Разработчик: Application Systems Heidelberg
Описание
Nelly Cootalot
Nelly Cootalot is the stupidly named pirate adventurer with a heart of gold. Uncover corruption and wanton punning in this HD revival of a classic freeware adventure game.
The revenue of the game - after fees and taxes are deducted - will go to the RSPB, a British charity taking care of our feathered friends (birds).
Story
Nelly Cootalot, fearsome pirate and lover of tiny and adorable creatures, is charged by the spirit of a dead buccaneer to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fleet of birds known as spoonbeaks. Her adventure will bring her face to face with the nefarious Baron Widebeard as she uncovers corruption and wanton punning in the Barony of Meeth.
Key Features
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! is your opportunity to:
Rescue endangered and unusually named wildfowl.
Acquire morally dubious items on behalf of minor aristocrats.
Intercept the private correspondances of a daredevil pilot.
Come to the aid of downtrodden supernatural beings.
Be confused by obscure colloquialisms.
Borrow facial hair from long-dead pirates.
Wantonly misuse the word 'borrow'.
Background
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! was originally released by Alasdair Beckett-King hundreds of years ago in 2007. The game started out as a birthday present for his girlfriend and got wildly out of hand. In 2016, he even made another Nelly game called Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet.
The HD remastering of Spoonbeaks Ahoy! brings the original game back to life, with a streamlined interface and loads more pixels and voice over (!) for the first time. Read the details below!
Alasdair has been tweaking and polishing (and breaking and fixing) Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! for many months now. 1920x1080 HD resolution and a FULL VOICE OVER in English are the obvious highlights. Here is the full list of the improvements we've made to the original 2007 game.
New resolution
The game now runs in full 1920x1080 HD, (as well as other widescreen resolutions). This is flipping massive compared to the tiny, square original graphics (see trailer video).
Full voice acting (English only)
Extremely cheap voice acting by Alasdair Beckett-King, real Nelly and literally no one else. Think of it as a director's commentary where he got to do a load of dodgy accents. (Yes, this feature CAN be switched off.)
Support for more operating systems
Full support for macOS and Linux as well as all recent Windows systems.
Other improvements
Streamlined point & click interface.
Improved launcher app.
Bad jokes replaced with good jokes (we wish).
New "business" model
Revenue goes to the birds.
We've put a lot of work into this remastered edition. However, Spoonbeaks Ahoy! is a shorter game than „The Fowl Fleet“, and the original was freeware. So we've decided to make this release super, super-cheap.
The revenue of the game - after fees and taxes are deducted - will go to the RSPB, a British charity taking care of our feathered friends (birds).
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
In 2013 Alasdair ran a successful Kickstarter to fund a new stand-alone Nelly game (Nelly Cootalot – The Fowl Fleet). With the support of over 1000 backers, Alasdair teamed up with Application Systems Heidelberg in 2014. With ASH on board, the project rapidly grew in scale, adding cross-platform support, text localisation, German voice acting and tons more animation in glorious High Definition.
The Fowl Fleet isn't a sequel to Spoonbeaks Ahoy! It is a new Nelly story and it is not necessary to play one to understand the other.
The budget for the new game grew from the modest Kickstarter haul to a six figure sum, with a team of 45+ people across 4 countries. Blimey, we've been busy!
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, german, spanish - spain, polish
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor: 700 MHz
- Memory: 64 MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 5.2
- Storage: 1500 MB available space
- Sound Card: All DirectX-compatible sound cards
Mac
- OS: macOS X 10.8+
- Processor: 700 MHz
- Memory: 64 MB RAM
- Storage: 1500 MB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS+
- Processor: 700 MHz
- Memory: 64 MB RAM
- Storage: 1500 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
Fun and sweet :)
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy is a great indie game! The art style has a charm to it; almost like if you were to pursue your own point n' click project but didn't have a huge budget for art. It's kinda inspiring in that sense. I really like the unique presentation with the actual developer introducing us to the game in a video. It really makes it feel like a passion project. The difficulty is well paced and i only had to look up the last puzzle which was very confusing in my opinion. For a remastered game it still has its bugs. If you minimize the game it gets stuck on the last second of audio playing and it'll loop it fast until you maximize the game again; and then after maximizing the text boxes will sometimes skip automatically for you. I also encountered that the game froze if i clicked around the menus too fast. But overall it was a great experience and i'll definitely be playing the new Nelly Cootalot game!
The intro of a creator was unnecessary in my the only valid humble opinion around here. He nailed voicing over characters. Why the warning lol ? Funny guy.
I mostly struggled with technical part, wanted to have window mode, not available, had to force it but visuals are not properly resized. So decided to play it as it was offered in fullscreen but then tearing was an issue so the only working solution was to make it fullscreen "window" and that fixed the tearing.
From a game play side the only complain is that when I mouse over there is no indication I can interact with object or pick it, no icon of any sort, yes there is a name of something AT THE BOTTOM but with fullscreen its not that obvious with white font at some locations.
I don't really see any point in bashing technical side or game play side of this lil game for simple reason: you have full paid work teams not able to deliver or make basic things you expect in such games.
Other then that enjoyed this little game ♥
This game is an adorable point and click game, and for 2 bucks, you get a good amount of fun dialogue, some fun characters, and a rock. It's not too difficult, only a couple hours long without a guide if you take your time, but I still say it's worth the purchase, especially with the sales being donated. I'm excited to try out the sequel!
Nice
Not for me
Cute, fun little game; entertaining and worth a play.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Application Systems Heidelberg |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 02.04.2025 |
| Metacritic | 80 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 92% положительных (118) |