hand drawn scenes that are quite simple, but visually very nice.
  
• The music/soundtrack is great. A joy to listen to as I played.
  
• I love point and click games, and whilst this one is a little shorter than I would have liked, had a fairly engaging story and flowed nicely.
  
• 3 Different endings to wrap things up in a variety of ways.
  
• Great voice acting, and dialogue was emotional and clear.

Cons:

• The puzzles are trivial to solve.
  
• The Minefield puzzle was complete trash. Its just RNG, but presented itself as being solvable with logic. it narrows down search spaces, but not enough to be "solvable" by logic
  
• The entire story is very linear. Don't expect to have a cluttered inventory where combinations of different items feel possible. You won't be exploring and going back to places to look around and hunt for the items you missed. It sort of just leads you by the hand and presents the story. hard to go wrong.

Overall, a positive experience, just don't expect it to have the depth of the old school 90s point and click adventures that you spent hours and hours on. I'd say it prices itself a little higher for the time spent ($16), but if you can get it for a bit less, its fun to play.

This looks nice, having a classic feel without pressing the retro graphic button that is so overused. Dialogue doesn't overdo the goofiness do keep some heart.
But, unfortunately, like with Harold Halibut, they forgot to put a game in. You pick up your 1-2 items per location, click on them when it's obvious to use them. Then you get the next three dialogues to click through, rinse and repeat. That's not a game. That's a tortured way to read a simple short story.

This game is fantastic!
Really great art. SFX and voice overs add sooo much. It feels like playing an old school cartoon.
I played for almost an hour now and the story already hooked me completely.

Can't wait to see how it unfolds!
10/10

It's not bad, It's not good. I'd say if you wanted an average point and click game this is it.

Doesn't do anything interesting
Story is alright nothing to write home about so far
The humor is non-existent
Characters are alright probably the best part of the game

There are better point and clicks out there but it isn't bad but you'd be better off with one of the better ones.
Now if you just want a nice time playing a game with the kids this would be perfect!

This game has a lot of heart but unfortunately it's a no for me. My main complaint is the difficulty level. The puzzles could be old school and fun, but the game insists on holding the player's hand throughout and all but telling the player what to do. I thought for a little while that maybe I could play this game with my 9 year old, or give it to her to play by herself, but the 90s references would likely fly over her head (like, I don't think she has any clue what a cassette tape is, haha). So I'm regretfully putting it down in chapter 3.