Post by spinebear on Apr 10, 2022 4:49:23 GMT
I'm going to try and post my recollections of this game one more time on the forums before I completely forget.
So this was a free to download kid's game off of the Nook Tablet store. I honestly have no clue if it was exclusive to the platform, or if it at one point was also available on the Apple App Store or Google Play. I'm almost certain that the game doesn't exist anymore.
If I'm recalling correctly, it had fully animated / voiced cutscenes (albeit rather stilted in both animation & vocal delivery). The beginning cutscene had the male protagonist leaping out of bed and doing a dramatic run. The main plot of the game centered around some device that was turning your loved ones into stone. This took you on a journey to different locations meeting different people. You would earn their trust / learn information from these characters by completing puzzles to further progress. Being a kid's game, the puzzles were predictably rather tame. One that I remember vividly was a book sorting puzzle. You had to correctly place each book in alphabetical order on some character's bookshelf. (Yes, while sounding similar to the plot of Scribblenauts, it wasn't a direct rip-off of it. It did have SOME unique aspects to it).
The key thing that always stood out to me, even as a child, was the emphasis on the word "watts." There were various puns that featured this word. There was even a character whose name was, "Mister Big Watts", who was clearly a reference to Vito Corleone from "The Godfather" in both appearance and voice. The only other notable thing is that the art style was somewhat of a blend between Scribblenauts / Poptropica.
The game's ending took place in some sort of a treehouse. Some big, giant like character pushed the wrong button on a control panel that caused fireworks to erupt, or something of that nature. There were TWO endings, if I recall correctly. That may have been the "bad ending."
I have tried in the years since I played this game to track it down, but to no luck. I hope that this thread finds its way to the right people who can help in researching this.
So this was a free to download kid's game off of the Nook Tablet store. I honestly have no clue if it was exclusive to the platform, or if it at one point was also available on the Apple App Store or Google Play. I'm almost certain that the game doesn't exist anymore.
If I'm recalling correctly, it had fully animated / voiced cutscenes (albeit rather stilted in both animation & vocal delivery). The beginning cutscene had the male protagonist leaping out of bed and doing a dramatic run. The main plot of the game centered around some device that was turning your loved ones into stone. This took you on a journey to different locations meeting different people. You would earn their trust / learn information from these characters by completing puzzles to further progress. Being a kid's game, the puzzles were predictably rather tame. One that I remember vividly was a book sorting puzzle. You had to correctly place each book in alphabetical order on some character's bookshelf. (Yes, while sounding similar to the plot of Scribblenauts, it wasn't a direct rip-off of it. It did have SOME unique aspects to it).
The key thing that always stood out to me, even as a child, was the emphasis on the word "watts." There were various puns that featured this word. There was even a character whose name was, "Mister Big Watts", who was clearly a reference to Vito Corleone from "The Godfather" in both appearance and voice. The only other notable thing is that the art style was somewhat of a blend between Scribblenauts / Poptropica.
The game's ending took place in some sort of a treehouse. Some big, giant like character pushed the wrong button on a control panel that caused fireworks to erupt, or something of that nature. There were TWO endings, if I recall correctly. That may have been the "bad ending."
I have tried in the years since I played this game to track it down, but to no luck. I hope that this thread finds its way to the right people who can help in researching this.
