#outgrabe

This binksi game is an text-adventure adaptation of the Jabberwocky "poem", with hand-drawn background to represent each location/bit of the story. The text is quite a faithful adaptation to Carroll's whimsical (and slightly dark) style, and I'd even see the illustrations being part of a printed edition. While I managed to beat the monster on the first try (completely at random, because I forgot how the poem went - a poem included in the game, btw), it was fun restarting the game and try other directions, finding other monsters - ones you are not prepared to fight…

Though I do like adaptation of older work into an Interactive format… It didn’t really work for me, especially when portrait-oriented pictures were included (forcing you to scroll up/down the page). I found the contemporary pictures kind of going against the story, not finding the link between the specific picture and the text shown on the screen. I think it might have worked better if the adaptation also included more interactive text…

The game is a bit silly in its premise, with (internet?) trolls having taken treasures and hidden it. And the design of each screen, with it's 3-colour palette, is reminiscent of old school games. But it is made extra tedious by the choice of program, as bitsy relies on pressing arrows to move the cursor around…

We Like Angels Never Weep // Outgrabe // Love In A Time Of War (2000)

I'm back on my obscure music bullshit but c'mon, tell me this isn't an ineffable husbands song!

"Almost Home" - Outgrabe Music Video (with SFX)

"Canta Succubi" - Outgrabe Music Video

"Almost Home" - Outgrabe