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Arr mateys,

Can’t think of a more fitting story for a graphic adventure than the ol’ Dick.  Beautiful maritime graphics and a lush seafaring musical score would bring this story to life for every classic adventure gamer and seafood aficionado alike.

Like the book, the first act would involve Ishmael on land, looking for a berth on a whaling ship, hanging out in Nantucket, meeting Queequeg, and eating lots of chowder.  He explores the docks, shops and inns, interacts with the residents, runs afoul of certain local miscreants, prognosticators, and preachers, and generally experiences the lifestyle of the 19th century New England landlubber. 

After some clever negotiating with Cpts. Bildad and Peleg, Ishmael secures his wages and billet, and the Pequod sets sail.  We spend time improving seamanship skills, solving shipboard puzzles, and becoming better acquainted with the crew.  We finally meet the mysterious Captain Ahab, and learn the true purpose of his mission: to find Moby Dick.  Ahab wraps up an impassioned pep talk to the crew, but as he retreats into his cabin, Ishmael notices a small band of lace, like a bride’s thigh-garter, wrapped around the captain’s wooden leg.  Noting it curiously, the crew shrugs it off and sets their focus on the white whale.

Side-adventures in whale hunting bring some exciting point-and-click action to the gameplay, but as the days and nights at sea drag on, the plot thickens more and more toward dissension and mutiny.  It’s up to Ishmael to maintain peace among the crew, deftly playing one sailor against the other in a delicate game of diplomatic chess, while trying to find a way to bring the ship (and everyone onboard) home safely. 

Meanwhile, through a series of farcical mishaps, Pip the cabin boy has been unable to successfully perform a puppet show for the crew, becomes overwhelmed with anxiety, suffers a minor heart attack, recovers briefly, but then slips on a banana peel, tumbles overboard and drowns.

While the crew ignores Pip’s passing entirely, the tension on board reaches a fever pitch when Ahab (not having been seen by anyone in weeks) bursts out of his cabin wearing a full-on Marie Antoinette ballgown, (complete with high heels and several strings of pearls), shouting “SPERM, LADS!!  GET ME THAT SPERM, AND MAKE QUICK WORK OF IT!!  WELL?  HAVE YA GOT CLOTH FOR EARS, BOYS??  I SAY I WANT SPEEEERRRRRRRM!!!!” 

As if on cue, Moby Dick breaches with a flourish and the final chase ensues.  Ishmael must fight for his life as the goliath reduces the Pequod to splinters.  While our protagonist holds on hopelessly to a drifting plank, Moby Dick breaches again nearby, with Ahab clinging to the whale’s penis for dear life, this time wearing a hot pink Chanel suit and singing a spirited chorus of Phil Collins’ “Easy Lover.”

The final battle is a combination of timed action events and out-of-the-box puzzle solving using Ishmael’s limited inventory.  Depending on how you perform, either Ahab or Moby Dick can die, or a more difficult easter egg ending involves Moby Dick and Tashtego getting married and having a baby.

Ishmael spots Ahab’s journal floating by, revealing that the captain was actually a virulent homophobe, who, in an attempt to mask his leanings, went to the opposite extreme in dress and mannerism, in an attempt to get close to Moby Dick, whom he believed was a gay whale. 

The final scene involves Ishmael still adrift at sea, building a makeshift unicycle out of his remaining inventory, putting it between his legs and pedaling furiously while slowly sinking to his death.