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The Epic Origins of CamelGirl!

by Brandi Wilcox

(based on 1 rating)
Estimated play time: 1 hour and 45 minutes (based on 1 vote)
Members voted for the following times for this game:
  • 1 hour and 45 minutes: "used walkthrough after flailing around for a while" — MathBrush
1 review5 members have played this game. It's on 3 wishlists.

About the Story

The origin story of the not-so-world-famous superheroine CamelGirl!

Awards

4th Place - Spring Thing 2007

Ratings and Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Gain the powers of a camel and escape a hospital, December 10, 2024
Related reviews: about 2 hours

This is the only Spring Thing game that has never been reviewed on IFDB. I think I can see why; it's a longer game with a big, nonlinear map, a few different ways to die, and puzzles with difficult timing.

You play as a protestor at a nuclear facility who gets lost and then bitten by a camel. You wake up in a hospital with another protestor chained nearby. The hospital has a lot of floors, each with hallways filled with room. There are myriad keys and you have to do a variety of heroic actions that aren't well-clued.

You also gain the ability to bite hard and spit but the game doesn't spell this out and you almost never use them.

The story is interesting, but I remember an Emily Short blog post about how you should make a nonlinear game designed in a way that it's impossible to progress without encountering the story, and I think that would have benefitted this game a lot. Also, there could be more indication of when puzzles exist, as often there are things you need to do that you don't even know you need to do!

However, I do think people could enjoy this game and hope it gets more reviews.

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