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Inspired by the dual screen of the Nintendo DS, this is a freeware adventure
made with AGS (Adventure Game Studio) where you play two games simultaneously,
real-time, and in split-screen. In Kami, you guide the spirit of a female samurai,
killed in a village raid. To save her people, you must free the fallen god Izanami,
trapped deep inside the same caverns. In DocMcVonSpaceBurger, you are the cartoony
alien Junior, only wearing undies. You have to help your father who gambled all his
money. The only way to avoid bankruptcy is to restore the order system of the
DocMcVonSpaceBurger fast food empire. The game itself consists of a single screen,
with one, very thorough puzzle. The twist is that any action you take in one game is
mirrored in the other. In the first run, Kami is completely in Japanese and thus
impossible to solve if you haven't mastered the language. When you complete the DocMcVonSpaceBurger puzzle, however, the Japanese text is translated and you can start
a second run. Each of the two puzzles (top part and bottom part) can be solved
individually, but based on the outcome (fail both, solve one, solve both), there are
different endings. Even though all actions are mirrored, there are a few tricks
involving switches, colours, and different axes granting a little amount of control
over the different effects. In Kami, you need to rearrange the fragments of a story
based on deceit. In DocMcVonSpaceBurger, the main challenge is to find out the
customers' needs and provide the right capsules. Both games have distinctly different
art: the top game has a stylish oriental look, while the fast food empire is very
cartoony. If you manage to crack both puzzles simultaneously, you are given a code
to add your name to the hall of completion on the developer's website. |
