Frog Detectives? Pah, amateurs. We all know that essentially the most revered of all animal sleuths is the common-or-garden (if very tall and glad you seen) Giraffe Investigator. Lord Winklebottom Investigates is an amusingly daft level and click on journey, as British as it’s zoological. Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was a giraffe (and never simply pondering he was after an opium bender), and Watson was a hippo and also you’re a lot of the method there. Now check out this here Kickstarter page, the place builders Cave Monsters hope to lift sufficient to complete the game. Also try the demo here, and see a trailer beneath.
The demo is extra of a prototype/vertical slice than only a chunk from the ultimate game. They’ve bought a variety of enhancements deliberate earlier than launch, together with revised voice performing, animation, an in-game notice system and extra, however it ought to offer you a tough thought of how the game works. It’s traditional point-and-click journey stuff, however with a minimalist interface. Look/Use/Talk verbs for interacting with the world and folks, and also you simply drag and drop gadgets out of your stock bar to the world to make use of them. Simple and efficient.
The few puzzles I’ve cracked within the demo (I’ve not accomplished it but) did make me smile. They’re not too sophisticated, however the banter between the 2 leads is amusing – very dry and British, delivering some terrible jokes with utter deadpan seriousness. There additionally appears to be some weirdness in regards to the setting past the speaking animals – they seek advice from a human cranium as belonging to some horrible prehistoric monster, and the trailer suggests they’ll be constructing on that idea. I’ve at all times had a tender spot for critical deep dives into absurd eventualities – it’s a part of Hatoful Boyfriend‘s attraction, in any case.
Throwing £20 (as soon as the £15 early fowl slots promote) on the Lord Winklebottom Investigates Kickstarter will get you a replica of the game when it’s completed. Cave Monsters reckon that’ll be accomplished by April subsequent yr, however absolutely anything can occur with crowdfunding. The Kickstarter demo is here on Itch, and you may as well find the game on Steam here.
