The Happy Escape 8 Remake 1.0

Point and click games used to be all the craze until around the 2010s. Now, they're usually relegated to mid size productions or simple indie titles. The genre also proved incredibly popular among flash game creators, due to the relatively simple planning and programming that goes into such a game. One creator, Tesshi-E, became known for short, bite-sized escape room games. Let's look at a work of his - The Happy Escape 8 Remake.

To play The Happy Escape 8 Remake, you have to unzip all the files into a folder. Then, navigate to FPSoftware -> Basilisk-Portable -> Basilisk-Portable.exe. Afterward, drag the HTML onto the Basilisk browser.

Surprisingly, this game has story. It's the same premise as the eighth entry, but now, the game starts off with a cutscene to let you know that Santa has effectively kidnapped you so you can brew some good coffee for him. If you've played the original eighth entry, you'll notice that things look similar but are shuffled around a bit. The graphics are as beautiful as always and gives the game an incredibly strong presentation.

Gameplay is very similar to the original number eight. If you've played it, you'll find that the puzzles are still recognizable and even have the same solution on occasion. You click on the sides of the screen to navigate around the screen, click on an object or door to zoom in on it, and have to figure out how to brew a coffee that satisfies Santa to get out. However, there's still pixel hunting involved, which combined with the fact that the cursor never changes shape, makes the game tedious to play through.

All in all, The Happy Escape 8 Remake is a great entry by Tesshi-e and really shows off the creator's strength in escape room game design.