Разработчик: Adventure Mob
Описание
Become a Jamaican Reggae legend in an adventure game co-designed by Corey and Lori Cole (Creators of Quest for Glory series).
Bolt Riley, is a classic 2D point and click adventure game where you play as Bolt Riley, a poor boy from Trenchtown, Jamaica, on his pathway to stardom.
Bolt is struggling to survive and has to deal with a gang of Rude Boys. You go through a journey of self discovery, of love, friendship, and inspiration where you are introduced to Reggae music, you have to form your band, get inspiration, write and produce your songs and then perform them. The story consists of different chapters each focusing on a different aspect of Bolt Riley’s passage into becoming a Reggae legend.
This is the story of the underdog who breaks out and becomes a worldwide sensation.
The game features hand drawn 2D background artwork and hand drawn cel animation. It combines all the elements of a classic point and click adventure game and includes funny dialog puzzles, exploration, wacky inventory items, and of course, a rope. Bolt can use special Inspirational powers he learned during his journeys.
All the music of the game was originally composed especially for it.
Bolt Riley chapter 1 – is only the first installment in the story of Bolt Riley, and only the beginning of a longer story.
Bolt Riley was funded through Kickstarter, and by purchasing Bolt Riley Chapter 1 you help support indie game development and help fund the following chapters.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS: Win
- OS *: Win XP
Mac
- OS: OSX
- OS: OSX
Linux
- OS: Linux
- OS: Linux
Отзывы пользователей
It is and awesome reggae spiritual inspirational game, i dont really understand why they are so many negative reviews... the only bad in this game is that it is not long enoughand it is just the first part of a story what needs to be finished.
I just bought this game for these songs.
But this game really doesn't have much fun.
The developer ghosted everyone and never finished the series. The save/load feature doesn't work. The game couldn't even quit cleanly after I played all the way through. Also, there are many lines of dialogue text without voice-overs.
Should have believed the bad ratings with this game. It is indeed horrible as heck! Interface is clunky, voice acting is horrendous, subtitles don't mach the acting, puzzles are stupidly easy, setting doesn't interest one bit and overall feeling is very very amateurish. Shame for the graphics, 'cause they're in fact rather nice.
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[/td][td]A short and incomplete game. Chapter 2 is never happening.[/td]
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not bad, it is amusing and has decent voice acting especially the narrator.
A indie point and click adventure about a chill dude in what I assume is 1980's Jamaica.
I really want to like BR:AR but sadly with the amount of content in Chapter 1 it is a bit of a strange place for the game to be as it is out paced by demos of it much older games. It has promise, a wry sense of humour and tongue in cheek references to the the games that inspired it but due a strange case of studio issues/development hell the rest of the game is sadly yet to show up and follow through.
One day I hope Bolt will actually get the chance to find his friends damn bike. When it is actually finished or has more episodes if you enjoy the concept do come back. I will. But sadly for the moment I would wait unless you really want to support the developers.
I can only hope that the rest of the series (if it ever comes out) improves upon this, because this is one helluva lacklustre P'n'C game.
First I need to say that it is a nice game and I'd love to reccommend it because of that but - as already stated by lots of players - chapter one is much too short (even for an episode). Sorry to say that it really has more of a demo because of this. If you can grab it on sale with its shortness in mind or in case it will be added to the second chapter I might change my review.
Sadly I don't believe in the late appearence of the second chapter anymore because there's silence from the developers side.
Really sad, man!
Edit:
Btw. the achivements that are announced on the shopsite are not included/activated - well, at least not for me!
I desperately want to recommend it, but it's just too rough right now, and does all the annoying things adventure games of old do. Characters and design are great, but the game itself is just not ready for the spotlight, mon.
Bolt Riley shows the potential of being an interesting game. However, in its current form, there is not much of it to play. While I understand the need to “get to market’ and the pressures of meeting backer expectations, I am not sure that Adventure Mob did themselves any favors by releasing such a short chapter with so little content for gamers to purchase. Read my full review at JustAdventure. Grade: C+
Very expensive for a game with less than an hour of gameplay. Very promising, but perhaps it will be worth the cost when there is more than one very short chapter. I am dissapointed that I paid good money for what is little more than a demo.
Bolt Riley is a well-intentioned but uniformly misguided proof of concept.
Presumably the developers naively underestimated the effort required to achieve the level of quality best suited to their vision. Instead, they opted to release an embarrassingly short and painfully butchered appetizer.
One should be easily inclined to forgive unrefined details in Early Access but no update in over a year severely burdens the game's credibility.
The game largely plays like any classic 90's point and click adventure, except for an interestingly unconventional "inspiration" mechanic that lets players collect and use abstract items such as emotions. Big points here for a truly original idea.
Very uneven art results in pixelated animations built from very low-resolution sprites, poorly compressed, and sometimes out of focus or misaligned. Low quality here is not an aesthetic choice and does not suggest easily replaceable work in progress.
Item placement, puzzles and the world around them feel very inorganic and contrived. You'll pick up any random thing without purpose or guidance, including items never used in this brief chapter.
Positive
- Likable main characters Bolt and Smokey
- Original theme and good general vibe
- Innovative "inspiration" mechanic
- Excellent reggae soundtrack
- Decent-looking environment art
Negative
- Useless and repetitive dialogues
- Heavy in clichés
- Overdrawn intro tutorial
- Only a handful of backdrops to explore
- Unfocused narrative direction: there is more story in the trailer than the entire chapter
- Technically unstable with buggy saved games and crashes
[*] Clumsy-looking characters without lip sync
This game had a lot of potential but releasing it in this rushed state is an insult to the player. For a much more rewarding experience in a game that shares some similar vibes, I highly recommend the excellent The Journey Down series.
Bolt Riley, A Reggae Adventure is a rasta-themed throwback to 90's era point-and-click adventures, with an intuitive interface, hand-drawn scenery, and distinctive voice actors.
As an early access game, I was able to play through to the end with SteamOS/Linux and a Steam Controller. The game is incredibly short with only Chapter 1, and I can't tell if development is continuing or halted. Still, I'm giving this a positive review because it's the kind of game I'd enjoy playing if it ever reaches completion.
Nice game... hoping that chapter 2 will be released soon because chapter one was quite short! ;)
In full disclosure, I'm a friend of the developer (or at least, I was until I wrote this review ;) )
That said, I paid for my copy of the game, and pressed "Post review" before he saw this.
So here's the thing.
Bolt Riley is a bit short, it's a bit rough around the edges, some of the puzzles are very arbitrary in their solution, and the intro/tutorial is so annoying it nearly made me quit.
BUT.....
When you get past all that, you encounter a game with a load of character, made by someone who loves this underserved genre. There were some genuine "Monkey Island" moments in there for me, albeit "diamond in the rough" moments. The art style is really cool, and there are some really nice subtle lighting effects in there.
Am I happy I bought it? Yes.
Would I change it? Yes, and here's how.
Mainly, I'd get lip-syncing in there. It's probably the single biggest improvement that could be thrown at the game to lift the quality bar significantly.
The UI could be reworked a bit, but it's not really a deal-breaker.
Some of the puzzles could do with a bit of polishing, and the art assets could be imported at a higher resolution. But...it's Early Access, so what do you expect.
I'd strip down the tutorial section, and stop the narrator breaking the fourth wall.
Finally, I'd make the game longer. The end of the game as stands came way to quickly, and the teaser trailer for the remainder shows promise of a full-blown point-n-click adventure that could stand alongside the greats.
Would I recommend it? So this is a tricky one. On the whole, I'd say yes.
Yes, because it made me chuckle.
Yes, because the voice acting was really top notch.
Yes, because the Jamaican angle was really quite unique (and we need more uniqueness in games).
And yes, because if you love point-n-click adventures, you need to support the developers still trying to do point-n-click adventures!
But - it seems a bit expensive to me, even though I bought it on sale. I felt a little......short-changed by the game, and the "Chapter 1" store listing reinforces this unease. If this is all I get for my money (albeit a more polished version), I'd say it's overpriced. If I've paid for the full game, and there's more to come, I'd say it's a steal even at full price!
Should you buy it? Only you can answer that. I can tell you that I did, and I don't regret it :)
I've only started playing but this game shows great promise. nice graphics and storyline.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Adventure Mob |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 19.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 41% положительных (17) |