Ever lusted after a stripy shirt and a swagbag? If the answer’s yes, then you’ll love playing Fingers, the greedy hero of Gentlemen of Fortune’s Action-stealth game Quick as Thieves.
Armed with an infinite capacity swagbag, you creep and sidle your way through a museum to find The Macguffin, a mysterious valuable item hidden deep in the vaults, while trying to stay out of the way of the surprisingly mean spirited museum guards (these guys should audition for a cameo on The Wire).
What really shines in this game is the attention to movement. The bright red swagbag billows and stretches away, bouncing in pace with Fingers as he leaps throught he levels. You learn to jump, slide, sneak, and, in my case, crash head straight into a giant dinosaur skeleton. It all makes for a wonderfully tactile, elastic gameplay that really draws you in. Kudos to Michael Doig, the 3D arist behind Fingers, for making a rascal so thoroughly likeable. I was genuinely sorry to fall victim to one final smack down by the guards.
Quick of Thieves is just one of the many game prototypes you can try at the Dare to be Digital Protoplay showcase event.
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