I admit that I am from the old school of graphic adventures. Obviously from those of LucasArts. Faithful devotee of any type of adventure with a SCUMM engine, I came across games like Cronela's Mansion They only make me even happier. But it is meant to be, because this Kickstarter project It looks fantastic.
A Point and Click for Game Boy
Straynus is a Spanish developer who has an amazing project on his hands. You are creating a graphic adventure style point and click which will mainly offer for retro platforms like NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, in addition to also reaching Nintendo Switch and PC.
That's right, consoles like Game Boy will also have their own version of the game, something especially surprising and looking at the first images they seem quite promising.
With a clear inspiration from M (although its creator points more to inspiration from Monkey Island), the game will offer in the case of NES the classic verb interface with a list of objects that we collect. Each platform will vary its interface to suit the needs, with the Switch and PC versions obviously being the most complete for technical reasons. Each version will be a fully programmed game, except for the SNES version, which will be a direct port of the NES version.
At the design level, the game will have many details, such as the change of color in shady places, the presence of moving objects in the background layers or the animation of the character looking where the pointer is. They are small details that demonstrate the care that is being given throughout the development.
Versions like the Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance look especially amazing, so we're looking forward to seeing the game in motion running on a real console.
First Gameplay #GBC !
In Cronela's Mansion v. Gbc:➡️The character changes color, if you are in the shadow or in the light
➡️Objects in the foreground.
➡️Inventory.* Do you like the design of the commands? #gbstudio #NES #SNES #nesdev #homebrew #gameboy... pic.twitter.com/NuyaAuaGtt
— CRONELA´S MANSION ™ (@Straynus) April 21, 2024
Release date
At the moment the project intends to seek financing on Kickstarter, and we imagine that the launches on the different platforms will depend on its fundraising, since the project seems quite ambitious to us. In any case, its creator has uploaded numerous screenshots and clips of the different versions for each of the consoles, so it is very likely that everything is quite advanced, which is still surprising.
Let's go to the Mansion! v. #NES and #SNES
In this gameplay:➡️you will be able to see the Mansion 朗
➡️Use the map! ️
➡️and meet one of the main characters, who will it be??
If you like the game, please follow me!
✅https://t.co/0dmN1K4e4A#nesdev #homebrew... pic.twitter.com/HvsnyO17at— CRONELA´S MANSION ™ (@Straynus) April 25, 2024
At the moment the Kickstarter project has not been published, so we will have to continue waiting until it is public, something that you can find out by requesting notification from the service's own website.