The Lost Pint

A comedy point-and-click adventure about a stolen beer recipe, two old friends, and the small brewery where everybody drinks for free.

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The Story

Grandpa left one recipe. Somebody got to it first.

Yiannos runs Lines Were Crossed™, a small brewery in the old part of town. His grandfather brewed Most Juicy™, a NEIPA people still talk about, and left the recipe in a locker. Today, finally, Yiannos is going to open it.

His best friend Giorgos is there to help. Giorgos writes software, remotely, mostly from a stool at the brewery, and he has been trusted with the key. You can guess how that goes.

When they do get the locker open, the recipe is gone. No broken lock, no mess. Just a torn scrap of paper with Grandpa's donkey mark on it.

The Competition

Holy Brewing™. In Beer We Trust.

Up on the hill, Father Profitios and Father Varellios run Holy Brewing™, makers of Tasteless Lager™, most popular beer on the island. Sales are up twenty percent this year but profits are only up fifteen, and Father Profitios has taken it personally.

Lately the two of them have been reading about NEIPAs. But they are missing a hit recipe in order to reach their profit goals.

Action wheel: Examine, Use, Talk, Pick Up

A revolutionary action wheel. Ok maybe not that revolutionary

Talk to the drain. It won't help, but you can.

Examine things. Talk to things. Use things on other things. Pick up whatever fits in a pocket. That’s the whole game. Also, something about a stolen recipe.

Try the first chapter. Giorgos says it’s fine.

Fifteen minutes in the brewery with Yiannos, Giorgos and a key that isn’t where it should be. Giorgos also says that part wasn’t his fault.

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Half Pint Games

Yes, that Giorgos.

Half Pint Games is me, Giorgos. I’m a software developer and homebrewer, and like my character, I do some of my best work from a stool.

I grew up in the 90s playing point-and-click adventures from a stack of floppy disks. Played them together with my friends in the neighbourhood, lost whole nights to a single puzzle, then met outside the next day to argue about who had been closest.

Monkey Island. Day of the Tentacle. King’s Quest. Full Throttle. Sam & Max. The Lost Pint is my attempt to make one more.

Feel free to reach out at [email protected] if you would like to chat about games, AI or nothing in particular.

Retro CRT monitor showing the brewery in pixel art

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AI Disclosure

A note on how this game is made.

The Lost Pint is made with the help of AI. I use it to write code and to generate game assets.

Half Pint Games is one person, not a studio. Without these tools, making a classic point-and-click adventure would have stayed a daydream.

The art direction, story, jokes and puzzles are mine. AI helped me build them.

I know some people would rather not play games made this way and I respect that decision.