Adventure Game Studio

Hello community,

after much delay, I'd like to present my game and tied winner of the  MAGS 2018/05 jam (Theme: “Rats”):


(What? That whole string is the title of this adventure! 8-) )

It features:

• a BASS like interface,
• hand-drawn art in Inkscape,
• original music, recorded from a Yamaha keyboard and edited in Audacity
• the AGS system by Chris Jones and later contributors
• lots of Adventuring and Frolicking :-)
• Rats
• and a Cat.

Oh, and bugs (probably :-[ ).


Get the game here (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2565-the-devious-and-daring-commando-raid-of-linkattus-the-lowly-janitor-rat-in-order-to-free-ratzelda-the-princess-of-his-dreams-and-to-get-her-too/)

Have lots of fun!

As it happens, I've recently played through the entries in the Rats Mags, including this one. And it's a worthy winner.

Like many of Fernewelten's competition games, this one is divided into three parts/levels. The first one is a standard inventory puzzle-based room you need to escape from, with an extra dimension in how you can combine and dismantle some items. The second room is my favourite - it's really a giant maze. This is a room that spans many screens, with a lot of doors leading to a lot of platforms and areas. The player needs to map it to advance. I normally don't like maze puzzles, but I did like this one, probably because of the art and the elaborate setup. I pictured the rat scurrying through tunnels up and down inside the walls before appearing in another doorway.  :-D
The boss level features a welcome connection to an earlier game by the same creator.

Solid puzzles and witty banter is pretty much Fernewelten's trademark, and it applies here, as well.