And I’m just sitting here, wondering “what day job?”

Ah, Sierra. You gotta love the beautiful background art in their VGA games. From the cartoony…

…to the outright pretty…

…you have to admit someone was credit to team.

But then there’s games where they seemingly dropped the ball (in my opinion) for whatever style-related reason…

…or simply didn’t do much “background art” at all…

And that makes me feel…

Well, okay, I guess, about using edited Gmod screenshots from Letrune in “The Dating Pool”, turning this…

…into this:

Yes folks, that’s right. It’s a brand-new point-and-click adventure romp!

If you think that looks at all like the classic Sierra interface, you’d be right! This not only looks like a classic Sierra game, it actually runs on the same engine! None of that cheap-ass Adventure Game Studio bullshit here, folks, this is the real deal!

And just in time for New Years Eve, here’s a public preview release: http://helmet.kafuka.org/sci/catdate

Go ahead and try it. If you have any suggestions for the full version, including things you’d change in the part shown in this demo, don’t hesitate – my askbox is open.

(Protip: get DOSBox.)

Update: crash fixed in certain scene, thanks to @iliketurnips for notifying me.

<Kawa> goddamn sunday drivers
<tomc> was that derpy monster driving it?
<Kawa> …yes let’s say that’s indeed what happened.

Crazy how Mark Crowe did that.

“Doctor, I think these mobs might be homosexual.”

“How can you tell?”