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The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain

$12.99
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Developer:
Lightfoot Brothers
Publisher:
Lightfoot Brothers
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About This Game

Funded on Kickstarter with backers including legend of the genre Ron Gilbert, The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is an otherworldly adventure game filled with strange beasts, evil witches, confused automatons and wacky ropemen.

Join a renegade crew of time-travelling audio scientists on a hilarious and fantastical quest. A malevolent witch has captured a group of children, and it’s up to you to save them from the mysterious island of Woolley Mountain!

Explore a rich and interactive set of environments, filled with head-scratching puzzles. Unravel a salacious storyline, meet a cornucopia of quirky characters, and boogie on down to an awesome original soundtrack!​

Key features


  • Colourful world: A fantastical sprawling universe, populated by beasts, witches, automatons, ropemen and other strange and wonderful beings.\v
  • Family content and all-ages humour: No swearing... well, maybe the word ‘darn’ on occasion!
  • Striking 2D graphics: Adventure Time meets the Simpsons in Woolley Mountain’s lovingly crafted art style.
  • \vGripping story: The five scientists travel in their amazing time-traversing Crystal Submarine from island to island. Can they make it to the dangerous island of Woolley mountain, destroy the evil witch, and rescue the kids?

Meet the Crew


The five time travelling scientists known collectively as the Helmholtz Resonators are an odd bunch. They can each play the bass, guitar, drums and keyboards, conduct science, and travel through time, yet they are each prone to personality flaws. Let me explain:

Garland

Taking the title of Head Chorister, Garland assumes command of top-line vocals most of the time with some notable exceptions. This maybe because he likes to be his own biggest critic, only to then give himself glowing reviews. Garland is a stickler for tidiness, in fact, his motto is "PUT THAT BACK WHERE IT BELONGS!"


Vandamme

The most mysterious and adventurous Resonator. Plays just about any musical instrument and understands any scientific advice. Take charge of capturing the audio signal generated by the group to whichever format is prevalent to the era in which they find themselves.


Carlton

No one has every been able to pin down exactly what Carlton does. Obsesses over finding a link between science and mysticism but only ever seems to be proving a link between alcohol and bad decisions. Plays guitar, synthesizers and supplies baritone vocals. Prefers to do anything but actual, tangible work, proclaims he was born with a rare disease called 'Cannotbearseditus'.


Frithel

If Frithel could change every choice to include the suffix 'or science?' he would always choose the latter. This man is obsessed with science - he lives, breathes, digests and inserts science. He carasses, high fives and smooches science, he... okay you get the picture. Also plays Drums, loves the Bee Gees and spoken word poetry... in a sciencey kind of way.


Auto

Auto is short for Automaton, and is the groups robotic aid and protector. Over time he has developed a fondness for Carlton, due to the time that Mr. Breezy has invested in playing with Auto. From darts, to movies, to arcade machines and to the definite chagrin of the other chaps, as this reduces the time that Auto could be tidying, computing and generally busying himself around the ship in a non-creepy android going-to-kill-all-humans way.


Chladni

Chladni is in charge of sub 400hz vibrations and is a celebrated player of the Low Frequency Guitar. His motto is "Nimble of finger - nimble of mind!". Plus, he can't keep his mind off the ladies and sees himself as some sort of lothario, of which his motto is also "Nimble of finger - nimble of mind!".

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User Reviews

Mostly Positive
39 user reviews
79%
Positive
6 hrs at review
Not Recommended

I think this game shot itself in the foot by consistently comparing itself to Monkey island. While visuals are similar, I really did not get the same feeling as from Monkey Island so I was kind of disappointed. Jokes in Monkey Island edge on the absurd while these are just silly and childish. It felt like the game was taking down to me and treated me like an idiot. Maybe if I didn't start the game with this expectation I would have been able to enjoy it...

21 helpful 3 funny
9 hrs at review
Not Recommended

I enjoyed how difficult parts were, but overall I found the storyline very tedious, and the characters annoying

14 helpful 1 funny
6 hrs at review
Recommended

It runs well and looks good, but the game play wasn't great. I recommend this game only if you are really, really, really into basic point n click adventure stories. It had a couple humorous moments, but was otherwise boring. I think I was just disappointed because I enjoyed the demo and the game wasn't what I expected. I assumed there would be additional mini-games and puzzles (non-inventory), but there weren't. The only mini-game, not included in the demo, was just a pixelated version of the game included in the demo. The majority of the puzzles were fetch quests, conversation based, or inventory based. Thankfully, there weren't many ridiculous item combinations needed. It only took a few hours to complete the game, but I was glad when it was over.

11 helpful
13 hrs at review
Recommended

Being a huge fan of point and click adventures such as Monkey island and Simon the sorcerer I loved The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain. With its hilarious characters and great British humour this is up there with the best of them. It has a good storyline, puzzles and brilliant retro references. I hope there's a sequel.

11 helpful
6 hrs at review
Recommended

Nice and a little weird adventure about friends, who help another friend out of his misery with a witch. Characters are special, we have even a robot, who belongs to the party. After Vandamme ran into a trap, when he tried to free children from their imprisonment at the local witch, the friends are about to help him. All not easy, as one of the tasks is: bring them all together ... Many comical notions, had to laugh often ! For those, who like arcade minigames, there are some, not obligatory, but you may have that little fun in between. All in all, it is not a too difficult game, bit rather entertaining ! Don't miss it, highly recommended !

6 helpful
15 hrs at review
Recommended

If you are a fan of good old fashioned point and click, inventory-based adventure games, this is really one for you. It is funny, well written and has excellent graphics and voice acting. The puzzles are challenging, but not too difficult and well integrated in the story, as they should be in a true adventure game. With all those walking simulators around, they dont make many games in this genre anymore. I think it is importent that we support developers, who still make games like this one.

6 helpful
2 hrs at review
Not Recommended

Funny how good the voice acting is despite how unsightly this game looked (and my standards are low! I am usually not fazed by mid 2000s flash game looking doodoo graphics). There are also some odd obscure puzzle solutions sure but what sent me over the edge is how buggy it is! Game stopped mid-cutscene and I couldn't proceed! Audio sometimes get chopped, losing immersion. I am no longer interested in finishing this

5 helpful
13 hrs at review
Recommended

I was somewhat skeptical of this game when I purchased it. It was very cheap, but looked interesting. It was a little corny, but hey, it was a fun game to play. I was pleasantly surprised. I absolutely love the Brit accents, really makes the game fun. Puzzles were great and enjoyed solving them. Really, a nice game overall.

5 helpful
9 hrs at review
Not Recommended

A bit too buggy for a general recommendation. Also dialog doesn't adapt to progress: If you do things in another order than the creators intended, it will sometimes say stuff that hasn't happened yet, or ignore stuff that's already happened. And it's annoyingly unclear most of the time what is just decoration you can play around with, and what you actually need to spend time with to progress. Like in most adventure games, if there's not enough subtle hints and good dialogue to make the player aware of the next necessary step to take, it too often comes down to haphazardly trying everything in the inventory. The in-game storyline is OK, and mostly enjoyable to play. Some of the puzzles like the rope duel and the dream sequence are great new ideas and really well done! But if I'm given a crew of five, I would have much more enjoyed to make use of their special capabilities, instead of making the whole game basically about tricking them to come along at all, and then having them hang abou...

3 helpful
1 hrs at review
Recommended

Nice art style, decent voice acting and very silly British humor, but, the story line is only passable and the game play and puzzles are not very interesting or challenging. Overall, I still recommend it, but I'm a bit disappointed.

3 helpful

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System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: 7
  • Processor: 1.8GHz Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Built In

FAQ

How much does The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain cost?

The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain costs $12.99.

What are the system requirements for The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain?

Minimum: Minimum: OS: 7 Processor: 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Built In

What platforms is The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain available on?

The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.

Is The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain worth buying?

The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain has 79% positive reviews from 39 players.

When was The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain released?

The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain was released on Apr 10, 2019.

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