About This Game The Death of Erin Myers is the FIRST installment in Viperante's Short Story Series, an anthology of FIVE standalone and self-contained point-and-click adventure games.StoryErin Myers was a cop. Now she's dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out, as you step back in time, and play through some of the most important moments of her life. Uncover her fears, her desires, and her darkest secrets. In the end, you can't save her. But maybe, just maybe, you can understand her.1280 x 720 screen resolutionStandalone and self-contained storyOne to two hours longCharacter focusedInventory based puzzles100% mouse controlledThe Short Story SeriesShort stories provide writers with a great way to explore specific ideas, themes, situations, and incidents, without the overhead of large plot structures or character arcs. And they allow readers to get right to the heart of the matter in question. Get up and close and personal with it. Really feel it.We wanted to make games that captured that short story essence. We wanted to makes games that could easily be played in one sitting. But we wanted to make games that still felt like full games, and didn't feel incomplete. And we didn't want to make games in an on-going episodic series where you have to wait for the next release before you can continue the story and find out what happens next.So, we created the Short Story Series, an anthology of five 1 to 2 hour long 1st person point-and-click adventure games.Each game in the series is a unique standalone experience with a self-contained story, exploring a specific idea, character, or situation.However, even though each game is standalone, all the games in the series share some common themes and mechanics. They will all explore certain dark, sometimes macabre, ideas. And they will all contain good old classic point and click adventure game puzzle solving. 7aa9394dea Title: The Death of Erin MyersGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:ViperantePublisher:ViperanteRelease Date: 26 Apr, 2019 The Death Of Erin Myers Download Windows 7 Free The Death of Erin Myers is a short point-and-click game that takes you through the events leading up to the death of the main character. The story is told in several scenes that give insight into the character. It's an interesting story, and I look forward to the other games in the series.. The Death of Erin Myers is a short point-and-click game that takes you through the events leading up to the death of the main character. The story is told in several scenes that give insight into the character. It's an interesting story, and I look forward to the other games in the series.. Bottom line at the top: A decent short drama P&C that doesn't "wow" but foreshadows promise for future installments of this developers Short Story Series.Pros-------------------------------------------------Atmospheric music.-Lots of inventory items to interact with.-Cool comic book style character design.-Good background design with a gritty art style.-Non-linear "Memento"-esque story line.-Foundations of an interesting story.Meh.-------------------------------------------------No "I can't do that action" type responses. Usually this is an annoyance because its often the case that only a few pre-recorded responses are made so you end up hearing the same thing over and over. However the total lack of any indication of if your doing something correct or not is just as if not more annoying.-This is the first game I've played that makes use of the Wintermute engine. Although there were some issues with v.1.0 with being unable to read text, the developer has solved it in the latest version. Other than that I had no issues or game instabilities.-90 minutes of game play for $2 isn't bad but its not quite within the $1 to $.5 per hour game time I prefer. At this low a price however its not really a big deal.-Achievements that are apparently very easy to miss. I'm not a big achievement guy so no biggie to me but others may have a different opinion.Cons-------------------------------------------------Pixel hunting. The first few chapters had good game flow but later chapters had a lot of pixel hunting. -Out of order puzzle solving. In more than a few cases your able to start doing an action before you even know why you're doing it or what puzzle you're trying to solve. (Why am I breaking down this crate? Why do I have to knock down this t.v. antenna?).-Dialogue isn't fantastic and seems inauthentic. Pretty sure it was all written by the same person (most stories are), but that's not the issue here. I'm not sure how to describe it precisely, but it feels like the writer was more talking to himself through these characters vs. what the actual characters would say to one another.-I found the ending "twist" to be abrupt.I think its pretty cool what a single developer who is passionate about a project can accomplish on their own these days. This games' character art, textures, and music was all "outsourced" from other specialists. Combining all of the aspects even a few years ago would have required everything to be done in house. All of these pieces combined nicely in this project to produce a stable gaming experience. I ultimately think the main short coming here is the story and dialogue. High quality writing is the foundation (and ultimately the most difficult part of) any game\/movie\/TV show\/novel. There is the beginning of a good foundation here but I think it didn't fully pull through in this games case. However the quality of the development overall makes me interested to play the upcoming other titles in the developers Short Story Series. It's cheap enough that you won't mind its short comings and a good way for a P&C fan to kill an afternoon!
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