Basics:

     The Family Treasure is a point and
click adventure game made with the 
AGS engine, for the AGS monthly MAGS 
competition of January 2006 by Clanworks. 
The game was officially finished on January 23rd.

Story:

     In this game you play an elderly 
bearded pirate, complete with hook and
wooden leg called Captain Bloodhook 
Flamebeard. On a quest to find his grandfather's
treasure, his crew mutinied and set him 
adrift on a raft. After 2 days of drifting, he
finally gets up enough will power to try to 
find a way to steer his raft to a nearby 
island for help. He ends up on the island that
the treasure is buried on by accident, but his
evil nephew has beaten him to the punch,
and is already searching the island. You 
must help Flamebeard find the treasure 
before his rotten nephew. 

Game play:

     In this game, you find a GUI similar to 
that of Simon the Sorcerer. The icons consist 
of Look, Use, Talk, and Walk. An interesting 
feature that I liked in this game is the ability to
take off Flamebeard's hook and use it as an 
inventory item, or put it back on. The puzzles
in the game are somewhat easy though, it
won't take the seasoned adventure gamer long 
to figure most of them out. The music was my 
favorite part, as it reminded me of some of my 
favorite music from games like Banjo-Tooie
and Monkey Island.

Characters:

     The characters in this game are all about 
humor, but not diverse. you won't be seeing 
anything but pirates through most of this game.
There are also a few references to Monkey Island 
in the game.

Graphics:

     The graphics in the game are quite well done, 
they bring out the mood of the game perfectly,
and are reminiscent of games like Day of the
Tentacle and Sam and Max Hit the Road. 

Overall:

     I found this game very entertaining and I find
the replayability factor in it to be quite high. I give
this game a 4.5 out of 5. It is not very original, but
it does well on its own, and I recommend it to any
fan of games like Monkey Island.