Stair Quest is a non-commercial "adventure" game serving as an homage to Sierra's King's Quest series and similar games, originally released in 2016.
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| Developer(s) | No More For Today |
| Engine | AGS |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X |
| Release | May 18, 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Development edit
Stair Quest was originally developed in two weeks as an entry in the 2016 Adventure Jam. A Special Edition, with added rooms, improved animation, and fixed bugs was released on 9 January 2017.
Reception edit
- Stair Quest was nominated for five AGS Awards for 2016, including Best Gameplay and Best Short Game.
- Luke Plunkett of Kotaku described it as an "80s gaming nightmare".[1]
- William Hughes of The A.V. Club coined the term "frustalgia" to characterize Stair Quest and said "there are worse ways to spend 10 minutes of your life".[2]
- For Siliconera, Joel Couture said that Stair Quest had "a humorous, if vicious, focus on how frustrating" parts of the old-school adventure games could be, and calls it a "maddening, yet lighthearted adventure of stairs and gaming history".[3]
References edit
- ^ Plunkett, Luke (22 January 2017). "80s Gaming Nightmare Returns To Haunt Us All". Kotaku. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Hughes, William (25 May 2016). "Finally, an old-school adventure game that's nothing but stairs". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Couture, Joel (14 January 2017). "Stair Quest Captures The Rage Of Stair Climbing In Early Adventure Games". Siliconera. Retrieved 1 April 2017.