The Island of Doctor Morose

Good game with amazing style. Very original. I am afraid the Walking Antler will walk into my dreams one day.

A really worthwhile experience, it honestly lived up to my expectations of what a Dr. Seuss horror game could look like. Its a very classic point and click game, so there's gonna be some frustration for many people in that, but there was already a lovely guide up for whenever I got stuck somewhere (which was less than I expected). The game plays and feels like a flash game, pretty rough around the edges in a lot of parts, but the gameplay suffered way less than you'd think for it. It also helps that there are save points and shortcuts everywhere and the runtime is short. Ironically, just as much as some of the weird, nonsensical spaces took me back to reading these books as a kid, the crunchy title screen and choppy animations took me back to playing old flash games on the computer. Besides the above stuff, the writing was very good and genuinely unnerving at some points, which paired well with the insane commitment to the art style/rhyme scheme. All of these held together surprisingly seamlessly. And the music was just crazy good, about halfway through I just could not believe what I was hearing. It was like a fusion of hollow knight and made in abyss songs were blessing my ears. All-in-all, it was a short lovely game, I hope for the team to win with it, some fame. Rough puzzles plague act 1, but the game hits a stride. And for daring new players, I say: Check the guide!

This game accomplishes everything it sets out to do perfectly! The art style could not be more accurate to what inspired it. From start to finish, I was impressed by the character designs. Especially the shopkeeper; he was so fun to visit. Even something as simple as a spiders-web is depicted in such a creative way. Writing-wise, you got yourself a cute little Lovecraft story here that's honestly pretty engaging. While I played, I was worried the constant rhyming would get old after a while; but it really really doesn't (it actually made me want to click on just about everything just to see how what rhymes it brought about). The only criticisms I would have for the game were the occassional bugs/jank I encountered; but reloading a save takes no time at all, so it's easy to overlook. I highly recommend playing it for yourself!

this game is amazing. absolute cinema

good game

The game is beautiful, the sound is nice, but i apparently suck because i've been stuck on the first key for over an hour. i can't find a walkthrough and AI chatbots keep telling me to loot bodies and check my inventory, which aren't things in this game. i hope this game does well. The developers clearly put in a lot of time and love. But i don't appear to be smart enough to play it and at this point i'm just frustrated and upset.