Inspector Waffels is a classic detective style point and click adventure, with the protagonist role for... tadaa... Inspector Waffels.

The game is presented with "crude" graphics, that is, very pixelated (and that makes the very high-res font a bit out of place)

and a calm jazz tune on the background. Now I must be honest I have no love for jazz music. Overall I loathe it, however I cannot deny that for the mood this game had to set, a calm jazz was actually the best choice.

The story line seems a basic one. A famous cat has been murdered and it's your task to find out who did it, and thus you came to the scene of the crime and investigate it.

The controls are what comes natural for the genre. You can just click objects and Waffels will examine those, use them, or in the case of persons, talk to them. Waffels will not "walk" around, as is common in most games within the genre, but always remain stuck on one spot in the room. This does take away a bit of the original adventure nature that Sierra and LucasArts were famous for, but in the same time, it also prevents that you by accident have your hero in front of a vital spot blocking your sight on vital things... So therefore, it may also turn out for the better... Whatever you prefer.

Most of the game you are actually gathering clues, and you will have to ask people about them in order to get closer to what actually happened. Now I only played the demo, and when Waffles is actually getting to a point where the case got interesting, the game ended (sneaky).

Since the game is about detective work, you must be able to handle a lot of text, as you need to deduce things to get closer to the killer. A few puzzles are just plain point-and-click-adventure logic. What can help a bit is that you can call your mommy every time you're stuck, and she may provide clues that will help you to move on in the game.

The scenarios are brought with an interesting writing style, and with Waffles hating his own job (and apparently also his chief) and has to deal with a terrible reporter, it's clear the game sought the funny approach. There are a lot of funny references to the real world, but then reformed in cat-style, like the famous composer "Depussy" (which is a clear reference to Debussy). And in stead of a toilet a litterbox in the bath room, and so on.

For what I can say, the demo looks pretty interesting, and if you are a fan of point and click adventures and of detective stories, you should certainly give this game a go. You must be able to handle "crude" graphics (which I personally like, as it totally fits the style the game was set up in).

Link to the game: https://gamejolt.com/games/Inspectorwaffles/315923
Developer: @golosogames