Dropsy Reviews

purchased this because of a girl then i discovered she was a lesbian then i discovered I was a girl huh.

I bought this game in 2016, just after my now wife and I had started dating. Since then we've played through it a handful of times, and it brings back good nostalgic memories each time - from our humble beginnings in a single bedroom apartment, making 15 bucks an hour, to now. Dropsy oozes with charm, a cute and intriguing storyline, and character development - all without readable text. Well worth your time and money.

Point and click adventures are alive and well. Great soundtrack and atmosphere.

Dropsy has a weirdly put together story with a lot of loose ends. It's based off a "choose your own adventure" forum post that end up having parts cut or vastly changed for the game to work. Although the core concept remains, saying the story was "made by the internet itself" is a bit of an overstatement — the original thread is much shorter and the changes result in a mix of questionable plot points and sudden lore dumps on the final chapter. I reached out to the developers back in 2018 and found out the game was meant to have one more map, but they ran out of time and had to cut it out. I can't tell whether the Beach episode update fills in the plot holes or not; to be frank, I just found out about the update. Either way, this is a very good introduction to the adventure point and click genre. The day/night cycle and character swapping mechanics keep things interesting even though you can't combine items. It also teaches players to search for leads around maps and knows not to overwhelm or trick them into incorrect solutions. Last but not least, the tracks by Hypnospace Outlaw's Jay Tholen are remarkable and both him and Jesse have done an amazing job ensuring characters have personality despite coming from an internet hot pot. That's what got people interested in contributing in the first place: seeing their decisions being translated into pixel art scenes.

For some reason I kept putting this off because I was under the impression it might be scary? It's definitely a little sad and a little creepy but I really loved it and Dropsy is such a wholesome lil guy. The ending was really surprising and made me a little emotional! Really enjoyed the art and sound design in this, big recommendation if you like point and click games!