Cirque de Zale

"Cirque de Zale" is a freeware amateur adventure game created by Rebecca "Kinoko" Clements under the group name, "Mushroom Republic". The game is largely a sarcastic comedy in the style of commercial adventure games such as "The Secret of Monkey Island".

Gameplay

The player character is a sarcastic young man named Alexander Zale, a circus worker whose job title is elephant-feces removal operative. Zale is transported to a fantasy world by an angry wizard's spell, and decides to build and staff a circus of his own.cite web | url = http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,408 | title = Cirque De Zale review | author = Williams, Berian | publisher = "Adventure Gamers" | date = 2004-08-19 | accessdate = 2007-07-03 ]

Development

Rebecca worked alone to create the game, which took four months from concept to finished game, though most of the development was completed in three months.

Reception

It won the "best writing" award at the 2004 Adventure Gamers Underground Awards. [cite web | url = http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,507 | title = 2004 AG Underground Awards | author = Dickens, Evan | publisher = "Adventure Gamers" | date = 2005-03-29 | accessdate = 2007-07-03 ]

References

External links

* [http://mushroom.chickennation.com/ The Mushroom Republic's homepage]
* [http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Cirque/Cirque.shtm Review at justadventure.com]
* [http://gamingw.net/reviews/473 Gaming world review]
* [http://www.adventure-eu.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=31 Adventure Europe review]
* [http://www.justadventure.com/Interviews/Rebeca_Clements/Rebeca.shtm Just Adventure's interview with Rebecca Clements]
* [http://www.reloaded.org/interview.php?IntID=1&PID=2 Abandonia Reloaded's interview with Rebecca Clements]