## Description
_Great Adventures by Fisher-Price: Castle_ is a game for children aged three
to five based on the Fisher-Price line of toys. It takes place in a medieval
kingdom that is under attack by King Smudge and his Naughty Knights. They
steal King McBeard’s crown and throw him into a dungeon. The story is narrated
by Jester, the king’s helper, but the player controls the character McDuff who
needs to free the king and take back the kingdom. He can do this by recruiting
the king’s Good Knights. There are eight knights and each one is tired to a
specific area. At the start of the game the player can choose to find all
knights or just two to complete the story. The game uses a medieval setting,
but with some fantasy elements (McDuff rides a skateboarding on loading
screens) and with some comedy, for instance through accents or referencing
movie lines.
From the main square the different areas can be accessed. The game is mostly
played as a simple point-and-click adventure game with some minor puzzles.
Most of these can be solved in the same screen by using the interactive
elements in the scenery. For instance when three missing stones need to be
found the player clicks items in the environment until they are uncovered. One
of the knights is recruited by making trades at the marketplace to increase
value, another by winning a cannon-firing contest in a tournament, another by
matching shapes in stones, and patterns in iridescent magic crystals and so
on. The knights then gather at the blacksmith, but McDuff also needs to
restore their shields by finding the matching pieces. Once the required number
of knights have been recruited the castle can be stormed headed by McDuff.
Each knight has a different skills that is used to take over the castle.
Next to the activities mentioned before other educational skills that are
developed are creative exploration, role-playing and storytelling,
strengthening memory skills and building early computer skills.