Adventure game articles

It’s a standard feature of adventure stories to show a wide range of settings over the course of a tale. Dark forests, scorching deserts, snowy mountains, gloomy castles – it’s perfectly common to jump from one to the next as the hero’s journey advances. Sometimes, though, the story requires that the hero travels not just […]

If you’ve have had the opportunity to play since its release in 2013, there is a good chance that its emotional impact has stuck with you for a long time. The game happens to be the brainchild of Josef Fares, who was already an acclaimed film director by the time that he and Starbreeze Studios […]

After a few light months for free indie adventures, the dam has burst in a big way. This time around you can you can get trapped with a deranged killer in a vaulted cathedral, or stuck in a malfunctioning cable car suspended above a mountain. You could choose to follow the exploits of one woman […]

Being a detective is a tough job. But being a paranormal investigator opens up a whole new (other)world of problems. This is the multidimensional challenge in the recently-released , a retro-styled point-and-click adventure from indie Irish studio Spooky Doorway. With six different occult cases to solve, Detective Francis McQueen and Officer Dooley will have their […]

The primary purpose of background art in adventure games is to be part of the gameplay. It’s where the locked doors, the mazes, the inventory items appear; it’s where the characters have to walk around, jump across, and swim through. Beyond the realm of playability, however, are the distant areas – those non-playable parts of […]

Before co-founding the Portland-based independent studio The Fullbright Company, Steve Gaynor worked on the acclaimed franchise for several years. Even after leaving the AAA space, Steve and his colleagues remained committed to the concept of environmental storytelling. However, for the studio’s critically acclaimed debut title , Fullbright disentangled themselves from all action and RPG elements, […]

Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Westwood Studios released their magnificent adventure? While a new movie, starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, is expected to arrive in cinemas  around the globe in October, unfortunately a game sequel is nowhere in sight. Nevertheless, the 20th anniversary and an upcoming new film are great reasons […]

The philosopher Plato once said about music that “It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, and flight to the imagination.” It was this flight to the imagination that was most relevant to Sierra’s adventure games. Sierra had an unrivaled music department that produced many groundbreaking adventure game soundtracks during the ‘80s and […]

It’s been a light couple of months, but there are always hidden gems to be found if you look hard enough. Wannabe treasure hunters can venture into a tower from which no adventurer has ever returned, or scour the deserted castle ruins of a Scottish loch island. Amateur detectives might prefer to investigate a disappearance […]