Disproving the theory that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, our five-year freeware retrospective continues with another twelve months’ worth of indie gems from 2012-2013. (Though we recommend you don’t try to eat them.) If you’re tuning in late, check out Year One and Year Two and then come back for more. […]
Picking up right where we left off, our five-years-in-five-days freeware retrospective presses on through 2011-2012. August 2011 – The Unicated by Duzz The competitions at the Adventure Game Studio site struck again. This time the premise of the Monthly competition was “Evil Twin” and Duzz’s approach in was an unusual one. Instead of the […]
Five years ago, the thriving freeware adventure game scene wasn’t getting the press attention it deserved, and Adventure Gamers was eager to fill the void. Coordinating more than a dozen new games each month, however, promised to be a monumental task for whoever took up the challenge. The person who stepped up, as it turns […]
Fans of Larry Elmore’s vintage 1980s comic book (and adventure fans in general) have reason to celebrate once again. With the successful conclusion of a Kickstarter campaign, the inimitable zeetvah warrior on a quest to become the king of his tribe will soon make his return in , an episodic point-and-click adventure game. Fully voiced […]
How do you spell “success?” If you ask Polish developer OhNoo Studio, they’d probably answer T-S-I-O-Q-U-E, as that's the name of their upcoming comic fantasy adventure which recently completed its Kickstarter funding campaign, garnering just over $39,000 in support. originally began in 2011 as a personal project by veteran animator Alek Wasilewski for his daughter, […]
Rarely do video games tackle such sensitive real-world issues as slavery, but that's exactly the subject matter of indie developer Dysotek's upcoming episodic adventure, . In the early 19th century, the titular star of the game is born aboard a Portuguese galleon carrying African slaves to the United States. Eleven years later, having been “trafficked […]
In this three-part adventure set in 19th century Louisiana, 11-year-old Joshua works daily in the fields of the Gallaway plantation. Just like any child his age, he is full of dreams, but his destiny was determined on the day he was born enslaved aboard a Portuguese galleon. Joshua will need to find the strength to […]
Now old and grey, King Graham shares the extraordinary stories of his youth with his curious granddaughter, Gwendolyn, taking players back to the feats that shaped a kingdom.
Ruth Fisher is the up-and-coming star of a popular figure skating show, but her final dress rehearsal is cancelled after her biggest fan drops dead. He was trying to warn Ruth, but about what? Who would want to kill a fan? Is Ruth really in danger? You’ll need to use all of your deductive skills […]
