Barnabus Review 4 - Crime Wave

[Spoonweaver]

This is game 4 of 30 games by Barnabus.

First off, the title screen; The title music is neat, I wonder if all barnabus' games have ripped music or if he made any of it. I'll have to ask sometime. The screen features the hamburglar towering over skyscrappers. Will this screen make since when we start the game? Will the game feature the hamburglar, skyscrappers or anything to do with crime at all?
You were foolish to think it would.

The game begins and the music stops. There's no in game music. tsk tsk tsk.
There is however 2 unlikely heros. Mr. Bucket, and Shovelditch. They are in what seems to be a sandbox bordered by the worst border tiles ever. There's only 1 map and 1 screen to this game.
After exploring the menu a bit one will find 2 items. A shovel, and a bucket. Using the shovel will dig a hole under Shovelditch, and using the lay down a mound of dirt.
Originally mentioned by Mogri I believe: If you switch party order the wrong hero uses the item.
One of the neat things is how the items interact with each other. If you use the bucket while on a hole, the hole gets filled in, and if you use the shovel on a mound of dirt, the mound gets dug up.

So, this game seems to be a simple sandbox simulated. My thought was that the game could in fact have something to do with crime, and I'd find the secret by digging somewhere in the sandbox.
Nothing happens.... sigh

When I noticed the save function was active I thought it might be cool to save a neat picture on my file.
However, when I loaded a message informed me that bullies had messed everything up while I was gone.
Not a bad little game, but not fun either.
1 out of 5