What Is David Game?

02/01/2017

David Game is a Point-And-Click Narrative Adventure made and played in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Yes, you read that right. PowerPoint. Don't believe me? Why not watch the trailer? Or even try it out for yourself, if you own PowerPoint.

In David Game, you play as David, going through his drudgingly dull daily routine. You get him out of bed, take him to work, and even get lectured by your boss with him. But today is special, because today David gets to pick up his copy of Time Titans 2, the long-awaited sequel to his favorite game.

How does it turn out? Well, you'll have to see for yourself!

David starting the day in his lovely bedroom.

David Game is created almost entirely out of assets from Nintendo's SNES cult classic, Earthbound. Wether you're familiar with the series or not, the homey sprites and stylized music will set for you a mood to really feel the locals as David might.

Since David Game is made up of stuff from other games, it wouldn't be right, (or even legal) to monetize it! So David Game is entirely free to download and play for yourself, though you will need to have a working copy of Microsoft Powerpoint (2007 or later).

David returns to his once favorite arcade.

David Game started as a class project in which my professor assigned us the responsibility of "creating a game (or level) that had a good narrative experience". As such, the first and second chapters were both made in about 5 weeks each. Through hard work and refining the craft as I went along, I was able to develop an astounding ~45 minutes of linear, story driven gameplay, which ended up being one of the best and certainly the longest project submitted. The project even made it into the professor's personal portfolio of student works to show off!