Un jeune garçon nommé Timothy s'aventure dans la Forêt Mystérieuse pour dénicher un légendaire champignon magique et sauver son grand-père mourant. Ce monde regorge de ruines, de cimetières, de grottes, de marais et de créatures hostiles tapies dans des lieux sauvages et abandonnés. Des visuels style Game Boy mêlent charme old-school et twists modernes comme une méta-narration.
Les joueurs explorent à un rythme posé, en résolvant des énigmes et en utilisant la furtivité pour esquiver des ennemis intelligents en patrouille. Timothy meurt instantanément au moindre contact ennemi ou piège, ce qui impose un savant dosage entre combats directs, mécaniques de grab-and-throw sur certains objets pour éliminer les foes, et prudence extrême. Trois fins récompensent les tactiques précises dans ce indie adventure à haute difficulté sur PC, idéal pour les amateurs d'exploration tendue et exigeante.
Timothy and the Mysterious Forest has an "old school" style with some modern-age ideas. A mix of Game Boy graphics (heavily inspired from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening) along with meta-narrative, stealth system and action combat with an high difficulty level.
The game mixes elements from adventure/exploration games with puzzle and stealth: exploration, reading and keeping a slow pace is the best tactic.
Three different endings!
High difficulty level is the base: Timothy is basically defenceless and dies with a single touch from enemies or traps.
Direct combat and stealth can be mixed.
Grab & throw: specific items can be grabbed and thrown onto enemies to kill them instantly.
Intelligent enemies moves using patterns and normally patrol their area.
Timothy, a common child, wants to save his grandfather from certain death. The old man fell ill and he's now fighting for his life. Timothy, who loves his grandfather very much, decides to take a risky journey to the infamous Mysterious Forest. Legends speak of a magic mushroom able to cure any disease that grows into the forest. Timothy bravely begins his journey to find the magic mushroom.
The world is full of ruins, graveyards and tombstones, caves, swamps and weird characters: every place is made to look wild, abandoned and dangerous. Except for Timothy's grandfather, most characters are often mean or clearly driven by not-so-nice feelings.
