#videlectrix

There is nearly the same amount of non-playable Videlectrix games as playable ones. There are 35 that are playable and 31 that are not

Hopefully they'll make more so I can keep up this streak!

Those familiar with the Homestar Runner series of web 'toons likely know of Peasants Quest, but for the rest of you it is a satirical old-school adventure game based on titles such as King's Quest. Before we had more refined point and click adventure games like Monkey Island or Shadowgate, we had titles like this where you would determine player actions by typing them out on screen.

The game's story follows a peasant man named Rather Dashing, whom is understandably cross about the fact that a beefy-armed dragon named Trogdor burninated his home. He goes to march up the mountain to confront Trogdor, but a knight guarding the way blocks his path - citing that he must be a proper peasant before he may pass. As the knight explains, Mr. Dashing just isn't smelly enough, or even on fire! He also lacks the propa robes of a peasant.

Thus begins Mr. Dashing's quest! You have a fairly small world map to explore, but it can be easy to get lost so I will give you, dear reader, a hint - one of the first things you may want to do is return to your burnt home and inspect the floor, where you can get a map!

Once you have your map, it's up to you to travel around the little Peasant Land, meeting characters, solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. There's lots of great humor in the game and the art is simple and pleasant. It even has a save feature, thank goodness! *

(*Just make sure you don't delete your browser cookies in the middle of a playthrough like I did!)

Coach Z reference, hehe :)

Eventually you can achieve the knights three requirements for passage, but there are also many other things you can find and use in different ways. The score system is essentially the game's way of letting you know how close you are to getting 100% completion - or 150% completion in this game's case!

Most of the game-play is smooth and intuitive once you know what to do and where to go for everything. There is one mini game where you have shoot arrows at a target, and that one can be quite a pain, but you get infinite retries and there are some guides online to help you out!

I have almost no other complaints about the game other than that I wish the Homestar Runner crew would make an offline downloadable version available. It's not cool to require internet access for a single player game, dangit!

This depressing horse gave me the jibblies. :(

The game is colorful, funny, and if you get stuck and don't know what to do there's plenty of helpful guides out there. I definitively recommend giving this a try if you enjoy Homestar Runner, funny games or adventure games. :)

Here's a link directly to the game's page!

junestar runner day 17 - videlecrrix tribute!