Professor Crackbrain - and the awakening of the weredog
A downloadable game for Windows
Professor Crackbrain is about to finish his evil experiment.
Creating a beast so vicious that the world lives in fear and terror. A Weredog!
The last missing ingredient to awake the Weredog is actually a dog.
Jay, his dog Bobby and his friends Jerry and Mike having a good time at the playground. But things are changing quickly, when Professor Crackbrain's assistant Rogy shows up to kidnap Bobby.
Immediately, Jay, Jerry and Mike forge out a plan to sneak into the Crackbrain Mansion and come to the rescue of Bobby.
Professor Crackbrain - and the awakening of the weredog is a classic point & click adventure game full of nostalgic allusions, pixelish puzzles and chiptunish music.
This game contains comic-violence against animals.
What others say about the game:
"Can you please stop programming and spend some time with me and the kids" - my wife
"Looks like you couldn't afford a photoshop license so you did pixel art, right?" - my brother
Features:
- Ultra high-res pixel art
- A unique chance to rescue a dog in an adventure game, instead of poisoning them. (But you may poison other animals in this game.)
- Finally you can sneak in a mansion again ;-)
- Three playable characters
- Chiptune soundtrack
- Littered with allusions and eastereggs
- "At least one joke will land" guarantee
- German & English language support / English Audio
Cast (Voice Actors):
Professor Crackbrain - Leigh Harvey
Rogy - Leigh Harvey
Surveiling Officer - Leigh Harvey
Mom - Vivian Reed
others - AI for now
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Update v6.2Dec 19, 2022
- Update 6.1Dec 05, 2022
- Game Release!Dec 02, 2022
- Release on 2nd of DecemberNov 18, 2022
- New Demo released!Nov 05, 2022
- The game is Feature CompleteOct 27, 2022
- New fast travel optionApr 27, 2022
- V 4.0 Demo releaseApr 03, 2022
Comments
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I love the aesthetics of your game, beautiful! I just purchased and downloaded it. I'm wondering why the unpacked game is so enormously big (about 8 GB).
Hi Athanasius,
thank you for your feedback. I hope you have a great time playing it.
The size comes mainly from the voicing of the game. There are many many audio files added.
All the best,
Kai
I’m not quite finished with the game yet, but I already love it. It’s giving me all of the classic, 90’s, feel-goody, Lucasartsy vibes that I always loved so much. Thank you for making this gem of a game!
I hope you will continue to create games like this because we need more of them in the world. Truly.
Thank you so much for your feedback. I'm glad I was able to bring some feelings of the good old times back to you.
I really enjoyed the story and the atmosphere. The puzzles were brilliant and kept me engaged for hours!
----spoilers ahead----
The only issue I had with it is that I would really have appreciated a content warning about animal cruelty (relating to Biff the parrot and the cat) - or even better if there was no animal cruelty in the game at all, at least not by the player. But otherwise it's a wonderful game!
Thank you for your feedback and got your point.
I'll add a sentence in the games description that it contains comic-violence towards animals.
Best
Kai
I put in a complaint about Whack-a-Mole at the funfair recently ,so much death........
This looks like the game I would truly enjoy! Congratulations on the final release!
Will there also be a GOG version?
Thank you Manossg!
The game was proposed to GOG. Let's see if they will accept it.
Best
Kai
Fingers crossed they do! In the meantime, I have created a wishlist entry for your game!
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/professor_crackbrain_and_the_awakening_of_the...
Thank you for your support!
Very interesting game with smart puzzles and the pixel art I so much love. The voice acting is very bad though. Sounds like it's from a text to speach program. I would prefer it if the was no voice acting at all instead of this. I'm excited to play the finished version. Have to save the dog!
Thank you for playing the demo and sharing your feedback!
Best
Kai
Hi! Is there any way to contact you privately?
I have send you a message on Instagram.
Best
Kai
loved the retro style of this demo really took me back to my younger days playing games like maniac mansion. Could you please tell what the music in the background is as I remember it from somewhere and just can't recall where from
My gameplay video
Good luck on the full game
Hi Bronzilles Games,
thanks for your feedback and for the video. I'm really happy I managed to give you the "younger days" feeling. This is exactly the intention of the game.
The music of the game was composed by me, but I tried to stay close to the style of Super Mario, Giana Sisters and other C64 games back then.
I have recently added voice overs to the game. You might want to check it out as well.
Best, Kai