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[PC] Free - Dink Smallwood HD @ GOG

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[PC] Free - Dink Smallwood HD @ GOG
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slipkord on 23/08/2022 - 08:37 gog.com (3723 clicks)
Last edited 24/08/2022 - 10:29

Coinciding with the new 'GOG Sale' (Aug 22 - Sep 5 2022), Dink Smallwood HD has been released as a permanent giveaway / freebie game on GOG.

Dink Smallwood HD - Trailer video, Gameplay video & Description

It all began in a world where dragons roamed the land and knights fought with valor and honor.

And then there was Dink. Can a simple pig farmer thrust into an epic journey of magic and adventure save the world?

Dink Smallwood HD is the newly remixed version of the irreverent old-school RPG adventure cult classic brought to you by the original creators.

Check our Dink Wiki for more info and older versions.

Featuring:

  • Remastered original CD soundtrack
  • New quality of life features like Super Fast Mode to skip dialog and save states
  • Built-in DMOD support, browse and play hundreds of adventures
  • Upgraded engine, Dink never looked or sounded better!
  • Supports both DirectInput and XInput controllers
  • Open sourced on github with a vibrant community on The Dink Network
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  • Mugsy on 23/08/2022 - 08:45
    +13

    I remember playing the demo for this game back in the day!

    • Tommybot on 23/08/2022 - 08:54
      +3

      Me too. I think I was about 8 and I could never get past the first area. Didn't care though. Loved punching the pigs and bugs!

    • Berick on 23/08/2022 - 09:06
      +4

      Same here! It came on a CD with other game demos. I still have that CD lying around somewhere. I also think it came with another game I loved called 'Out of Order' - a free point and click adventure about a teenager who gets teleported to the future (or another dimension?) and is trying to find his way back.

      Actually, Out of Order came out years later, so probably not but still, it's equally nostalgic (and would still hold up well today as it's pixel art).

      • Zorlin on 23/08/2022 - 09:46
        +2

        Out of Order is sick! LOVE that game!

      • slipkord on 23/08/2022 - 13:50
        +7

        Nice call out on Out of Order, another freeware game from the 1990s / 2000s.

        For anyone wanting to try out (or re-play) Out of Order nowadays, the good news is that the original author (Tim Furnish) open-sourced the underlying game engine (called 'SLUDGE') that he had created when developing the game, and this game engine can be freely downloaded from the SLUDGE project page on GitHub, and this can be used to play the original Out of Order game (which is still freeware) as well as other SLUDGE engine-compatible games - on Windows, macOS, and Linux (and even mobile smartphones / tablets apparently).

        How to install / configure SLUDGE engine, and play the game Out of Order
        • Download the SLUDGE engine for Windows or macOS platform, e.g. Windows users can use SLUDGE_Engine_2.2_Win.zip or SLUDGE_Engine_2.1.2_Win.zip. NOTE: Linux users can either compile or install packages (Debian / Ubuntu, Arch Linux).
        • Download the 'out-of-order_1.0.orig.tar.bz2' gamedata file
        • Use a free file archiver tool (e.g. 7-Zip, PeaZip) to extract the contents of the SLUDGE engine to a folder/directory of your choice on your hard drive. The contents should include the 'SLUDGE Engine.exe' executable file.
        • Extract the contents of 'out-of-order_1.0.orig.tar.bz2' to a folder/directory of your choice on your hard drive. The contents should be: gamedata (~20 MB), out-of-order.xpm (~3 KB), and a subfolder called 'ooodoc' with some documentation (.HTML) files
        • Rename the 'gamedata' file so that it has the file extension '.slg', i.e. 'gamedata.slg'
        • Launch/run the 'SLUDGE Engine.exe' executable, it will show an Open dialog window asking to be pointed to a .slg gamedata file. Proceed to navigate to the Out of Order gamedata.slg file's location to Open it.
        • The SLUDGE Game Setup dialog window should popup, allowing you to specify Full screen (or not), with 3 Anti-aliasing options (Default, Linear, Off).
        • Click OK to launch the game
        • Berick on 23/08/2022 - 14:35
          +2

          Wow, thanks for all the info! I had no idea he created the game engine too.

          I looked Tim up and it's good to see he's still making games (many of which I've played and enjoyed!): https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1…

          • slipkord on 23/08/2022 - 15:13
            +2

            @Berick: Until you posted that link, I had never made the connection that Tim Furnish had gone on to do design/programming for the well reviewed game Second Sight (2004), just 1 year after Out of Order (2003) !

            That's a pretty decent list of Programming/Engineering credits for Tim Furnish, on such games as Crysis, Crysis 2, Homefront: The Revolution, Team Sonic Racing, and Forza Horizon 5 !

  • DemocracyManifest on 23/08/2022 - 09:07
    +1

    I remember the demo too, cheers

  • timowe on 23/08/2022 - 09:14
    +6

    What did you call me?

    • ntt on 23/08/2022 - 13:53
      +1

      small wood dink*

      • w3av3r on 28/08/2022 - 22:26
        +1

        D.I.N.K. = Double Income No Kids.
        Smallwood = little dick.

  • colblair on 23/08/2022 - 09:18
    +1

    Sounds like a character from Monkey Island

    • futaris on 23/08/2022 - 10:18
      +9

      I ran into Dink Smallwood hanging out with Mancomb Seepgood after I inserted Disk 22 in the woods.

      • thacodemonkey on 23/08/2022 - 17:47

        Thanks for the flashback and the laughs

  • acersaurus on 23/08/2022 - 09:38
    +2

    I have finished this game probably 20 years ago.

    Remember it being terrific and pretty funny, albeit a notch down from Baldur's Gate 2.

    Not sure if it would hold up as well now.

    • Budju on 23/08/2022 - 10:08

      Seems to be more of bg1 or even fallout 1 era

      • acersaurus on 23/08/2022 - 10:13
        +1

        Graphically well below bg1, and game play wise not overly sophisticated. But was funny (a bit crude) had a good storyline and well made for what it was.

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 23/08/2022 - 11:24

        HOW GOOD WAS FALLOUT 1 THOUGH.

        • Budju on 23/08/2022 - 11:41
          +1

          'Twas bunters

  • seeknsearch on 23/08/2022 - 09:56

    Feels like they just rotate the letter c downward and added small and wood.

  • dcash on 23/08/2022 - 10:20
    +6

    Isn't it the same as what's been available for free from the authors website for years? https://www.rtsoft.com/pages/dink.php

    • Big Sexy Unit on 23/08/2022 - 10:31
      +1

      Has free mobile links too

  • Gravy on 23/08/2022 - 10:26
    +1

    Anyone else old enough to remember Faery Tale Adventure on the amiga all those years ago, similar style game, perhaps the granddaddy to all that followed (not sure if it started the genre or not?).

    • UrMumsOnlyFan on 23/08/2022 - 11:05
      +2

      One of my favourites, along with Defender of the Crown and other Amiga games. But it's very probable that there were earlier pioneers of the genre, considering how polished and advanced FTA was.

    • colblair on 23/08/2022 - 11:07
      +2

      Yep, played it heaps as a kid. Did manage to finish it.
      Never played the sequal though.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WVRkwHAKNw

      • Gravy on 23/08/2022 - 11:27
        +2

        I can't remember if I ever finished it, probably the most time I ever spent attempting to though (edit: I just checked out the ending on youtube and I do recall seeing the final screen, very lacklustre ending). You could walk for miles and miles with that odd sideways tilting walk the character had. I seem to remember being able to get on the back of a giant swan or something to speed up the travel…. and stonehenge style rings for transporting as well??

        I even remember some of the copy protection text that was in the form of a poem, you had to fill in the missing words when it asked you. Here's the full poem for memory lane stuff.

        Need You'll more than might:
        To quest for the Light:
        Make haste, but take heed:
        Scorn Murderous deed:
        Summon the sight:
        Wing forth in flight:
        Hold fast to your Creed:
        From Illusion be freed:
        Defy ye that blight:
        In black Darker than night.

  • Dave Stygall on 23/08/2022 - 10:36

    Unable to log in/create an account with GOG. :-(

  • tankcat on 23/08/2022 - 12:14

    It was a fun game, blast from the past

  • Michael15286 on 23/08/2022 - 12:17
    +1

    I remember playing this as a kid, great game with lots of funny moments. Theres also a lot of community mods too that expand the story, or make their own!

  • xtremehell on 23/08/2022 - 13:38
    +3

    Teenage Lawnmower is also now open source / free to download from the rtsoft website.
    https://www.rtsoft.com/tlm/index.php

  • DeToxin on 23/08/2022 - 13:51

    What happened to Dink's mouth 🤨

  • branleur on 23/08/2022 - 13:51
    +3

    And for Linux and macOS users, there's Freedink

  • TheCad on 23/08/2022 - 17:25
    +2

    Played this too much back in the day as a kid, swear it was included as a free game on CD with one of those old gaming magazines.

    Still remember that punch sound and all the ducks..

    • Agret on 24/08/2022 - 02:48
      +2

      Probably PC Powerplay, they always had the good demo discs.

      I too remember playing the full version from a cover disc. Was pretty funny.

  • HeelTaker on 24/08/2022 - 06:07

    Is it pretty fair to say that if you didn’t play this back in its day and don’t have that nostalgia, that it would be far too dated to enjoy playing for the first time?

    • Berick on 24/08/2022 - 09:30
      +4

      Probably, but that totally depends on what sort of games you're into. There have been so many amazing games across numerous genres released since the late 90s that playing an older game like this one can feel a bit boring/dated/slow. It's sort of like watching a movie from the 60s with early special effects vs one from today with realistic CGI and all the other modern bells and whistles. You either have to like older movies or be in a particular mood to enjoy them fully, as you consciously know that there are more thrilling and faster movies that you could be watching.

    • thacodemonkey on 26/08/2022 - 08:39
      +2

      As long as you see it for what it is, a fun little indie linear RPG that doesn't take itself seriously, don't expect great visuals or sound, good for a bit of light-hearted stupidity for a few hours

  • kickling on 24/08/2022 - 10:15

    Played this recently after remembering the old original Dink and some of the DMODs are pretty good. Longer and better than the original story

  • hugabuga222 on 29/08/2022 - 13:37

    Fair dink(em) ?

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