Freeware Game Pick: ! (Ben Chandler)
! is a game about !, Robot, and his assignment to finding the missing town monument. Count Can't has stolen it for his own nefarious schemes, and the mayor wants you to get it back before his afternoon golf session is over.
Like Ben's other releases, this adventure game is short in length and can be completed in under twenty minutes. (Windows, 9.67MB)










Comments
I know naming games after singular nouns is cool, I love those. But I thought the game title "Wet" was bad. And now singular punctuation?
If your game is great it will be associated with that word forever, but that is highly unlikely.
They are also impractical when you want to search the game, or describe it to someone else. Indie games seem to do this the most, and they are already obscure enough as it is.
I'm sorry. To all game developers, please, the least you can do is give it a subtitle like "Trilby: The Art of Theft."
Make it a made up word like "Aquaria." There are only two other things that one could be confused with.
Or put two unlikely words together, like "Cave Story."
If you can't search for it on Google, there is a problem.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 6:03 AM
Is.. is that a Gameboy Color inspired art style?
Posted by: Kepa | December 19, 2009 8:36 AM
I love Ben Chandler's adventure games. Did someone else do the graphics for this one though? The people seem to lack his signature glowing eyes.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 5:46 PM
How do you find the natural order of things? I have clicked everything.
Posted by: asasas | December 19, 2009 7:55 PM
I think you have to visit the places in a certain order. DJ The Earl says you have to listen to people's observations in stead of your own, too bad none of them except park girl has any... City distance seems to be a red herring.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 10:19 PM
It is implied in this post on the AGS forums that the natural order puzzle can be completed without leaving the park. Still can't figure it out though :(
Seems like a cool game from what I've played. Wonderful graphics.
Posted by: Blueberry_pie | December 19, 2009 11:14 PM
Thanks for the pick, Tim!
With regards to the name, you seem to be taking it all a bit seriously, Mr Anonymous. Yes, it's a silly name - but it's also a bit of a silly game :)
With regards to the graphics, I like to think of it more as tacky 1970's wallpaper/carpet style, and yes, I drew these myself :)
With regards to that tricky picnic puzzle, I give a pretty detailed explanation of it here.
Thanks for playing, everyone!
Posted by: Ben Chandler | December 19, 2009 11:33 PM
Sorry, I'm just upset because it's a great game and I'm worried the title does a disservice to it.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2009 6:29 AM
Thanks for posting that, Ben. I enjoyed playing this game, even though I wasn't able to figure out the natural order and rap battle puzzles by myself.
Posted by: Blueberry_pie | December 21, 2009 11:05 AM