SpookWare, a horror riff on WarioWare was one of my favorite horror game experiences when it was released last year, and now, creator Adam Pype (who also made the creepy No Players Online) and his team has built on that brief slice and made a fully-fledged road trip adventure game stacked with more mini-game madness. The first three episodes of which are out today.
Published by Dread Central’s gaming sister site DreadXP, SPOOKWARE sees a trio of skeleton siblings decide to quit their routine of watching countless horror movies in their basement, and take off into the real world on an adventure that includes getting a band together in order to graduate high school, solving a murder mystery aboard a cruise liner, and fumbling your way to be the Gordon Ramsay of the dead. During these escapades, there are short mini-games that see you do all sorts of nutty horror-flavored things, from cutting off a head to playing the bongos in a battle against musicians.
I’ve been playing SPOOKWARE the last few days and I’m really into the absurd silliness and horror homages found in both the adventure itself and the mini-games. The second episode on the cruise liner, in particular, is something I’ve really enjoyed because the story was genuinely funny and all kinds of ridiculous.
You can buy SPOOKWARE now on PC