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A cynical 14-year-old follows a pirate logbook and ghostly clue into a point-and-click hunt for a legendary treasure.
Released 12 Dec 2021
Solve Pirate Puzzles
Explore Pirate Locations
Play Cannonball Card Game
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
Developed by Christoph Schultz · Published by Christoph Schultz
Cleo is a cynical 14-year-old who lives with her father above a bar, surrounded by fishermen and unsuccessful pirates. After finding a strange logbook and meeting a ghost, she is drawn into a pirate adventure tied to the Treasure of Eternal Memory.
Play as Cleo in a linear, top-down pixel-art point-and-click adventure. Explore locations, talk with characters, take on quests, and solve puzzles by examining and using objects; some puzzles connect clues across multiple places.
The story progresses through four chapters, with English and German voice acting. Along the way, Cleo plays Kraken Fodder, a card-and-dice game where cannonballs are used to destroy an opponent’s deck.
In the supplied reviews, players often praise the engaging, funny story and memorable characters, along with the pixel art, voice acting, and music. Many enjoy the puzzles for being logical and approachable, while some point-and-click fans find them too easy. The most recurring criticism is that the adventure is short; a few players also mention unintuitive mouse controls or frustration with the luck involved in Kraken Fodder.
„Cleo - a pirate’s tale“ is a Solo Developed Retro Pixel Art Pirate Adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
„What is the most important part of a story?“
Cleo is a 14 year old cynical girl, living a repetitive life with her father in a bar. She knows everything about the epic adventures of pirate legend Captain Cabeca, but in her everyday life, she is just surrounded by boring fishermen and unsuccessful pirates, hanging around at the counter.
But when Cleo finds a strange pirate-logbook and sees a ghost, who gives her a mysterious hint, her boring life is about to get turned upside down. She is thrown into a dangerous adventure and finds herself in a world of lies, deceit, greed and bad breath - the world of pirates - and most of them are looking for the same thing:
THE TREASURE OF ETERNAL MEMORY.
"Kraken Fodder" is a mini game inside the game.
It is a card and dice game, which is taken pretty seriously among fishermen and pirates. One round takes about 5 minutes and the game is about destroying your opponents card deck with canon balls. HAHAHAR!
Throughout the game, Cleo has to play this card game against a few NPCs.
The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2020 and was released late 2021 with full voice acting in English and German.
ARRRGH!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 24 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
