Léto s Oskarem

Léto s Oskarem is a 1998 Czech adventure game authored by Pavel Širůček and distributed by Vochozka Trading.

Production

Two friends, Petr Vochozka and Jan Kudera, decided to set up a gaming studio in Brno, which they named Illusion Softworks. Their first game was a platformer game called Lurid Land. Their second title, Léto s Oskarem, was the last game Vochozka Trading made, afterwards most of their staff went to work for Illusion Softworks. The development team was four-person strong. Pavel Širůček was author and crearive director. Sounds and music provided by Pavel Olšanský. The graphic designer was Tomáš Svoboda, who also created the comic book in the enclosed manual; he also contributed to the previous game Hidden & Dangerous 1, and would later work for Pterodones. Programming of the game itself led by Petr Bělík.

Plot and gameplay

In this comic adventure, the player takes control of Oskar Sláma, who is so bad at school that his parents send him off to live with his grandparents in a rural village. He reluctantly accepts in order to receive his inheritance.

The game is a classic point and click adventure game. The inveotyr is located in the top part fo the screen. The dialogue screen offers three ways for the player to react: charming, rude, or altruistic. The humour is in the vein of Leisure Suit Larry. The game is very short, and contains many animations. It contained background music but no sound effects. The game contains eight locations, 80 game screens, and around 30 characters.

Critical reception

Bonusweb.cz felt the game was "ever-stagnant".

External links

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