Jolly Rover
It be the golden age of pirates! Dogs of the sea! Quite literally. Our swashbuckling sausage-dog star is Gaius James Rover, son of the famous clown Jolly Rover, who died from a blow to the groin from an…
Jolly Rover is an adventure developed by Brawsome, released 1 May 2010 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Jolly Rover is
Jolly Rover is an adventure game developed by Brawsome and released in 2010. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Playground SDK.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It be the golden age of pirates! Dogs of the sea! Quite literally. Our swashbuckling sausage-dog star is Gaius James Rover, son of the famous clown Jolly Rover, who died from a blow to the groin from an improperly loaded joke cannon. Following the tragically comedic death of his father, young Gaius, who insists on using his middle name James, goes to live with his uncle, a wealthy plantation owner on a small Caribbean island. While practising a particularly tricky juggling move, he accidentally taints a barrel of rum with tobacco, creating a potent and addictive brew which he coins ‘Jolly Rover’, one of the most prized substances in the Caribbean. Alas, the wealth of Jolly Rover sales only…
How it plays
Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Jolly Rover launched on 1 May 2010, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.
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