By Marty Mulrooney
Slender Threads is a point-and-click thriller adventure developed and published by Blyts, the team behind the ‘genuinely funny, often hilarious’ 2016 comedy adventure Kelvin and the Infamous Machine. In Slender Threads, players must take control of travelling book salesman Harvey Green – himself an aspiring author with writer’s block – as he explores the sleepy seaside town of Villa Ventana. But with death dogging him at every turn, how many people will die before sunrise?
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By Marty Mulrooney
Loco Motive is a point-and-click comedy adventure developed by Robust Games (an indie team based in London, UK) and published by Chucklefish (also based in London, UK). Set on board the Reuss Express, a 1930s express train, the player must take control of three unlikely heroes as they try to solve the murder of its owner, Lady Unterwald of the Wald-Bahn Rail Company.
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By Marty Mulrooney
PRIM is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Common Colors (founded by Jonas Fisch from Frankfurt a.M./Germany) and published by Application Systems Heidelberg (Unforeseen Incidents, LUNA The Shadow Dust). It tells the dark yet humorous story of Prim, a young girl who – after her mother’s passing – discovers that her long-absent father is Death himself…
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By Marty Mulrooney
Inspector Waffles: Early Days is described by its solo developer Yann (Goloso Games) as ‘a top-down detective adventure with point-and-click mechanics.’ Inspired by classic Game Boy games – and with Game Boy Color as its lead platform – it looks and plays like a forgotten handheld gem from the ’90s, with players taking control of Waffles in his first days as an inspector in Cat Town. It launched today on Steam and Good Old Games, with the ROM version available on Itch.io and physical Game Boy cartridges available via Broke Studio.
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