Kickstarter campaigns raise vital money to fund development projects, but they're also a publicity vehicle to attract investment and/or publishers. For solo developer James Lightfoot his campaign served both purposes - he funded his project The Mystery of Woolley Mountain, and now Huey Games is confirmed to be publishing. Huey Games is also involved with the upcoming release of Hyper Sentinel, and the announcement of that partnership has been accompanied by confirmation that Woolley Mountain will also come to Switch.
The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is pitched as a conventional point-and-click game with a typically quirky cast, aiming to bring the golden era of LucasArts and more to mind. Its original Kickstarter video is below.
It's targeting a Summer 2018 release, and a new trailer below shows more of the game in action.
Are you pleased to see that this is coming to the Switch eShop?
[source kickstarter.com]
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Has a whiff of Twin Peaks about it.
I hope it has an option for touch screen controls.
I liked the flying ZX spectrums, but doesn't really show how to play the game
I'm not sure how you can invoke the "spirit of LucasGames" with graphics that awful. All of LA's titles were exceptionally well-designed but whoever drew this game needs to be sent back to kindergarten to complete their education.
The project funded at less than $20,000 which is roughly a third (or less) of what most beginning programmers make out of college. What kind of quality can you expect from a game that cost the equivalent of a college graduate's first four months of employment?
So, em, where are these quality big 3rd party games?
@AirElephant U ok hun?
@SLIGEACH_EIRE they are coming. I bet there is a direct about indies / third parties soon or alternatively, there will be a Mario direct with a truck load of headlines (in September.)
@AirElephant Have you seen Thimbleweed Park?
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Oh, hush already... you can't have any idea as to how this plays. It may be outstanding. Same comment everytime from you... tedious.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE When we're they ever promised? I bought a Switch expecting mainly to play Nintendo games and Indie games. Anything else that comes along is a bit of a bonus really. I've certainly never got the impression there would be much 3rd party support, which I'm fine with. I don't feel we're being denied anything we'd previously been told we'd get.
Ahum... I feel anger in here lol... I like point and click games, and I don't think it'll be expensive, so I'll buy it. It looks fun imo
Point and Click.....no thank you.
I always want to like these games because most of the time they have interesting stories and styles to them but ultimately I can't stand point and click games.
I'm interested! Love point and click when it's done right.
Looks terrible. Barring good reviews, I'll just wait for Thimbleweed Park.
Nice to see more point-and-clicks, I reeeeally hope the Switch gets more of these. I just need some more darker, mysterious, more serious type of point-and-clicks and I'll be even happier.
@AcridSkull
Delightful, sweetheart, you? Did you receive the Dakimakura pillow you ordered, munchkin?
@AirElephant yeh, I got the 1 tht smells of green tee. Thx x
Mwha, doesn't look that great to be honest.
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