About This Game Snail Trek - Chapter 1: Intershellar is the first in a series of "20 minute adventures" where you take on the role of a crew of snails on a journey to a new home world.In the style of the early Sierra Online adventure games, Snail Trek has colorful EGA-ish graphics and a text parser interface. Relive the nostalgia in these bite-sized adventures - but without all the pain. Autosaves, a text parser with auto-suggest, and puzzles with no dead ends, all combine to bring this old genre into the modern era.In Chapter 1, you arrive at the lettuce-covered (or so you hope) planet. But something is amiss. Your ship has been damaged and you may not be able to land at all! Meanwhile, your home world is dying, and your entire civilization is waiting for your report on this new planet. Is it really a lettuce-covered paradise?You can find chapter 2 here.Key Features Autosaves - no need to save every few minutes (though you still can if you want). A text parser with both auto-suggest and auto-correct - fat finger your way to puzzle glory (but you can turn them off if you want to suffer more greatly). A text parser that understands what objects are in front of you, so you can be lazy and just type things like 'get' or 'look'. CRT emulation mode that gives those pixels an ever-so-slightly fuzzy look. A stereophonic score. Cute snails. Deaths (but hey, autosaves). No dead ends! Puzzle your way around with impunity! Widescreen aspect ratio, since monitors are more rectangular now. 1075eedd30 Title: Snail Trek - Chapter 1: IntershellarGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:Phil FortierPublisher:Phil FortierFranchise:Snail TrekRelease Date: 30 Nov, 2017 Snail Trek - Chapter 1: Intershellar Activation Code And Serial Number Short and sweet! This game is a real throwback. While its obviously meant to be a simple little game but it is still fun, charming, and has some fun humor. I encourage you to drop the few cents to support this kind of work.. Cute little adventure game short (expect to take maybe 15-20 minutes on your first try, which is fine as an introduction). The graphics are intentionally like those of vintage Sierra games, but more advanced when you look closely (the dithering from SCI games has been replaced with proper solid colours while still maintaining the retro look, with the scanline simulation adding to the nostalgia). The puzzles are cute and absurd yet logical and the music is amazing.Having played both Void Quest and Snail Trek Ch. 1, I'm really looking forward to the next episode and the developer's magnum opus Cascade Quest.Now if I could only find that 46th point.... Awesome space snail adventure in the style of early Sierra classics. The text parser is very well done, the narrative is engaging, and the challenges move the story along in a fun way. The first chapter is very short at around fifteen or twenty minutes, but the overall quality is great. Throw a buck down on the game - it's definitely worth that much at least. Can't wait for the next chapter!. I'm going to review the series as a whole here. After all, you're either going to buy the bundle, or buy the first episode, and then you'll be able to make your own mind whether to keep buying the subsequent episodes.I really enjoyed my time with these games! Phil has really nailed, not only the aesthetic of early Sierra adventures, but the sort of humor and style of them too. On top of that, they use the text parser interface of the oldest graphical adventure games. That was rather ambitious back then, but with the modern conveniences of autocomplete AND autocorrect, it really works great. If you've a passing interest in old adventure games or punny humor, I can highly recommend Snail Trek. Only lasts 20 minutes. So it's not even worth a buck.. This review is pretty much for the series as a whole, btw, not just Chapter 1.)Snail Trek is a pretty delightful series of adventure games, reminiscent of Sierra's SCI-era games (and influenced perhaps most directly by their Space Quest series). Individually, the chapters are reasonably short -- the early ones specifically -- but they get a bit longer and more involved as they progress, and taken as a whole it's a very satisfying chunk of adventure game. I'd definitely recommend just buying the bundle.The puzzles themselves are rarely too difficult, and the game nudges you with hints for the first bits. Later puzzles can definitely stump you for awhile, though, and some of the solutions are rather clever. The game invites you to experience as many deaths as possible, something that was always a favorite pasttime in Sierra games, and its autosave system prevents you from even having to do the standard Sierra save-every-minute technique, which is a welcome feature.The Linux ports of these work quite well (barring one weird Unity bug related to keyboard input at the moment - if you want to "move fast/sprint" ingame, you'll have to rebind that key to something like Insert), and the developer is quick to provide assistance, so extra bonus points for that! Folks who enjoy the CRT emulation should appreciate it, and that option is toggleable for those of us who prefer crisp graphics.All in all, if you're a fan of this sort of game, the bundle with all four chapters will be well worth your time!. Most enjoyable adventure series. Oh my God I love this game so much! Yes it's short, but it's also priced accordingly. If you ever played a CGA adventure game you will absolutely love this!. Most enjoyable adventure series. I'm going to review the series as a whole here. After all, you're either going to buy the bundle, or buy the first episode, and then you'll be able to make your own mind whether to keep buying the subsequent episodes.I really enjoyed my time with these games! Phil has really nailed, not only the aesthetic of early Sierra adventures, but the sort of humor and style of them too. On top of that, they use the text parser interface of the oldest graphical adventure games. That was rather ambitious back then, but with the modern conveniences of autocomplete AND autocorrect, it really works great. If you've a passing interest in old adventure games or punny humor, I can highly recommend Snail Trek Snail Trek 1 patch: This patch includes:- a number of parser bug fixes- some grammar fixes- most importantly (?), updated Baguette ship graphics. Chapter 3 is now available!: Have at it!http://store.steampowered.com/app/761480/Snail_Trek__Chapter_3_Lettuce_Be/. Small update: Just to prepare for some upcoming DLC.. Chapter 2 of Snail Trek is now available!: Go get it here while it's got the launch discount, and find out what happens to those snails!http://store.steampowered.com/app/756320/Snail_Trek__Chapter_2_A_Snail_Of_Two_Worlds/. Chapter 3 store page is now live...: It should be available in early January. Go wishlist it!http://store.steampowered.com/app/761480/Snail_Trek__Chapter_3_Lettuce_Be/. Snail Trek releasing in a couple of days!: In the meantime, check out the page for Chapter 2 - A Snail Of Two Worlds!. The Snail Trek series now available for MacOS and Linux: I'm happy to announce that Snail Trek 1-4 are now available for MacOS and Linux! Enjoy!. Snail Trek Chapter 1 is now FREE!: Good news everybody... Chapter 1 is now free!As a reward for those who purchased it previously, you'll automatically unlock the Rainbow Donation DLC for free!Also, I'm pleased to announce that Snail Trek was nominated for an Aggie Award for Best Writing - Comedy. The winners will be announced sometime between Feb 20 and Feb 22.In the meantime, feel free to go over to the reader's choice poll[adventuregamers.com] before Feb 17 and vote for Snail Trek in whatever categories you deem fit :-).
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