## Description
_Dread Mac Farlane_ is a freeware AGS adventure game based on the French
comic book series of the same name published by Clair de Lune. This game is an
adaptation of the first album in the series, _La Carte d’Estrechez_ and
curiously it was fully turned into a game by the original author herself,
Marion Poinsot. This title is her second take on the game. Two years before
she already released an AGS game with the same name based on the same story,
but quite different in gameplay. The developer takes advantage of the
interactive medium to split up the linear subject matter into different
chapters, with flashbacks detailing the past leading to the events that
progress the story.
This game tells the tale of Dread Mac Farlane, a girl who wants to become a
pirate in a male-dominated environment. She is able to board the ship Jolly
Roger of captain Crochet but only because she promises to lead him to treasure
hidden on an island. The prologue explains how the treasure was hidden and
Dread’s history is further explored through smaller chapters that take place
during her childhood. These introduce her mother and her father Vincente
Estrechez. Also interwoven is an adapted version of the fairy tale of Peter
Pan, as Dread ends up joining the Lost Children and needs the help of Tinn-
Tamm (Tinkerbell) and her pixie dust during some puzzles.
The journey takes the players through many locations and stages in Dread’s
life. All graphics are hand-drawn, and as to be expected from a comic book
artist, rich on details in a style that compares somewhat to The Curse of
Monkey Island, but thematically more mature with less comedy. Gameplay is
typically point-and-click, with a focus on inventory-based puzzles. The cursor
only shows a single icon, left clicking is used for examining and right click
performs an action. It is possible to die, but only during a few instances.
Unlike her earlier reworking of the game, no panels from the original comic
book are used, as all images have been drawn completely from scratch and the
music is now wholly original. The game does borrow some puzzles from the
earlier game however.
Initially, the game was only available in French, but an English translated
version was released afterwards.
Dread Mac Farlane