You've got a school assignment to finish, but all the computers are absolutely ancient, and you're totally unprepared! Despite some strange, out-of-place political talk, this point-and-click puzzle from Carmel Games offers a significant upgrade in several areas from their previous work.
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I found the global warming stuff very offputting, and quite frankly the main character is a horrible, horrible person. Several of the object interactions make no sense. Especially the
tennis ball - why does this bird attack?
and
The "good spirit" thing
. Neither were foreshadowed in any way, making them even more baffling.
....Yikes. The climate change stuff grated on me so much I almost didn't finish the game. The devs clearly have their own agenda there, and it's kind of put me off playing any of their stuff again. I also agree that the game play is just... weird. Anyway, did not really enjoy this one :/
Sorry to hear you guys had such an averse reaction to the climate change stuff! I agree I found it pretty off-putting, which is why I mentioned it in the article. For me it's mostly just that it feels completely out of place! It's like me showing up for my spin class, only instead of DJ Earworm the instructor just uses the headset to rant about her political views. Carmel Games' have always had a deliberately kooky bent to their item uses, and this is a cut above some of the work they've done in the past, however, so I felt that I would talk about what worked and what didn't work instead of just disregarding it entirely in an effort to provide some constructive feedback, especially since they have their share of fans. :)
can't wait for this one :)
Well, I'm stuck.
I need to get a picture for the presentation. According to the walkthrough, I'm supposed to use the tennis ball to kill the spider behind Miller, but every time I do, I miss the spider. What am I supposed to do to make sure I actually hit the spider?
I can definitely respect that, Dora! I always go into Carmel Games stuff expecting a weird game play experience for sure, and this one was much more smoothly animated than previous puzzles. But I could just feel my eye twitching with every sarcastic mention of global warming. It is very much out of place! I work in climate change research, and it's become very disheartening to deal with anti climate change folks. I love escape and puzzle games (the sillier the better!) and like most people here, I enjoy using them to unwind my brain after work. I wasn't expecting to have something that makes me grind my teeth pop up no less than 5 seconds into the game, haha.
Camille:
Open a window, then try again.
I was stuck at the same point. You need to do something first.
Try clicking on the window and interacting over there
I have no relevant comment on the game itself, since I haven't played it yet, but I am DYING laughing at the description of the computers being more modern than the ones we learned to type on and lying facedown to feel the crushing weight of the years. Like, tears in my eyes, so loud that my husband downstairs was concerned about the strange noises, kind of laughing.
Thank you for that fantastic bit of levity.
I'm so glad the ominous shadow of my mortality made you laugh. ;)
I'm so glad you said that the way you did re: the newer "older" computers. I felt this weird twinge of "hey, kid, those used to be top of the line! We'd never seen anything like it!" I actually read the review in my rocking chair.
And I'm choosing to read the global warming bit as satire.
walkthrough in the works? :)
Going to have to agree with everyone else on the global warming thing, that was weird and made me kind of uncomfortable. Don't get me wrong, Carmel Games makes some fun games and they churn them out impressively quickly, but with this and "Into The Wild" (that game they did where the main objective was to find a way to communicate with big-lipped, leopardskin-wearing African tribesmen who communicated solely by saying "mugga bugga" over and over again) I think I'm going to have to add them to the "people who are far more technically talented than me but who I would not want to have a conversation with in real life" pile.
Catherine and SonicLover:
Thanks for the advice, but I have already opened the window and taken the egg... now if I click on the window, it just says "I shouldn't close it." I guess it's just a glitch in the game?
Waaaait a minute...
So it turns out there's a different window to open. XD Thanks, guys, I've got it now!
for those that might or might not know this about the game
I had to resort to a video walkthrough which I really don't like because it goes too fast,but I still would like a text walkthrough if possible, but anyway, the things that actually happen in the game compared to the walkthrough are random. If the video said one of the guys said "you're crazy" what it might say when you talk to him is "yeah right." also the computer puzzle shapes are random. if it showed a circle at the top in the video, it might be a square at the top when you are looking at it.
anyway,just thought i'd let you know in case you weren't aware.
I don't understand the comments about the 'global warming' things. Carmel Games makes funny games, often controversial. The global warming is one of these controversial things. You people feel uncomfortable, because you believed in humanity-caused global warming for very long time, and at the end it's just a hoax. And what? It's not the first time and definitely not the last when we are cheated. Don't get me wrong, our climate is changing. But does it mean that it's because of us and does it justify to add more and more CO2-taxes? No. It's just make some people rich.
So chill down and enjoy the game instead of thinking if it's political correct or no.
Peace.
My complaint with it isn't that it was "controversial" or "politically correct". :) It's that it was out of place. A silly point-and-click adventure game that features a rant about global warming being a hoax is as strange and jarring as one that features a rant about gun control or the 99%. Whether I agree with the sentiment isn't the issue, it's that it doesn't fit the platform and turns the game into a soapbox for personal opinion in an obvious and deliberately combative way that, again, doesn't fit with the game's tone and concept. It's not a game about politics and global warming, it's a game about a kid trying to fix computers and finish an assignment through goofy puzzles.
You are within your right to express your opinion and the way you feel about the game, but please remember that other people have the same rights, even if their feelings conflict with your own, and telling them to "chill down" and what amounts to belittling them for having those opinions by reducing their feelings to "being uncomfortable over political correctness" is just as wrong and counterproductive as it would be for us to do so to you. :) Love and tolerance, y'all.
Maybe this is really shallow of me, but here goes: I started the game without reading the review (sorry Dora!), as a decent point and click is always good fun. The language options came up (which I was pleasantly surprised by... It's nice to have the option), and began the game in earnest. After the first few lines, I sat baffled, and clicked back on to JIG to read the review and see the comments. I've concluded that I have no interest in even beginning this game. Which makes me sad.
"And at the end it's just a hoax?" You can state that with certainty, @fortress, beyond all reasonable doubt? After all, it's not as though we as mere humans are capable of influencing our environment, or that being "skeptical" about AGW has ever "made some people rich."
Sorry...I've got no interest in turning JIG into a forum for environmental politics, believe me, but as one of those "you people," I felt as though that much needed to be said.
Comment not intended to fuel a debate about climate change/AGW. That doesn't belong on a casual games site, IMHO.
I was going to observe that the graphic on Arlene's screen is quite similar to one I've seen on the site Skeptical Science - which is one of the "debunk the hoax" sites (plus some of the info the main character puts in his presentation). I don't think the opening is meant as an anti-global warming rant at all - it sets the background for the crazy character.
It's a light diversion - a little illogical, but worth the 10 minutes or so you might put into playing it.
(Sorry - when I said "debunk the hoax", I meant "explain how the science shows climate change is happening and its due mainly to manmade CO2 emissions".)
So we have a single-speech bubble anti-global warming rant from a total slacker looking to cheat his way through the assignment, and a crazy battleaxe of a teacher who spends a single speech bubble screaming at him about it. I'm supposed to side with either one of them? This really ruined people's gaming experiences? Come on.
If this game indeed gave you the vapors or made a previous fan swear to never play any of their games again, I really think you have issues. Are we going to need to put trigger warnings on these?
Hell, and just when I thought we were making progress because nobody stamped their feet over him ripping Apple products for being overpriced and whatever other slams he made, lol.
I refer you to my comment to fortress about why I personally disliked the content, and why belittling someone for feeling different about it than you isn't the best idea. :) Nobody is suggesting trigger warnings or asking you to "side with" anything. People are making up their own minds and discussing it. All I ask is that people do so respectfully and politely with one another even if they disagree.
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