Point and Click-ee-dee!

Posted by n0bel Arts on Jan. 10, 2007, 4:56 a.m.

I've been playing through some excellent freeware point-and clicks lately, created by an AGS veteran, Ben "Yahtzee" Crosshaw. I recommend the following:

- 5 Days a Stranger

- 6 Days a Skeptic

- Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment

Keep in mind, that although they're 2D and feature old-time pixels, there are some moments which will scare you silly. And cause impending nightmares of their single, repetitve, gory motif (so stay away from the first two listed if you have a weak stomache).

Saw my 2bGF at the shoppingmall today, and apparently my attempt at growing my hair long was futile - "it'd take at least two years to actually look good", so I'll abandon that idea for a while until I leave school.

The "Win a Homemade Cherry Pie" Contest

That screen cut-out is from my GMG contest entry. All you have to do is take a wild guess on what the game is about, and you win a pie! (I'll hand it out tomorrow, sleep is mandatory)

Comments

Xxypher 17 years, 10 months ago

um

its about making things with the items it gives you

DesertFox 17 years, 10 months ago

You forgot Trilby's Notes - that game comes after 5DaS and 7DaS.

Have you played 1213?

omicron1 17 years, 10 months ago

Surgery!

Grand-High Gamer 17 years, 10 months ago

I was about to mention Trilby Notes. I'm actually trying to get back into it.

Make sure to play Reactor 9 and No-action Jackson and ofcourse the Apprentice series, they are all great.

E-Magination 17 years, 10 months ago

1213 is my favorite AGS game. It's absolute horror, with an amazingly scary atmosphere.

eagly 17 years, 10 months ago

Have you played the Monkey Island games? Or the Simon the Sorcerer series? They are two of the most amazing point and clicks I've played.

n0bel Arts 17 years, 10 months ago

I didn't forget them, Desert Fox, I just posted the ones I thought were the best. Trilby's notes is a tad too confusing.

Well done omicron! You win a fresly made, cherry pie!

Originally, the game was supposed do be a point-and click adventure, but the storyline I wrote scared even me… so I began to develop it into a puzzel/sim. You have to safely remove infections from the cranium with futuristic equipment + a hot nurse.

PS. I downloaded Reactor 9, awesome atmosphere!

foslock 17 years, 10 months ago

Hm, I see a tube, a sponge, a scapal, a wishbone, a lasersight, and a nuke symbol.

Put together can only mean one thing. Total Destruction.

BlaXun 17 years, 10 months ago

looks like a game where u can experiment with BIO-HAZARD worms :D

n0bel Arts 17 years, 10 months ago

Actually, it goes from left to right: drain tube, sponge, scalpel, forceps, U-R9 magnifier, and V-ray scan (the result of being too lazy to have ultraviolet, ultrasound and x-ray).