Point-and-Click Adventure
The Secret Monster Society
A Deceptive Games Ltd. Release · Jul 28, 2016
A traditional point-and-click comedy adventure in which a mismatched group of monsters travels through time to stop an evil genius.
Fact Sheet
- Developer
- Deceptive Games Ltd.
- Publisher
- Deceptive Games Ltd.
- Release
- Jul 28, 2016
- Platform
- PC (Steam)
- Genres
- Adventure, Casual, Indie
- Press Contact
- assets@deceptive-games.co.uk
About the Game
The Secret Monster Society is a classic-style point-and-click comedy adventure from Deceptive Games Ltd, openly inspired by the Saturday-morning cartoons and LucasArts adventures the team grew up on. Players follow an unlikely band of monsters as they travel across land, sea and time to stop a scheming villain whose plans threaten their world.
Gameplay sticks to traditional adventure-game fundamentals: explore hand-drawn locations, talk to a large cast of oddball characters, collect items, and combine them to solve puzzles. Time-travel sequences shift the same environments across different eras, allowing earlier actions to affect later ones in playful, cause-and-effect ways.
Visually, the game leans into a bold, cartoonish art style with character designs and humour pitched as much at lapsed adventure fans as at younger players. It is a deliberate change of tone from the studio's darker projects, showcasing Deceptive Games' range across genres.
Key Features
- ▸Traditional point-and-click adventure gameplay
- ▸Time-travel mechanics that reshape familiar locations
- ▸Hand-drawn cartoon art style and original soundtrack
- ▸Family-friendly comedy inspired by classic Saturday-morning cartoons
- ▸Single-player PC release on Steam
Trailer
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History
The Secret Monster Society was Deceptive Games' love letter to the classic LucasArts adventures of the 90s, and the studio's first commercial Steam release ahead of its later horror and puzzle catalogue.
Press Quotes
"The Secret Monster Society is the game we always wanted to make as kids — a proper point-and-click adventure with terrible jokes, weird characters, and puzzles that reward you for paying attention."
— Gavin Powell, Managing Director & Game Director
"Going fully hand-drawn was the whole point. Every monster, prop and background was designed to feel like a Saturday-morning cartoon you'd swear you remembered from childhood."
— Filipe Sabino, Art Director
Credits
- Gavin PowellManaging Director & Game Director — Design, Programming, Production
- Filipe SabinoArt Director — Art, Animation, Visual Design
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Company Contact
Deceptive Games Ltd
Ty Mentor
Navigation Park
South Wales, UK
Deceptive Games Ltd is a two-person independent studio based at Navigation Park in South Wales. By keeping the team deliberately small — a Managing Director and an Art Director, both senior, both hands-on — every game is shipped without committee, with two experienced developers responsible for every decision on screen.
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