Hi, all! Long time, no see!

I've been having computer woes on and off for the past few months, but it's finally getting squared away.

How have you all been?

I was wondering what your favorite HOPA developers and/or games were?

Artifex Mundi is my favorite developer so far. I already know of Boomzap (Awakening and Otherworld series), who I'm fond of.

I saw the Bloody Mary Grim Tales on BFG by Elephant Games, so I might have to try that series. Is that their main series, or are there other games by them that are excellent?

I thought of trying the third Dark Parables, as I've heard that series is good and is really polished starting with the third--I think that's Blue Tea Games? Not sure what other games by them are good, or if DP is their main attraction.


Other than that, I'm in the dark!

P.S. I recently saw a bundle at Walmart that was a 5 or 6 pack of Artifex Mundi's best games, such as Enigmatis, Nightmare from the Deep, 9 Clues, Dark Arcana and etc. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble linking to the exact bundle online, but I know it was a small CD case, not a huge one like Nancy Drew comes in. I think it might of had a magnifying glass in the upper left corner? If anyone can find it, please let me know!

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Elephant Games has several different series, Grim Tales being one of them (all of them are fun and entertaining). One of their other series that I recommend is the Mystery Trackers series.

Frogwares would be my favorite casual developer overall.
Two of my favorite casual games, both by Frogwares, were

Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles
and
Dracula: Love Kills
(the Dracula game being a sort of spoof)

Also by Frogwares,
Journey: The Heart of Gaia
was fun, though I liked the Sherlock and Dracula games better.

I liked the above better than the other casuals they made, which were

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine

I'm not sure if Frogwares is maintaining their casual division any more though (once called Waterlily games).
For a while they had this "Coming Soon" website for their casual division
***Web Archive Link for Waterlily Games***
The current content at the waterlilygames.com website has nothing to do with games though -- so if they make any more casuals, they will probably not be under the Waterlily name.

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Some of Big Fish's in-house casual games were good, like
Azada, the Drawn series, and some of the ***MCF (Mystery Case Files) games*** (MCF Ravenhearst and later -- except for Shadow Lake which was bad) and ***Hidden Expedition*** games.
However they seem to have reduced their in-house development business, and the Azada series is no longer made by Big Fish and no longer what it once was.

Thanks, everyone!