Frasse and the Peas of Kejick

No update yesterday; I was going to do it, honest, but then watching Die Hard and shouting "Die Hard!" every time someone died beckoned. Anyway, I did get some work done yesterday, however. In amongst University work, I managed to spend a bit of time beta-testing a game by Rikard Peterson (www.trumgottist.com) called Frasse and The Peas Of Kejick. It's really rather good. Unfortunately, a crash, and then a puzzle that stupid me hasn't been able to solve yet (it's really irritating, cos it's one of those codebreaking puzzles where you know exactly what the designer is getting at, but you don't know what underlying assumptions they've made) have stopped me completing the game. Basically, it's a lucas-artsy point and click adventure, but with gorgeous graphics that look like they've been taken from a favourite childhood storybook. There are plenty of pretty decent and original puzzles (you have switchable characters and such; a straight forward inventory fest this is not) and it exudes a gentle sense of good-natured humour. In short, it's a perfect game to play by yourself and then give to your kids. I think it's going to get a good response on release.