Helping Frankenstein – The Game
It’s alive! Frankenstein rises again on an Iphone near you, or in your hand. Anroid, too. “Helping Frankenstein” a newly released game from Sweden based game developer Peeking Peacock lets you play assistant to Dr. Frankenstein in creating a creature from dead bodies! There are a few differences in this version than in Mary Shelley’s novel. First, the “doctor: here is an attractive young woman in lab coat, Ms. Frankenstein, and the main player character is the hunchbacked assistant Igor, of the movie world.
Players of the game take on the role of Igor, who has just lost his previous job due to a work conflict with an angry mob with wooden stakes. You, as Igor, will now assist the young Ms. Frankenstein in her latest experiment, to create life, but first she needs a body to be dug from the graveyard, then be assembled piece-by piece. According to the game description “the church is not so keen on this ‘bring-people-back-to-life-thing’ and will try to stop you with all means necessary.” So the player must overcome the obstacles, which also include the local law and other characters who will try to “get in your way, or maybe help you out, as you progress towards your goal.”
The game features cartoon-style graphics with point-and-tap gameplay and some apparently intentional “poor attempts at humor” along the way. The game and the price are a lower cost adventure to while away some time while waiting in line, or the while story line can be played in one long session.
Here’s a vimeo trailer of Helping Frankenstein trailer
Mary Shelley might be appalled at the prospect of the hunchback in her story, as she suffered paralysis and disability herself, but she would probably applaud the female “doctor” as both she and her mother revered education for woman.