Cirque de Zale

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A screenshot of Cirque de Zale
A screenshot of 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.

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[edit] 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.[1]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Reception

It won the "best writing" award at the 2004 Adventure Gamers Underground Awards.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Williams, Berian (2004-08-19). Cirque De Zale review. Adventure Gamers. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
  2. ^ Dickens, Evan (2005-03-29). 2004 AG Underground Awards. Adventure Gamers. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.

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