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A wildly unfaithful take on Les Misérables, packed with British humour and point-and-click chaos. Less Miserables gets a demo at Steam Next Fest, with a Kickstarter coming soon.
Paris is once again on the brink of revolution, and you'd really rather you're daughter didn't get swept up in it. Fresh from prison after serving 14 years for stealing a loaf of bread, you set out across the city in search of her. Ducking barricades and breaking into Notre Dame along the way.
Less Miserables dreams a dream that is not quite what Victor Hugo envisioned in a new, unfaithful point-and-click adaptation that is not to be missed.
Gameplay Screenshots for Less Miserables provided via press
You play as Claude Van Clause, the city's worst escape artist, attempting to survive yet another uprising while being relentlessly pursued by Inspector LaBleugh.
Part 'Monkey Island', part 'Allo 'Allo, Less Miserables aims to do for 'Les Misérables' what 'Life of Brian' did to The Bible, with legally British humour, and a modern hobo-based hint system. The game follows the known story tropes, but is accessible for people who never pretended to sing from the barricades or see a three-headed monkey. Fully hand-drawn, with 40 beautiful and/or deprived locations in Paris to explore, and dozens of unique characters, fully voiced by amazing stars of Edinburgh Fringe and stand-up, recorded in live-improv recording sessions.
Excerpt from the Press Release via College Fun Games
I love everything about Less Miserables, the name, the inspiration for the writing, and the fantastic remix of La Marseillaise in the trailer. A demo will be available during the upcoming Steam Next Fest in February (yup, it's that time of year again), with a Kickstarter campaign slated to launch in April of this year.
You can bet I've already hit "notify me" and wish the 4-person dev team (College Fun Games) all the best with their campaign.
