Interactive retro adventure
Powers in the Basement, also commonly known as PitB, is a free-to-play adventure game wherein you will delve into the lazy, useless but chaotic world of a young man. In this role-playing game, you assume playing the main protagonist’s Will Phail—a spoiled and apathetic 15-year-old.
Your aim here in PitB is to fight the strong prejudice against you and search for your shirt so you can hang out with your friends. Developed by an indie developer IlliterateCodeGames, this indie game is designed in pixel art graphic style granting long hours of retro gameplay.
Mind-bending point-and-click puzzles
Your main control option for Powers in the Basement’s gameplay is through your mouse cursors but keyboard shortcuts are also available for you to enable. The journey to carry out your simple tasks—find, search, and go out with friends—will be difficult to accomplish especially with the variety of obstacles scattered around the game environment. For instance, you need to dodge sluggish grandparents, naughty rats, carnivorous plants, and so forth.
With this, you must bring objects that can be utilized as your weapon when you stroll around your room looking for a shirt. This game demonstrates decent story-driven elements as most of the items you click for action will tell you great dialogues that you have to pay attention to as well to solve the perplexing puzzles. Thus, it’s better to interact with all displayed objects to gain crucial information.
It's a surreal play that's set in a medieval fantasy world that presents comical humor on the side with references ranging from the classics to pop culture. Apart from numerous items, you'll be able to engage with characters containing silly personalities, even boosting the game's playful nature. However, its whimsical elements shouldn't distract you as the hard-to-solve puzzles can be frustrating if you're not keen on small details.
Classic and nostalgic puzzle venture
Powers in the Basement is indeed an entertaining adventure about a young man's clumsy breakthrough of his lazy and stoic reputation. It can bring you laughter while annoying you with its puzzling challenges that require you to think out of the box. Feast your eyes on the game's 2D visual art style and feel nostalgic with the retro elements as well as references that its gameplay exhibits.
