Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD
Alasdair Beckett-King · 2019 · Adventure, Indie, Female Protagonist, Point & Click, Pirates
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Very Positive90% · 16080Metacritic
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About Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD
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!
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
An adorable point & click adventure game with a very British sense of humor. Takes about 2 hours to complete.
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD is a charming point-and-click adventure that celebrates classic genre design through wit, personality, and a distinctly lighthearted pirate tone. Developed by Alasdair Beckett-King in collaboration with Application Systems Heidelberg and published by Application Systems Heidelberg, this HD version revives a cult-favorite freeware adventure from 2007 and presents it as a polished, fully voiced modern release. Rather than attempting to modernize the genre through radical mechanics, the game succeeds by refining what already worked: clever writing, approachable puzzles, and a protagonist who is immediately endearing. The story follows Nelly Cootalot, an optimistic and fearless pirate with an unshakable sense of curiosity, who is tasked with uncovering the mystery behind the disappearance of a flock of spoonbeaks—odd but beloved birds native to her island. What begins as a seemingly small local problem gradually expands into a humorous adventure involving corruption, eccentric villains, and the kind of absurd situations that define classic adventure games. The narrative never takes itself too seriously, instead leaning into playful satire and Britis…
Such a cute game!
Underrated hidden gem! I won this game in a private giveaway on SteamGifts 4 years ago, and I never gave it a chance until today and honestly, I'm impressed by every little detail of it! There are lots good reviews written for this game already, so I won't bother with a big one. I'll just say a couple of things that I found incredible: 1. Voice acting! 2 people did voice acting for the whole game and while I liked both of their voices, male voice actor was just phenomenal! You won't even notice all of the characters having same person behind them! 2. Art style, obviously! Simple, yet beautiful hand-drawn visuals make the game stand-out! 3. Price!!! Less than $2 without a sale, even less in other regions! If you see this game, and you love puzzle games, definitely give it a try!
It's like an easier Monkey's Island derivative with British humor and a little bit of Leisure Suit Larry style puzzles thrown in as well. It's fairly easy for this type of game, I only got stuck once and it was because I had to find something in the background that's hard to see. The music is great and there's a ton of voice work. The graphics are obviously nothing special but if you can see past them it is a fun little adventure game with a few cool minigame elements included. There will be some "that was total nonsense" moments while playing, but that is expected of the genre.
10/10 game would recommend it its quite funny
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