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Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!

If I had a pound for every freeware adventure game where someone has tried some kind of Monkey Island clone over the years I would be the second richest man you’d ever seen…

However, this is not one of those games. Pirates? Yep. Comedy? Sure! But rubbish Monkey Island rip off? No way.

Stylised Art, fun puzzles, great dialogue, silly names… this game has it all, even including one of those female protagonist things that other genres seem to find so difficult. I really enjoyed this game with its light touch, pleasantly silly characters and some pretty decent puzzles in there too. And I know I’m not the only one who wanted to see more as the sequel will be a fully commercial game that sailed through Kickstarter back in 2013.

Without wishing to do Mr Beckett-King’s publicity for him, if you missed the Kickstarter and still want in on the action then you can pre-order the sequel here.

Spoonbeaks was one of the best freeware games I’ve ever played (and better than many paid for games as well!) so it was a cast iron certainty that I’d back The Fowl Fleet Kickstarter. It’s been somewhat delayed in being released but at least for good reasons. A publisher picked it up which allowed the engine to be changed from AGS to Unity and the graphics took a sizeable hit upwards (not that they were bad to begin with). I paid enough to have a portrait in The Rogues Gallery but you won’t be seeing me as a cartoon. Me too ugly so I got a much better looking (female) friend to supply a photo.

I can really recommend Spoonbeaks as a game and I’m sure of those who try it many will be wanting to purchase Fowl Fleet.

The Fowl Fleet was one of the best (read: funniest) Kickstarters I have ever seen, and I backed it based on that alone. I mean if he can make such a Kickstarter campaign then just imagine what the game will be like.

I haven’t played Spoonbeaks Ahoy yet, though it has been sitting on my desktop for quite some time.

Iznogood - 29 June 2015 11:31 AM

The Fowl Fleet was one of the best (read: funniest) Kickstarters I have ever seen, and I backed it based on that alone. I mean if he can make such a Kickstarter campaign then just imagine what the game will be like.

Did you see his Christmas greeting in the video last year? Had me in stitches with that as well. A very funny guy!

Ali is actually a part time stand up comedian as well as a game designer and is definitely funny.

He does one particular show where the audience play through an “adventure game” (well… choose your own adventure type thing) live on a big screen with various choices and hilarious outcomes. I’ve seen a couple of versions of him doing this at AdventureX and it’s really very good.

http://www.abeckettking.com/portfolio/choose-your-own-comedy/ if anyone’s interested.