A SON OF XENON
A Retro Space Quest Fan Game Adventure!
Tired of all that irritating adrenaline that floods your body when you play a modern video game?
Feeling nostalgic for the point-and-click adventures of your childhood, with their problem-solving, reading and long quiet stretches of not knowing what to do next?
A Son of Xenon hearkens back to adventure gaming's golden age. It's a fanmade prequel to the popular Space Quest sci-fi comedy series, with the look and feel of a 320x200 pixel 16-color adventure from 1989.
Travel to strange new planets, puzzle your way through parallel worlds, all while stealing every item not nailed down and cramming them into your bottomless inventory pants.
Great Story and Dialog!
Thanks to rapid advances in chat bot technology, by next year every entry in this category will be written by an unfeeling chromium steel AI. Savor the old world charm of artisanal word choices made by an actual fellow human while you still can.
State-of-the-Art Retro Graphics!
Like all PC adventure games from 1989, this adventure boasts a palette of up to sixteen colors -- and we used every one of them to bring a fascinating spectrum of sci-fi worlds to life, from barren deserts to busy cityscapes to monster-ravaged space stations.
State-of-the-Art Retro Characters!
With all of that, you'd think there's no way this game could also have sprites. Wrong. This game has more sprites than colors even. Plus the sprites are animated, like in the popular game Elden Ring.
Music!
A Son of Xenon is a treat for the ears as well as the eyes and brain, with an entire suite of achingly beautiful original compositions designed to bring out all the right emotions when you play. When it's a sad part in the game, the music is sad as well. When it's happy, the music is also happy. How did we figure out what to play and when? With...
Programming!
Son of Xenon was created entirely using AGS, which by our scorecard makes us a shoe-in to win Best Game Created with AGS and Best Programming, assuming none of the other games being nominated thought to do that.
Free to Play!
That's right! This game won't cost you anything but your time and patience, both of which are finite and probably running out fast, so we'll wrap up this paragraph and let you get to the For Your Consideration part.
For Your Consideration
If you like adventure games, you're probably the sort of person who likes considering things. So please consider us for the following categories:
- Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
- Best Writing
- Best Character
- Best Background Art
- Best Music & Sound
- Best Programming
- Best Puzzles