Cottage

You begin on the decking of a cute little cottage in the middle of the ocean on stilts - some would call this idyllic - we call it impractical, and as good a reason as any to build a point 'n' click escaper. Great stuff. Popping this in the middle of the ocean does add another layer of desperation to what is already a desperate genre. Even if you did get off the 'cottage,' where could you go then? Is there any hope!?

There is hope. It comes through a selection of not-too-tough-but-suitably-rewarding puzzles, both of logic and creativity. There are some nice nods to games gone by (like the confusing inclusion of an easel) and the final freedom from an almost certain watery grave, is quaintly amusing - like foreign soap operas, and beef.

Just the mouse for this one. Use the main portion of your hand to move the mouse around the mouse mat, which then moves the cursor around the screen correspondingly, and then use your index finger to press the left mouse button, until it clicks.

In the words of one of Simon Pegg and Peter Serafinowicz's earlier comedy creations - Look Around You.