Melon Head
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
In the hedonistic capital of His Majesty's Realm a faceless king commissions a local sculptor, Melon Head, our protagonist whose head is shaped like a melon, to craft an extension to His royal staff.
An extraordinary vision reveals an object of rare composition: A Crystal Iris Distillate. Pursuing the parts needed to craft the object essential in fulfilling the royal request, Melon Head precipitates to a strange adventure across His Majesty's Realm. He must use cunning, questionable morals and sharpness of intellect to succeed in his task and, ultimately, to choose between allegiance to his perceived benefactor and the rising forces of dissidence seeking to overthrow the balance of power.
Melon Head is a fantastical point and click adventure set in a delirious imaginary world.
Features:
-Strange characters of undefined species.
-Puzzles to intrigue the mind.
-A built in hint system if you get stuck.
-Interacting, examining and using items.
-Exploration of different areas of His Majesty's Realm.
-Three endings depending on choices.
-Colorful and highly saturated pixel art on a 16-color palette.
-Psychedelic visions.
-An out there jazzy original soundtrack.
Keep your mind ablaze.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING:
This game contains flashing lights that may not be suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
Player discretion is advised.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of 7.00€ EUR. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Melon Head RELEASED!51 days ago
- Melon Head is out on October 1st!64 days ago
- The strange point of polishing a gameAug 10, 2024
- Making the Final Chapter Is WeirdAug 10, 2024
- Chapter Four is on it's WayMay 20, 2024
- Chapter Three is Coming AlongFeb 29, 2024
- Important note on the Demo's Mac version!Feb 02, 2024
- Melon Head Demo is Released!Jan 18, 2024
Comments
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I absolutely love your puzzle design. The logic just works for me. They're not overly simple, but I'm also not spending half an hour just trying random combinations or clicking on every pixel trying to progress. There's no
"Ifnkovhgroghprm"
type stuff. It's just very satisfying. Also I love the pixely neon aesthetic.
Thank you, I'm very happy to hear that! I'm not the best puzzler out there myself. A frustrating and unapproachable game would have been the last thing I wanted to make.
I really like the aesthetics and stye of the game. Congratulations on the great work!
Thank you!
Melon Head's really well done. It's obviously a bit bizarre but that fits the point & click genre really well. Actually the inventory items are some of the most normal I've encountered, though the characters & story certainly aren't. Solid puzzles, no pixel hunting or broken logic, well-written, good sense of humour. It's a winner.
Wow, that was a trip!
See my review here:
https://www.dasklapptsonicht.de/melon-head/
Also, we have a new function for automatic translations in the upper right corner, maybe you can give it a try?!
Thank you! I just read it and it's a great in depth review. I can recommend!
Incredible. Fantastic. Magnificent. And I only just finished Chapter 1. I haven't been so enamoured and enraptured by an adventure game in this way in such a long time, and your use of the palette delights me at every turn. I started streaming this today, and am fervently requesting (demanding) everyone buys it. I was going to start with the Demo, then give it a breather, but I couldn't resist. Really loving it a whole heap of a lot.
Wow! I'm over the moon to hear that Melon Head has made such an impression on you. Thank you for the beautiful words, support, stream and attention! I'm checking it out a little late.
Can you please release this on steam?
I'm sorry, but I don't think it's worth the trouble or the money at this point. If I ever release it on steam I'll be sure to let you know!
Just made it to act 2, totally delightful so far! It's crazy beautiful! My retinas! Praise His Majesty!!! :D
The only other comment I have is the text can be hard to read at times.. (Space Quest 3-style speech bubbles option dlc?)
Glad to see you're liking it!
That's a good suggestion. If I can pull it off in the future it will definitely go by the name "Space Quest III-style speech bubbles". :D
Thanks for the feedback!
The atmosphere is unique and it is so fun to play not to mention the awesome music and art:)
Yay! Thank you! 😉
Great game! It's funny, intriguing, and creative, the art is amazing!
You know it! ;) Thanks, Nahuel!
The art is so weird. You're a really creative designer
Thanks, Max! And likewise, I'm happy I spotted Wink earlier on mastodon
Thank you! I'm glad you did too. We're gonna build a good community on Mastodon
Like we oughta! ;D
Well this looks totally fascinating!
Wait… on your main page with the list of games this has a price on it, but when I come to this page there’s no way to buy or preorder… is my browser just being weird?
Thank you!
It's not your browser, don't worry. :) The game is currently in development and so it can't be bought yet.
I would have actually liked to hide the price for the time being, but I couldn't do it without marking the game as free, which in turn would've been misleading imo.
As for the pre-order, I think I will make it available as the development progresses.
Ah ok that makes total sense — thank you for the reply! I just didn’t want to be missing out on something which looked so entirely relevant to my interests. I’ll keep a keen eye on this page :)
Well, I'm very happy to hear that!