Kid friendly AGS game recommendations?

Started by milkanannan, Thu 03/09/2020 08:14:05

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milkanannan

Quote from: cat on Thu 03/09/2020 21:03:23
Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 03/09/2020 17:55:36
Come to think of it, probably most of Cat's games are suitable for kids. My kids played that one with hidden apples, but I think they were younger then.

Thanks for mentioning my games, Cassiebsg and heltenjon! However, not all my games are suitable for kids.

The games you mentioned, https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1540-escape-the-barn/ and https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1475-apple-farm/ do not require any reading.

No voice acting but still very suitable for children: Toffee Trouble in Creamville (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2047-toffee-trouble-in-creamville/) or any of the Cornelius Cat games. And there is also Sheep Quest and Head over Heels.

Thanks! We tried Apple Farm, which was very fun. Will give the others in your list a try soon.

ToeKnee

#21
Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 03/09/2020 09:08:51
How about Three little pigs or Kitten Catastrophy? I'd say BYO-Hero, but ToeKnee hasn't released it yet (perhaps waiting for my kids to give the Beta another go first).

AT last - It is OUT NOW HeltenJon!!
The FULL and FREE Point-and-click Adventure game for Parents and kids!

See the AGS Post here:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58435.msg636626678#msg636626678

See the Game HomePage (including DOWNLOAD and full INSTALLER) here:
https://byo-hero.itch.io/byo-hero

See the Intro Video here:
If it’s not broken, let’s fix it till it is...!

heltenjon

Quote from: ToeKnee on Sat 19/09/2020 18:09:16
Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 03/09/2020 09:08:51
How about Three little pigs or Kitten Catastrophy? I'd say BYO-Hero, but ToeKnee hasn't released it yet (perhaps waiting for my kids to give the Beta another go first).
AT last - It is OUT NOW HeltenJon!!
The FULL and FREE Point-and-click Adventure game for Parents and kids!

Ok, then I say BYO-Hero! I've been test driving this game with my kids aged 6-11, and they really liked this.

milkanannan

Quote from: BarbWire on Thu 03/09/2020 18:56:04

Why not give THE DECORCIST a go. Plenty of child friendly monsters
that will raise a smile. It is Platform/Adventure and only takes place
over two screens, though there is plenty to do. When it came out in 2015
people seemed to love it. Some slight help may be needed in the later
stages.

No voice acting, but very little reading, as far as I remember.   

Thanks, we gave this a try on the weekend. It is indeed a lot of fun, but I find AGS platforms all suffer from a certain clunkiness I can't quite put my finger on. Anyway, my son is too young to notice, so it was a good time nonetheless!

milkanannan

Quote from: ToeKnee on Sat 19/09/2020 18:09:16
Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 03/09/2020 09:08:51
How about Three little pigs or Kitten Catastrophy? I'd say BYO-Hero, but ToeKnee hasn't released it yet (perhaps waiting for my kids to give the Beta another go first).

AT last - It is OUT NOW HeltenJon!!
The FULL and FREE Point-and-click Adventure game for Parents and kids!

See the AGS Post here:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58435.msg636626678#msg636626678

See the Game HomePage (including DOWNLOAD and full INSTALLER) here:
https://byo-hero.itch.io/byo-hero

See the Intro Video here:


Looks good - do you by chance have a ZIP file available for the game? I can't run exe files on my work PC.

milkanannan

Quote from: Ponch on Fri 04/09/2020 04:19:11
Came here to suggest Apple Farm but its already been recommended. So how about RAM Ghost?

Thank you for the suggestion. I can't seem to get RAM Ghost to run. I'm getting some graphics resolution error.

milkanannan

Quote from: cat on Thu 03/09/2020 21:03:23
Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 03/09/2020 17:55:36
Come to think of it, probably most of Cat's games are suitable for kids. My kids played that one with hidden apples, but I think they were younger then.

Thanks for mentioning my games, Cassiebsg and heltenjon! However, not all my games are suitable for kids.

The games you mentioned, https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1540-escape-the-barn/ and https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1475-apple-farm/ do not require any reading.

No voice acting but still very suitable for children: Toffee Trouble in Creamville (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2047-toffee-trouble-in-creamville/) or any of the Cornelius Cat games. And there is also Sheep Quest and Head over Heels.

LOVED Toffee Trouble! Very nice game! We'll try the other titles a little later this week. Thanks for the recommendations!

BarbWire


Hi Milkanannan

I am so glad to hear that you, and your young son, enjoyed
playing THE DECORCIST.

If you don't mind me asking, did you actually complete the game
and reap the award of a most prestigious gold or silver trophy?  :)

Creamy

#28
Some other recommandations:

Kuma Story

Every game by Pilchard

Two games by Matt Frith:
The Surprisingly Short Adventure of Leopold Kettle
The Shortest Journey


"Awakener" and "Shifter's Box" by Ben304 have been mentionned. I'd add Man Boy vs Doctor Sock and !
 

arj0n

Quote from: milkanannan on Sun 20/09/2020 05:57:36
Quote from: ToeKnee on Sat 19/09/2020 18:09:16
AT last - It is OUT NOW HeltenJon!!
The FULL and FREE Point-and-click Adventure game for Parents and kids!

See the AGS Post here:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58435.msg636626678#msg636626678

See the Game HomePage (including DOWNLOAD and full INSTALLER) here:
https://byo-hero.itch.io/byo-hero

Looks good - do you by chance have a ZIP file available for the game? I can't run exe files on my work PC.

Here's the zipped version [139mb]

CaptainD

Quote from: milkanannan on Fri 04/09/2020 04:15:30
Number Rescue - Definitely the highlight of the batch we played! CaptainD, mate you've got all these layers to you that none of us know about. (laugh) I had no idea this game even existed! You should do a followup series with these characters. It's a really good concept!

Thank you!  That really means a lot to me.  Yeah it was sort of supposed to be the start of a series but as with so many ideas I just ran out of time... maybe one day...
 

milkanannan

Quote from: BarbWire on Sun 20/09/2020 13:09:02

Hi Milkanannan

I am so glad to hear that you, and your young son, enjoyed
playing THE DECORCIST.

If you don't mind me asking, did you actually complete the game
and reap the award of a most prestigious gold or silver trophy?  :)


No, actually. My son is pretty young, so the fun was really going up and down the ladders and ducking into the little cubby holes when we finally figured out we could do that. We died every time, but the goal for us kind of became trying to stay alive as long as possible.

Is that your game?

milkanannan

Quote from: arj0n on Mon 21/09/2020 08:26:54
Quote from: milkanannan on Sun 20/09/2020 05:57:36
Quote from: ToeKnee on Sat 19/09/2020 18:09:16
AT last - It is OUT NOW HeltenJon!!
The FULL and FREE Point-and-click Adventure game for Parents and kids!

See the AGS Post here:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58435.msg636626678#msg636626678

See the Game HomePage (including DOWNLOAD and full INSTALLER) here:
https://byo-hero.itch.io/byo-hero

Looks good - do you by chance have a ZIP file available for the game? I can't run exe files on my work PC.

Here's the zipped version [139mb]

Sweet! Thanks~

milkanannan

Quote from: Creamy on Sun 20/09/2020 14:15:32
Some other recommandations:

Kuma Story

Every game by Pilchard

Two games by Matt Frith:
The Surprisingly Short Adventure of Leopold Kettle
The Shortest Journey


"Awakener" and "Shifter's Box" by Ben304 have been mentionned. I'd add Man Boy vs Doctor Sock and !

Amazing~ thanks! Chalk these up for this coming weekend...

milkanannan

Quote from: CaptainD on Mon 21/09/2020 16:25:09
Quote from: milkanannan on Fri 04/09/2020 04:15:30
Number Rescue - Definitely the highlight of the batch we played! CaptainD, mate you've got all these layers to you that none of us know about. (laugh) I had no idea this game even existed! You should do a followup series with these characters. It's a really good concept!

Thank you!  That really means a lot to me.  Yeah it was sort of supposed to be the start of a series but as with so many ideas I just ran out of time... maybe one day...


Yeah, the ending left us thinking there was more to come. You should maybe think about building the next instalment with your kids as a bit of a lesson in coding for them. I'm trying to do similar things with my son at scratch.mit.edu (he's a bit young to understand AGS just yet).

BarbWire


Hi Milkanannan

So you had more fun playing 'The Decorcist' as a survival game, and why not.
As long as your son had a good time that's all that matters.

If you do ever give it another go, and manage to get into the next screen, there
is a witch, with her black cat, flying on her broomstick. I think your son would
laugh at this.

No, it's not my game. I don't possess the know how. My role was game tester.
It was produced by Retrojay. He also did 'The Lost Prince of Lorden.'

mkennedy


ToeKnee

Quote from: milkanannan on Sun 20/09/2020 05:57:36
Looks good - do you by chance have a ZIP file available for the game? I can't run exe files on my work PC.

I have uploaded the latest game version as a ZIP to ITCH.IO Milkannan...
It is a DEVLOG Here: https://byo-hero.itch.io/byo-hero/devlog/180763/zip-copy-of-the-game-version-20200923hs-files
If it’s not broken, let’s fix it till it is...!

milkanannan

Quote from: BarbWire on Mon 21/09/2020 18:38:25

If you do ever give it another go, and manage to get into the next screen, there
is a witch, with her black cat, flying on her broomstick. I think your son would
laugh at this.


Haha OK will definitely give it another go and see if we can get there!

milkanannan

Quote from: ToeKnee on Tue 22/09/2020 15:46:41
Quote from: milkanannan on Sun 20/09/2020 05:57:36
Looks good - do you by chance have a ZIP file available for the game? I can't run exe files on my work PC.

I have uploaded the latest game version as a ZIP to ITCH.IO Milkannan...
It is a DEVLOG Here: https://byo-hero.itch.io/byo-hero/devlog/180763/zip-copy-of-the-game-version-20200923hs-files

Cheers ToeKnee~ we're trying to keep the gaming to the weekend (too many screens inside/outside school right now). Looking forward to playing your game in a few days!

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