In the world of The 7th Guest: 3, you re-enter the mysterious and magical Stauf mansion, newly remodeled and filled with classic Stauf games, toys, diabolical puzzles and artifacts.
In The 7th Guest: 3, Stauf's house is filled with 20 devilishly clever puzzles (or more, with stretch goals) that will test your wits--and scare you right out of them, as well. This house is not only filled with puzzles, it is a puzzle; one gigantic, mechanical mind-bender. To complete the game and the story you must solve every puzzle in the house and the puzzle of the house itself. Only then will the final, dreadful secret of that brilliant madman, Henry Stauf, be revealed to you.
They are requesting $435,000 and currently have over $50K pledged to them so they have quite a long way to go, it just depends how popular their older games are I guess.
Features
- HD full motion video with real actors
- CGI and practical FX
- Extra story content
- Beautiful hi-res environment
- Puzzles with physical properties rendered in real time
- 20+ puzzles within a meta-puzzle that is the Stauf mansion itself
- The sort of game that you just can’t find and that only Trilobyte can make
The only annoying bit is this from the FAQ about platforms:
QuoteThe 7th Guest 3 will be developed and eventually be available on all viable platforms including, but not limited to, iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and quite possibly Linux, Steam and a dedicated game console to be named later.
So currently Linux isn't 100% which is a little sad since the other games just came out for us and with so many people confirming it, it is a little sad to see a brand new Kickstarter not support us yet.
I decided to chat to the developer who had this to say about Linux
QuoteHello Liam,
I suppose I was being cautious. I confirm it to you. We love Linux and the very idea of Linux as a gaming platform. In fact, The 7th Guest Linux is available right now on Steam.
So folks if you want to see this on Linux pledge away.
Make of that what you will.
Me, I'm hoping for their Kickstarter to succeed though. I always loved ham-tastic FMV games. :)
*) Thanks to the unfortunately very common phenomenon of devs lacking time
However, more recent games have piqued my interest. Especially Amanita Design; Botanicula was a joy to play, and was never so difficult that it broke flow (though I can't say the same for their Machinarium, as much as I enjoyed it). And I'm very excited for Double Fine's Broken Age! Especially since Tim Schafer was one of the minds behind the story of those intriguing Lucas Arts games. And as a backer I've watched them address the concerns and shortcomings of their ancestors, as well as its strengths.
QuoteThe 7th Guest 3 will be developed and eventually be available on all viable platforms including, but not limited to, iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux, Steam and a dedicated game console to be named later.
So, that bodes well. I wonder how hard it would be to get them to sell the DOS version of The 11th Hour (there was one, right?) directly off of their website, on Desura, or via Humble widget. That would at least give us easy DOSBox play.
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