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Treasure Adventure Game may very well be the quintessential indie game.

A bedroom coding exercise by Stephen Orlando, founder of Robit Studios, Treasure Adventure game is a labour of love that took over two years to complete. Let me begin by saying that Treasure Adventure Game is excellent, and free. The game structure itself is a metroidvania that, in its emphasis on seafaring, shares DNA with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Although the game initially appears somewhat amateurish, with its somewhat simplistic graphics, uninspired title, and somewhat cliched introduction, Treasure Adventure game is a solid piece of design; it offers environmental puzzles that rely on iterative uses of a limited set of items, and progress in the game depends as much on figuring out the game’s systems as it does on acquiring new items. On this point, TAG is superior to the last several iterations of the adventure game series it mimics, such as Zelda and Metroid. Continue reading →