Point & Click adventures lend themselves so well to comedy. I’m thinking back to the classics such as Sam n Max, Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, these are all timeless point n clicks with just the right amount of comedy and wry humour. Scarecrow Studio, a game developer in Barcelona are pushing their new adventure puzzle game, 3 Minutes to Midnight through Kickstarter. Chomping at the veritable bit, I can’t wait to check out what looks to be another classic game, so here’s some more info.
https://youtu.be/20BlsO4hR5w
3 Minutes
to Midnight tells the tale of Betty Anderson an inhabitant of a small town in
New Mexico. As the town sleeps peacefully a large explosion tears through the
silence, as the town wakes up, they realise that they have no memory of who or
where they are, their memories have been stolen. It’s up to Betty, a sassy
trouble-making, high-school student to figure out just what happened to
everyone’s memories, and save the town from a secret Doomsday plot. Easy right?
There’s a bright and bizarre case of over fifty characters, each one with their own backstory and secret agenda’s. With striking and colourful environmental design from the same creative hands that made “Yesterday” and “Broken Sword”.
If this is
something that you want to get involved in, and why wouldn’t it be, you should
head over to their Kickstarter page, where your donations can get you a
physical “Big Box” copy, an exclusive comic telling the story of the ambitious
Mayor Barret, or a bunch of extras such as art, soundtrack, t-shirts, you can
even put yourself in the game!
Key
Features
An adventure game that mashes together, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and comedy.
Complex puzzles with multiple inventive solutions and clear contextual clues.
Two playable characters, both of whom share different views of the world.
Multiple endings to discover
Full English voice acting, and subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. (With more languages yet to come!)
Debuting on PC, with ports to major consoles to follow.
3 Minutes
to Midnight is currently on Kickstarter, if you want to throw some support (and
maybe some cash) their way, go check out their official Kickstarter page here.
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Jim Franklin
Jim Franklin is a freelance writer, living in Derby UK with his wife and his player 3. When time allows he likes nothing more than losing himself in a multi-hour gaming session. He likes most games and will play anything but prefers MMO's, and sandbox RPG's.
