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Switch between item-combining adventurer Ben and platforming hopeful Dan as they solve linked puzzles to stop simultaneous apocalypses.
Released 21 Feb 2020
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Combine Items for Upgrades
Platform to New Areas
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
Developed by Size Five Games · Published by Size Five Games
Ben, a classic point-and-click adventurer, and Dan, an aspiring platforming hero, race to stop multiple apocalypses by teaching an ancient computer about feelings.
Switch between the two characters: Ben talks to people, collects objects, and combines items to solve logic puzzles, while Dan runs and jumps through platforming challenges.
Their abilities work together to make progress. Ben creates upgrades that help Dan reach new places, and Dan opens routes to areas and puzzles Ben can tackle.
The supplied reviews praise the game's meta humor, writing, inventive puzzles, and unusual combination of point-and-click and platforming. Some players enjoy how the characters' different abilities support puzzle-solving, while others find the platforming slow or clunky and the controls frustrating; opinions on the humor and overall execution also differ.
WHY PLAY ONLY ONE GENRE OF GAME when you could be playing two slightly different ones at the exact same time?
He has one foot stuck in the 90s, his feet never leave the floor, and he’s happiest collecting any old junk he can lay his hands on, in the hopes of combining it all together to solve a satisfying puzzle.
...has aspirations to be the next big hit indie platform character. He's got everything he needs: he's hip, he's sensitive, and his nose is a different colour to the rest of his face.
LAIR OF THE CLOCKWORK GOD sees you switching between both characters and using their unique abilities together in a race-against-time effort to stop all the Apocalypses happening simultaneously, by teaching an old computer about feelings.
Solve classic point-and-click style puzzles as Ben to create unique upgrade items for Dan, so he can jump higher, run faster and blast away at everything with a shiny new gun. Then, run and jump as Dan to unlock new areas and exciting new puzzles for Ben!
If you haven't played the old Dan and Ben games (you should), or you have but can't remember what happened, there's NO NEED TO WORRY! Lair of the Clockwork God is a STANDALONE Dan and Ben Adventure, which means you need to know absolutely nothing about Ben There, Dan That! or Time Gentlemen, Please! whatsoever. None of the original plot is referenced, the characters are re-introduced expertly, etc etc. It's all good.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 21 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 84/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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