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Genre: Adventure Developer & Publisher: Dreamagination Released: July 30, 2026 Requirements: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible GPU DirectX: DirectX 11 Storage: 2 GB available space
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Genre: Adventure Developer & Publisher: Dreamagination Released: July 30, 2026 Requirements: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible GPU DirectX: DirectX 11 Storage: 2 GB available space
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By flotsam The Silver Crow Dreamagination This is a rather good piece of point and click pixel art. You play Conrad, the executioner in a Renaissance town in 16th-Century Franconia, but somewhat incongruously also a healer. The artist Theobald Breitsam is found dead in his workshop, surrounded by occult symbols and hundreds of black feathers, his body covered in a plethora of small wounds. Given his ‘standing’ and reputation in the town, Conrad soon finds himself enmeshed in the investigation into what went on. It’s not terribly long – 3 hours probably at most – but it packs a goodly amount of entertainment into those hours. The story canvasses science and the supernatural, moral ambiguity, power and redemption, and Conrad’s journey comes a satisfying full circle. Puzzles are generally well integrated into the events, and by and large are logical. One or two were a bit silly, but none are hard, and I can’t imagine you will be stuck for very long. I know pixel art isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but visually it worked for me. The game plays full screen, and there is a lot going on in most of the screens (and a few are positively busy). I didn’t feel the pixels limited my ability to explore, and the colour palette accentuated the various locations (e.g., the dungeon vs. a garden). Played in the third person, left-clicking will move Conrad around, and a map can be used to fast travel to various locations as they open up. The mouse is used to explore the game world, and will change in response to a hotspot that can be interacted with. You will gather items, and these can be accessed by moving the curser to the little arrow top of screen, which will activate the inventory ribbon. Simply click your item of choice and then attempt to use it somehow. The inventory ribbon also contains the map and a journal which keeps track of relevant information. The menu is there as well, through which you can save at will to at least five slots. The game autosaves regularly as well. Conversations are important, for the puzzling and the narrative. Clicking the speech bubble icon on a character generates a list of topics, and it goes without saying that exhausting conversations is warranted. The game isn’t voiced, everything being read, and a soundtrack and minimal effects accompany Conrad’s endeavours. You can’t die, and there are no action sequences. While it isn’t a ‘must play,’ I had a good time with The Silver Crow. I played on: OS: Windows 11, 64 Bit Processor: Intel i7-9700K 3.7GHz RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4 32GB Video card: AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB
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