Red Beard

Designer: Jason Frey

Platform: Internet Browser

Year Released: 2001

Genre: Puzzle, Adventure, Flash

Plot

Theme - "Red Beard, an an old pirate that needs your help to collect all the treasure stones to get access to the next game level." Its kind of a Super mario-ish type game.

Technically: red beard, puzzle game, collect dots, adventure, flash

Game Design Elements

I chose this game for the compelling mechanics* that work very well. I've been playing this for a while and it hasn't gotten old yet. Yet its flash, so I only play it when I get really really bored.*

Visually not amazing... but addicting yes.

The goal of the game is to get to each finish line as fast as possible, therefore getting the most points. In order to actually get good at the game (this is the addicting part) you have to remember each puzzle or path that you figured out to get there more quickly. Also it is a jump quest, so it takes thought, quick decision making, and sometimes the player is rushed,* like on some levels there is rising water, so even after you figure it out, your bound to make many mistakes, thats why you have to keep trying!

This makes for the game to never get boring, because no matter how much time you spend, you can only get better at it.

(14 levels starting from easy to hard.)