Biwa Of Blood
In this short adventure game, you play as a monk who finds himself at the assistance of a blind, elderly monk. You will perform various simple tasks which will eventually lead you to the games quick conclusion.
What stands out most in this game is the graphics. Simplistically done with brush strokes, they strive not to overwhelm the player, but to subtly highlight the simplistic nature of the story.
Although most of the 'puzzles' in the game are fairly straightforward, the game falls behind by not so clearly labeling things. For example at first it seems you must stay on the screen when you can move left. Selecting inventory can be done with the aid of a hidden menu at the top of the screen. For a game designed in less than a week, these simple drawbacks are forgivable, though.
For an adventure game it's fairly interesting. It's not long or too complicated and only somewhat suffers from back-tracking. For what it is, and with the visual appeal, it is quite a nice package, all up.
Reference can be found HERE accessed July 25th 2010
This game was composed for the April 2004 MAGS competition. The requirements were:
One of the central characters in the plot must be a musician. Also, the antagonist must have a weird phobia.
Items (pick at least two) you must have in the game:
- Lava lamp
- Tropical print shirt
- Afro wig
- Roller skates
- Guitar pick
- 70's tinted sunglasses
- Turban
- Skull medallion
- Tuning fork
- Lampshade
- Vinyl record
Biwa of Blood really completely avoids the theme (`Funkadelic'), being based on a story from Japanese folklore. It does, however, meet the competition requirements (although only if a bachi---a biwa pick---can fill in for a guitar pick).
The story is loosely based on a segment of the film _Kwaidan_ (1964) by Masaki Kobayashi. The film in turn was based on a book of the same name by Lafcadio Hearn, in which he collected Japanese folk tales.
The entire game was implemented in somewhat less than a week, so it's very short. Since comparatively little play testing has been done, it is possible the game contains bugs. You can contact the developer through me if you find any bugs.
Walkthrough:
http://gamesolutions.efzeven.nl/biwa-of-blood-walkthrough-spb2004/
Download:
http://games.softpedia.com/progDownload/Biwa-Of-Blood-Download-58243.html
