7 Meters away. Oscar and the Cell of the Soul

Poor Oscar just wants to relax. After a day of deliveries, on his last run he encounters [i]The Cell of the Soul[/i]. Does this count as overtime? [h3]Gameplay & Features[/h3] The game is a point-and-click adventure. Search the environments for clues or objects to help you progress through the story. The game is played with either your mouse or the space bar. A radial wheel will pop up when you click on an object with 4 actions; take, look, talk or use. You can drag one item on top of another to combine them. Or open up your inventory (right click your mouse) and drag an item to use it on an object in the environment. The settings are basic; full screen or windowed and audio controls. A nice touch is being able to listen to the original soundtrack provided on the main screen. Also credits are available to view on the main screen. 💥 Important! Save your game before exiting, it will not automatically save. I had to restart the game from scratch not knowing this. [h3]The Visuals & Audio[/h3] Feelings of nostalgia surface when looking at a game like [i]7 Meters away. Oscar and the Cell of the Soul[/i]. The game is composed of pixel art graphics. The old school gamer in me wa…

[h1][b][u]BottomLine at the Top:[/u][/b][/h1] Developer has potential but I can't recommend this title. [h1][b][u]Intro:[/u][/b][/h1] Full disclosure upfront a copy of this game was sent to me by the developer (thanks!). Its a quick adventure jaunt that has potential but ultimately falls short due to incompletion and lack of polish. [h1][b][u]Pros:[/u][/b][/h1] -Good Background art -Some detailed sprite animations -Beginnings of an interesting mystery. -Standard 4 verb icon wheel -I like how the developer referenced himself in the game. If I ever made my own P&C I'd totally do the same lol. -Multiple save slots -Game does come across as having an interesting mystery. [h1][b][u]Meh...:[/u][/b][/h1] -Starts in windowed mode...Yuck! -No Voice Acting -Default mouse speed is slow [h1][b][u]Cons:[/u][/b][/h1] -Weird script timing. There are several scenes with obviously clickable objects present before the scripting allows you to actually pick them up. One or two of these would be ok but it happens too often in this game. -No hotspot highlight function -By far the worst part was the initial cell puzzle. Was very unintuitive due to an inventory item's design. -Ultimately t…

[quote=Hallak65] Follow us for more [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45113328-Awesome-Adventure-Friends/] Awesome Adventure[/url] [/quote] The only reason to give this game a thumbs up is to support the small developer trying to keep alive a dying genre, but unfortunately, this game barely qualifies as a game and feels more like a demo or prologue with actual ads for the developer. It's short, lasting around 1.5 hours (30 min if you're luckier than me) , and is filled with pixel hunts and red herrings, ending just as it starts to get interesting.

Can't recommend, that cell puzzle was nonsensical. It has some decent art though, hopefully the dev releases an official guide or another fan does the honors.

short indie game that has decent pixel art graphics and passable puzzles. the short duration though was the best thing about this one and that should say something. to the most part it is a disaster. the so called story (including a most non-sensical and abrupt ending), the dialogs, the attempts at jokes can easily put this one among the worst point'n click adventure games in my personal history. i want to assume some of the jokes got lost in translation but i don't believe the vast majority of them were any good or less cringe even in spanish. i got the strong impression that the dev is a young teenager who was punching way above his belt here. i like supporting indie devs via different means but i feel no obligation at all to support those, who clearly don't have what it takes to create a good game.