Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD

Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy is a point and click adventure game by comedian Alasdair Beckett-King. You play as Nelly Cootalot, a pirate on a mission to find the spoonbeaks, birds who have gone missing from their island home.

I thought the puzzles were a little challenging but generally fair. The inventory object puzzles were tricky in a couple of places but pretty logical. I struggled a little bit with the cryptogram, but I was able to solve it. The interface lets you switch the letters on the screen, without having to write anything down, which made the puzzle less frustrating. I struggled the most with the final puzzle. The in-game hint system just highlights hotspots, so if you need additional hints you need to look up a guide.

The story isn't very complex, but the witty writing and charming characters more than make up for it. The game is very funny, and I kept wanting to replay the conversations to see all the different dialogue options. Nelly is a great protagonist: funny, clever, and kind despite being a pirate at heart.

I enjoyed the music, hand-drawn art style, and voice acting. There are only two voice actors, and Alasdair Beckett-King is playing almost all of the characters, but the performances were great and all of the characters felt really distinct.

If you tab out while playing the game, the background music starts playing the same note over and over again. It fixes itself once you get back to the game. The Steam overlay also doesn't work, as the mouse stays on the game screen and won't interact with the overlay window. Those were pretty minor issues; otherwise, the game worked fine.

Overall, the first Nelly Cootalot game is a lot of fun. It was really funny and I enjoyed the puzzles, even when they were difficult. The game is short but pretty cheap and the proceeds go to RSPB, a bird charity. 9/10

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.