The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble

After a devastating atomic war, the world population was nearly annihilated, and the survivors had to hide deep underground. In the meantime, a peaceful race of human-like creatures, the boozooks, populated the Earth. After the humans ascended to the surface again, they started a bloody war against this race. The boozooks were mercilessly destroyed, their culture demolished, and in the end of the war they were enslaved by humans.

The vertical, economically self-sufficient city of Vlurxtrznbnaxl was erected, controlled by a corrupt leader known as BigWig, who oppressed population with heavy taxes and freedom restrictions. The genius Professor Azimuth, sympathetic to the cause of the boozooks, has discovered a mysterious object or entity known as the Schnibble, which apparently could bring peace and prosperity to the world. However, BigWig's henchmen kidnap the professor and even shoot a teddy bear that belongs to his little adopted half-boozook son Woodruff. Applying a device called Viblefrotzer to himself, Woodruff physically ages fifteen years, and feels strong enough to begin a search for his foster father and find a way to dethrone BigWig.

Woodruff is an adventure game with a cartoon-like appearance and many tricky puzzles, similar in art style and design to the Gobliiins series by the same creators. Unlike Gobliiins, this is a full-fledged adventure where the player character can move around freely, explore the large city, and interact with many characters. The interaction with the environment is done with a simple point-and-click system, without separate verb commands. The majority of the puzzles are inventory based; beside items, Woodruff can also use various spells (such as, for example, levitation) as well as ancient boozook formulae, which he has to learn and collect in order to advance in the game.

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Sierra On-Line
Developed By Coktel Vision
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Hey!? This is the title screen! Woops, that 'A' is about to fall... (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
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talking to the king (hum... nice statue) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
traveled back in time just to pose for a statue (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
talking to professor Azimuth (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
working at the factory (this hat must be defective) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
at the House of Happiness (I think the entire development team is here) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
in Coh Cott's room (nice dog) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
all the wisemen are back at the council chamber (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
I should have found this transporting device sooner (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Wrong feet! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Woodruff and a Buzuk prostitute (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
A sect (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Woodruff on the dance floor, yeah ! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Schnibble! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Game Over, Woodruff turn evil (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
President Woodruff (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
A look on the city from outside (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
For some reason, when running the game in ScummVM, I had all different subtitle problems, such as subtitles appearing in the French version... (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
...not changing, shown in the wrong colour (yellow for interlocutor), or changing too fast... (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Looking for the Health Wiseman - a shooter game parody. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
The memorial at present time. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Woodruff suddenly drops into High Morals Club and loses his clothes! ;) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Plant a seed in the waterless fountain to have a flamboyant flower grow. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
A much better view of Woodruff on the dancefloor. He dances kazachok, Scottish dance with bagpipes, step dance, disco... (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
The final confrontation with Bigwig! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
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Year of Release:
1995

Genre(s):
Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi

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