Bilkins' Folly

A truly awesome game with a focus on exploration and orientation from maps. It seems to be aimed at children, but the puzzles are quite challenging, although they are always solvable if you are willing to put in the time and wit. There is a lot to do; I am still on the first large island after 7 hours of play. A big plus for our friendly dog companion you can pet and train!

Great puzzle game about loving your dog too much.

Very simple and nice game, with good systems to make you really "dig" your way. The entire game is basically reading maps, clues and finding out how to progress or dig a treasure. The game will NOT take your hand and show to you to dig "here" and "there". Also, a negative point: If English is not your native tongue (like me, Brazilian) maybe the game will hit hard in your interpretation bc the way these pirates talk confuses me A LOT. The game could let us choose the normal accent or the pirate accent.

Cute little puzzle game. The characters were fun, the world interesting and the map puzzles quite good. But sometimes the riddles gave me a hard time.

Just such a fun vibe of a game. The game sets out to do one thing at it's core, be a no combat zelda like where you solve cool ass treasure hunts. And it succeeds at that in spades. It's not a perfect game, I found the fishing and lockpicking minigames pretty tedious. And it had some small glitchy spots with pathfinding and such. I also had one bad progression bug with a late game sidequest, which the dev was kind enough to take my save file and fix for me :) But the vibes are on point the entire time, I love how monkey island the dialouge is, and it just feels cool to count paces around an island, checking waypoints and comparing landmarks. And because of that I can't help but say the game is completely worth it :)

Jouez à Bilkin's Folly, c’est tout. C’est un jeu rare, assez unique aujourd’hui et profondément généreux dans son contenu (d’autant plus pour un solo dev), qui mérite beaucoup. Les énigmes sont nombreuses, souvent dures et retorses. Le jeu est parfois un peu bugué, mais il provoque aussi, et surtout, beaucoup de sympathie et d’attachement pour son univers, pour Percy et son chien Drayton, pour ses personnages et leur gouaille, leur humour et leur nez de poivrot. PS : avant de vous jeter à l’aventure, n’oubliez pas votre pelle.

This is an amazing game if you like the vibe from Monkey Island, exploration and solving puzzles Professor Layton style. The game is fulla of hidden secrets, tresures and lore. The history is really well telled and all characters are really charming. But there are a few thing that may make playing it a little hard. For non native english speakers like me (and even probably for some natives) the english used is really hard. I get it might be all pirate slangs or som sort of dirty english with lots of diminutives and weird words, but it might be a little too much after a while. Also it's so easy to skip messages by mistake, so be carefull when skiping one. An other thing that I would like to have known from the begining: there are some quests that you may miss and make it impossible to unlock or get all treauseds and achievements on a single run. Having said that, the game is a hidden gem and you will love every part of it. And Drayton is the goodest of the boys. You will fall in love with him!

I really enjoyed the pixel art and the humor. The characters all have their own charm, and Percy and his dog are a fun pair. It’s cool how the dog actually helps you hunt for treasure and complete puzzles instead of just tagging along. That said, the dog does have a few skills you might only use once or twice, which made a couple of puzzles tricky for me because I forgot he could even do certain things. There are also some timed puzzles that just aren’t fun. Honestly, I don't think those fit in an otherwise pretty chill game. Most of the time, you’ll be plotting out treasure using hastily drawn maps, character dialogue, or environmental clues. It really helps to have a notepad or just take a ton of screenshots. You’ll thank yourself later. Definitely worth playing, but I’d say grab it on sale.

Cute and fun game. Long enough to keep me entertained. It was worth it on sale but maybe not full price. Some of the puzzles were a bit challenging but thats likely due to my impatience. Maybe the only complaint I would have is that I couldnt skip dialogue. I would absolutely play again. 8/10

This game wears its monkey island influences on its sleeve with its humor, character design and portrayal of tropic islands. the puzzles however are closer to classic logic puzzles found in the likes of Nancy Drew games. together what you get is a world in which you can feel the satisfaction of simple and complex secrets hidden right under your nose until it call clicks into place.