A free-to-play spin-off visual novel game, titled BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas, was released on Steam on December 13.
Players must go around places talking to other non-playable characters, finding and combining clues, investigating scenarios around the environment and solve puzzles by either using thinking skills or by using their action wits.
You must also interrogate suspects with the clues and hints you have found and put them together and ask questions and find culprits (inspired by Ace Attorney and Sam & Max).
When playing in Action Mode, players can jump and attack enemies or objects like in beat em' up games (like Final Fight or Streets of Rage 2).
A few years later, further into development, an official Kickstarter page was launched on January 5, 2021, to provide the funding needed for the game's completion.
[6] The game's art style was inspired by western animation from the 1980s and early 1990s, generally from The Disney Afternoon, of which its cartoons were very popular throughout the 1990s.
In addition, the script for the first part of the game was edited by Disney pioneer Jymn Magon, an American television and film writer who served as co-creator/writer for DuckTales, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, TaleSpin and A Goofy Movie.
In addition to English and French, the game would also be officially localized and translated into Japanese, Castilian Spanish, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Polish and Simplified Chinese.
In November 2022, an eleventh language option which is Traditional Chinese was also added, as Eastasiasoft handled publication of a PlayStation 5 release of the game for the Taiwan/Hong Kong markets.
There are also unlockable extras that are included in the game, such as concept art as well as artwork drawn by fans worldwide that have made the cut to be featured.
On March 9, 2023, the game added numerous accessibility features for blind gamers, such as additional narration via text-to-speech audio descriptions on characters, locations and scenes, and skippable puzzles/fights.
The idea of combining a point-and-click adventure game with side-scrolling beat' em up with RPG elements was taken as a uniquely new concept and players have invoiced positive feedback in regards to its writing, character animations, gameplay and an overall enjoyable experience that holds a very high promise.
[16] Adventure Gamers gave a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5, praising the cartoon art, characters, voice acting, and world-building, but criticizing the simple combat mechanics and stiff animations.