Dominique Pamplemousse

[clyde]

Now I know how IGN feels. Dominique Pamplemousse blew me away.

I hate playing point-and-click adventures because I hate clicking on all the spots and I always get stuck. Deirdra Kiai didn't solve the getting stuck problem; I had to look up how to get the lawyer's name. And clicking on everything was sometimes tedious, but it was frequently entertaining because she sang about my selection. I just had so much fun watching a bad musical unfold with my pointing and clicking. Dominique Pamplemousse has a style I've never seen in a game and the cute, crafty, amateur-musical theme was just a fun place to be for an hour or so.

If you play the demo, you'll get a sense of what type of thing it offers. As far as scale goes, it's what I would expect from a troubadour who shows up with a painted wagon that turns into a stage.  

 

Browser Demo:

http://www.dominiquepamplemousse.com/demo.html

[clyde]

I wanted to mention that the appeal for me is 95% style and theme. The gameplay isn't interesting, the story is just something to build off of, but listening to her sing about everything in the game made me smile a lot.

[Roderick]

Yeah, I was totally entranced for the duration of the demo, though that might have been also due to extreme tiredness. The singing is so good, the music humping along a little bit annoyingly - but that's part of the charm.

[Erkki]

I remember Deirdra Kiai from a really long time ago from the SCRAMM forums, which was one of the first communities on the Internet for me. I've loved her work so far, should play this too.

[clyde]

  On 10/18/2013 at 9:15 PM, Rodi said:

Yeah, I was totally entranced for the duration of the demo, though that might have been also due to extreme tiredness. The singing is so good, the music humping along a little bit annoyingly - but that's part of the charm.

There were a few points in the game where I kept making the wrong choices and the song began to grate on me. When you hear the same musical line over and over again, it can make a frustrating process suicidal. But you can typically just click on the mouse to skip the line that is being delivered if you run into that situation.

[clyde]

  On 10/18/2013 at 9:37 PM, Erkki said:

I remember Deirdra Kiai from a really long time ago from the SCRAMM forums, which was one of the first communities on the Internet for me. I've loved her work so far, should play this too.

Spookily relevant:

http://www.deirdrakiai.com/2005/08/29/the-scramm-forum-and-how-i-once-knew-an-internet-celebrity-before-he-was-famous/

 

I suppose it's the season.

[brkl]

Also spookily relevant: https://www.idlethumbs.net/forums/topic/8594-i-had-a-random-thought/?p=256617

I remember Deirdra Kiai. She was one of the few people from the SCRAMM forum who managed to finish the project she talked about (Cubert Badbone). This one is a lot more interesting to me, it's very cheap too!

[clyde]

Coincidences always make me feel like I'm doing it right.

[Tanukitsune]

A musical adventure game? I don't mind the style or anything, but it looks so.... "low res"? I guess it would be murder for the creators if the animations where in a higher resolution? 

 

It's a good thing it's cheap, but with the final Deponia and the latest Telltale game on my wishlist, I'd rather wait a while for this. Which guarantees it won't be in any indie bundles... until the exact moment I buy it!

[TychoCelchuuu]

  On 10/19/2013 at 4:31 PM, Tanukitsune said:

A musical adventure game? I don't mind the style or anything, but it looks so.... "low res"? I guess it would be murder for the creators if the animations where in a higher resolution? 

 

It's a good thing it's cheap, but with the final Deponia and the latest Telltale game on my wishlist, I'd rather wait a while for this. Which guarantees it won't be in any indie bundles... until the exact moment I buy it!

In the interest of specificity, the animations are not low res at all - they're at the same resolution as the rest of the game, which is perfectly respectable. What's turning you off is how 'jerky' they are: the animations are composed of very few frames compared to, say, a cartoon, or even compared lots of stop motion you might be familiar with, like Wallace & Grommit. This is much easier for the animator but it results in a style that might not be everyone's cup of tea.

[juv3nal]

I backed the indiegogo, but didn't get around to playing it until it recently made its way to steam. it's short-ish if that kind of thing bothers you (took me maybe 70 mins?), but I really liked it.

[richmondster]

i've already seen it on steam many times, but i don't know what it is, is it cool to play ? 

[clyde]

It's a point and click adventure where everything you click on makes a character sing a campy song about it. There are two puzzles that may require you to look the answers up. The tone is similar to watching a claymation you made with a friend during a sleep-over.