Moth Lake

I bought this game like 10 minutes ago. Started to play it and only got to the second character at the school, in the bathroom. The screen stayed black for the marble puzzle or whatever it was. I thought it may be like that on purpose until I clicked the walkthrough - nope, not supposed to be a blacked out screen where I can’t see anything lol. I refreshed the game and could then see the puzzle. However, after maybe 10 seconds, before finishing the puzzle, the screen went black again. Again, I thought maybe this was on purpose. Refreshed the game - nope again the puzzle reappeared. Okay fine one bug won’t stop me. The dialogue popped up with the character, but then ONCE AGAIN (!!!) the screen stays completely black when it’s supposed to show the bathroom. Again, I checked the walkthrough to make sure I wasn’t tripping. Nope. Should not be a black screen lol. Again, refreshed the app and it’s working. I don’t even want to continue the game at this point because it’s incredibly annoying. Also, how am I supposed to know if this is part of the game or not, for the entire duration of the game? Am I supposed to keep refreshing or keep watching the walkthrough???? Makes zero sense. Note: all the controls still show on the screen, the little moth still shows up when by an object, and the dialogue continues so it makes it even more confusing. Wasted 5$. Mind you, this is barely 10 minutes into the game lol. Ridiculous.

I am always on the lookout for point and click adventures especially with good writing. Ive probably played the majority of the selection available on the Apple Store, and they start to run together after a while. This game, Moth Lake, stands apart. It’s so unique and interesting and hand-crafted. Many games now try to avoid any dialogue or story so that they can sell in global markets and the game suffers as a result and really loses some soul. So something like this that is not afraid to create unique characters and make risky jokes is a breath of fresh air. The many multiple endings is just so ambitious and must have been so difficult to implement. I wish I could get myself to replay it and save more people. Or I wish there was another way to explore the other story branches without a restart. I can’t wait until the dev makes another game, I’ll instantly buy it. However, I hope they make a more traditionally controlled point and click adventure (monkey island style). I prefer the puzzles and dialogue and a >1D map with demarcated locations to the side scrolling. The arcade and stealth elements are lost on me.

Great gameplay long, smooth, good graphics. Funny & creepy. Point & click & action all in one, but they let you choose easy or hard which I like, sometimes idw a hard game just a good story. It made me go back and buy his all their games, and I will be looking for more in the future.