Blue Lobe Inc. (Now Free)

Baron · Tue 06/05/2014 02:58:20

Baronic Games is proud to present the release of....

Blue Lobe Inc.

Three daring AGS entrepreneurs start up their own commercial indie label in their parents' basement in this zany web-comic/sit-com/adventure-game! Join Lazarus (the writer/musician), Mothra (the coder) and Cuddles (the artist) as they struggle manfully against the myriad of setbacks that beset their project. Will they be able to scavenge enough coffee to fuel the completion of their project demo? Will Lazarus be able to salvage his inspiration to finish the soundtrack? Will the group be able to beat off the negative publicity generated by internet trolls? Find out more than you wanted to know about these questions and more in this thrilling peek into the adventure-game creating process!

Features:

-Fully voiced by full AGSers!
-Playable pixel game demo!
-Professional quality soundtrack!
-Irreverent adventure game humour!
-Obscure references to adventure game classics!
-Voice cameos by AGS A-listers!
-A full hour of gameplay!
-Deloused and debugged by experienced beta testers!

~~This game is part of the AGS Bake Sale II Bundle, which is fundraising to defray the costs of the AGS server. Eager players should head on over there and....~~

Download Now!

Edit November 2015: I kinda forgot to release this to the general public after the Bake Sale rights lapsed, so... here it is!

kconan · Tue 06/05/2014 05:49:41

YES! I'll be sitting down with this one over the weekend.

Congrats on the release Baron!

CaptainD · Tue 06/05/2014 09:06:14

Nice to see this one get released, Baron! I can stop hassling you about it now.

Amuzo1 · Tue 06/05/2014 14:11:43

I love this artwork!

AprilSkies · Tue 06/05/2014 14:37:53

Oh Yeah!

CaptainD · Thu 08/05/2014 20:55:42

Just been playing this - absolutely love it! The dialogues and voicing had me laughing repeatedly.

Baron · Fri 09/05/2014 03:00:13

Quote from: CaptainD on Thu 08/05/2014 20:55:42
Just been playing this - absolutely love it! The dialogues and voicing had me laughing repeatedly.

An endorsement! Can I put that on the back of the box?

CaptainD · Fri 09/05/2014 10:58:33

Quote from: Baron on Fri 09/05/2014 03:00:13
An endorsement! Can I put that on the back of the box?

Yes! And you can also quote me on saying that I liked the way you did the credits.

Baron · Fri 09/05/2014 11:57:44

Quote from: CaptainD on Fri 09/05/2014 10:58:33
Quote from: Baron on Fri 09/05/2014 03:00:13
An endorsement! Can I put that on the back of the box?

Yes! And you can also quote me on saying that I liked the way you did the credits.

That last bit is not quite as catchy.... But if there's still space left back there after I include all the real zingers, I'll put that one in too.

selmiak · Sat 10/05/2014 13:25:32

the voiceacting gives the game the last bit of greatness! So yeah, great game!

Baron · Sun 11/05/2014 06:04:04

Thanks selmiak!

Here's a bit of barely edited teaser footage from the game. Unfortunately I am not a highly skilled Game Recording Dude, so the image and especially voice quality have suffered a bit, but hopefully this will intrigue you fence-sitters enough to download the game!

[embed=640,480]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-9Y7Wv4-g&feature=youtube_gdata[/embed]

AprilSkies · Thu 15/05/2014 13:51:56

Hey man, I finally found the time to play it, and I'm having a lot of fun!
This game is a little gem!

CaptainD · Thu 15/05/2014 23:56:13

Just finished it. That was really A LOT of fun, loved it!

Baron · Fri 16/05/2014 02:53:43

Thanks guys, glad you liked it!

@ the Cap'n: I'd appreciate it if you could write a review tomorrow.

Something objective that generates more interest in the game and Bake Sale, but also flatters the vanity of the little author in me.

Thanks!

@ AprilSkies: Thanks for the kind words. Don't worry about not having too much time: the whole game can be completed in an hour, cutscenes and all. Consider that hour a small token of my appreciation for the six or so hours of fun I had playing Donald Dowell.

If my game is a little gem, yours is the Rajaratna Ruby! Once again, glad you liked the game, and by all means spread the word about it: the Bake Sale only has two weeks left to run!

CaptainD · Fri 16/05/2014 12:21:11

Heh... I fear my review may look more fanboy than objective, and of course I insulted you by indicating that we have a similar sense of humour, but all for the greater good, eh?

Great game, was glad to be a small part of such a great project.

Altogether now.... SEQUEL! SEQUEL! SEQUEL!

AprilSkies · Fri 16/05/2014 19:05:29

Just finished. Amazing!
Some sketches and some jokes are pure Genius. It made me laugh lound, trust me!

Spoiler

(maybe I clicked on the onion rings more than ten times).

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and I couldn't stop laughing at the end of the game ...

Spoiler

When they were fighting like two children, with the guillotine-toy and the cat on the background ... the guillotine and the lion XD
I know I'm stupid, but that made me laugh a lot!

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and ... art, voicing and music are gorgeous
I really hope for a sequel.
As for me it's a 5 cup!

Baron · Mon 26/05/2014 05:10:12

Hey folks, just a heads up to let you know that this game is only available for
Five More Days!!!

After the Bake Sale is done this puppy's going back into the vault, so get it now before it's too late!

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Edit Five Days Later: Kerchunk! That's the sound of the vault closing, I'm afraid. See you in another seven years!

Tabata · Mon 09/06/2014 10:57:48

YAY!

Last chance
... for those of you who missed to catch this brilliant "documentary-game" about genius AGSers at work

Hurry up!

Just some leftovers!

Baron · Wed 11/06/2014 21:38:42

Yes, it's true.

By popular demand the vault was reopened, temporarily I must stress, until June 15. I highly recommend that you read the recommendations above that highly recommend that you download this bundle ASAP before it's too late. I mean, c'mon, minimum donation is like $2 (which goes towards the AGS server): my college room mate gag alone is worth that! Plus you get three other awsmoe games -it's a win-win scenario!!

Baron · Tue 17/11/2015 01:38:01

Bump!

Yeah, it's been like a year and a half. But it's free now, so have fun.