Devs: Lightfoot Bros. / Huey Games
Publisher: Huey Games Ltd
Based In: London / Manchester, UK
Platforms: Steam, Console, Mobile
Release Date: 2018
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The Mystery of Woolley Mountain Press Kit
The Mystery of Woolley Mountain Press Kit
Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
Description
Description
The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is an otherworldly point & click adventure for the modern gamer.
Funded on Kickstarter with backers including legend of the genre Ron Gilbert, The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is set in a fantastical world filled with strange beasts, evil witches, confused automatons and wacky ropemen.
Phone: +44 (0)7812 385437
Announcement Trailer
Announcement Trailer
Screenshots (Click for descriptions)
Screenshots (Click for descriptions)

The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain is a brand new point and click adventure for Windows and OSX, featuring five renegade audio scientists in their quest to rid Woolley Mountain of an evil witch.
"If you loved The Secret Of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, DiscWorld, Space Quest, Trap Door, Phantom Tollbooth and Chorlton and the Wheelies then The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is for you."
- justadventure.com
Set in a surreal, fantastical world where a group of renegade time travelling audio scientists are trying to save the children from a malevolent witch who has kidnapped them from a town on the mysterious island of Woolley Mountain.
An otherworldly new point and click adventure game with a rich storyline, quirky characters and awesome music.
- Colourful world: A fantastical sprawling universe, where beasts, witches, automatons, ropemen and other strange and wonderful beings exist.
- Family content and all ages humour: No swearing, well, maybe the word ‘Darn’ on occassion.
- Unique cartoon 2D Graphics: Adventure Time meets the Simpsons, a different look and feel to the other P&C games out there.
- Fantastical story: The five scientists travel in their amazing time-traversing Crystal Submarine from island to island, starting out on a small dock and ending up on the dangerous island of Woolley mountain to find and destroy the evil witch.
"We got to know James after backing his Kickstarter campaign, and his passion for what is a very personal project is truly infectious. We are delighted to be working together to help James deliver on his dream."
- Rob Hewson, CEO & Creative Director of Huey Games Ltd.
"The partnership with Huey Games is perfect for me. The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is my game and my story, but Huey are really helping me to take it to the next level in terms of quality, and to reach more platforms at the same time."
- James Lightfoot, Founder of Lightfoot Bros.
- Rob Hewson, CEO & Creative Director of Huey Games Ltd.
"The partnership with Huey Games is perfect for me. The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is my game and my story, but Huey are really helping me to take it to the next level in terms of quality, and to reach more platforms at the same time."
- James Lightfoot, Founder of Lightfoot Bros.
About the game
About the game

Meet the crew
Meet the crew
The obligatory quotes
The obligatory quotes
Exclusive Demo!
Exclusive Demo!
An exclusive new demo of The Mystery of Woolley Mountain will be included on the Collectors USB Cassette edition of Hyper Sentinel, available to pre-order now from www.hypersentinel.com/shop.
Key Artwork
Key Artwork
Logos
Logos
Team Histories
Team Histories
James Lightfoot spent his youth playing point & click adventure games, and The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is the realisation of a dream to create his very own entry in the genre he loves.
Hewson Consultants Ltd 1980 - 1991
Hewson Consultants Ltd 1980 - 1991
Throughout the 1980s Andrew Hewson built up a reputation for producing some of the finest games of the era, publishing smash-hit titles such as Avalon, Paradroid, Uridium, Nebulus, Exolon, Cybernoid, Quazatron, Stormlord and Zynaps from legendary programmers like Steve Turner, Andrew Braybrook, Raffaele Cecco and John Phillips.
The history of Hewson Consultants stretches all the way back to 1980, when Andrew Hewson purchased a ZX80 micro-computer and began to write programs for it, including some simple games.
He wrote notes about what he had learnt on an old typewriter and turned them into a humble book called Hints & Tips for the ZX80 which was only available via mail order. The success of his first book led to a sequel and an opportunity to become a columnist for Sinclair User magazine, in which Andrew wrote his monthly Hewson's Helpline column for the best part of a decade.
More books followed and other programmers began to send their games in to Hewson Consultants, starting it on the path to becoming one of the most celebrated British game producers of the period.
He wrote notes about what he had learnt on an old typewriter and turned them into a humble book called Hints & Tips for the ZX80 which was only available via mail order. The success of his first book led to a sequel and an opportunity to become a columnist for Sinclair User magazine, in which Andrew wrote his monthly Hewson's Helpline column for the best part of a decade.
More books followed and other programmers began to send their games in to Hewson Consultants, starting it on the path to becoming one of the most celebrated British game producers of the period.
In 2013 Andrew & Rob Hewson ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for a book called Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers.
Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers
Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers


Huey Games founders Rob Hewson, Andrew Hewson and John Ogden have more than 45 years of combined games industry experience between them. As an independent developer and publisher, Huey Games focus is on pure pick-up-and-play entertainment combined with cutting edge technology.
Rob has more than a decade of development experience in Lead Design and Game Director roles, on games including LEGO The Lord of the Rings, LEGO Batman 3, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Hydrophobia.
John has been a technical lead for more than fifteen years, building bespoke game engines from the ground up and working on next generation smart TV services at the BBC.
Industry pioneer Andrew Hewson has published hit titles in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, including Uridium, Paradroid, Nebulus, and Pinball Fantasies. He was also the founding chairman of UK trade body ELSPA (now known as UKIE).
Retro Gaming Images
Retro Gaming Images
Hewson Awards & Recognition
Hewson Awards & Recognition
Computer Arena 90 – European Computer Leisure Industry
Computer Arena 90 – European Computer Leisure Industry
Computer Leisure Awards
Computer Leisure Awards
Computer Trade Association
Computer Trade Association
Future Publishing
Future Publishing
Newsfield Publications
Newsfield Publications
The Golden Joystick Awards
The Golden Joystick Awards
Tilt D’or Canal
Tilt D’or Canal
Your Sinclair Magazine
Your Sinclair Magazine
Year:
1990
Award:
Individual Award for Excellence:
The person contributing most to positive global awareness for the industry in 1989
Receipient:
Andrew Hewson
Year:
1988
1988
1988
Award:
Best Graphics
Best Game Music
Best Game Music
Receipient:
Cybernoid
Cybernoid
Cybernoid
Year:
1983
Award:
Computer Book of the Year
Receipient:
40 Best Machine Code Routines for the ZX Spectrum
Year:
1988
Award:
ACE Rating of 917
Receipient:
Zamzara
Year:
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1985
1986
1986
1986
1986
1986
1986
1986
1987
1987
1987
1987
1987
1988
1988
1989
1984
1984
1984
1984
1985
1986
1986
1986
1986
1986
1986
1986
1987
1987
1987
1987
1987
1988
1988
1989
Award:
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
ZZAP! 64 Gold Medal Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Reader Awards: Best Programmer
Crash Reader Awards: Best Shoot ‘Em Up
Newsfield Reader Awards: Best Advertisement
ZZAP! 64 Gold Medal Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Reader Awards: Best Shoot ‘Em Up
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
ZZAP! 64 Gold Medal Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Reader Awards: Best Programmer
Crash Reader Awards: Best Shoot ‘Em Up
Newsfield Reader Awards: Best Advertisement
ZZAP! 64 Gold Medal Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Reader Awards: Best Shoot ‘Em Up
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Crash Smash Award
Receipient:
3D Lunattack
Fantasia Diamond
Avalon
Technician Ted
Dragontorc
Paradroid
Quazatron
Pyracurse
Firelord
Uridium
Stephen Crow (Firelord)
Uridium
Firelord
Nebulus
Ranarama
Zynaps
Exolon
Zynaps
Cybernoid
Marauder
Stormlord
Fantasia Diamond
Avalon
Technician Ted
Dragontorc
Paradroid
Quazatron
Pyracurse
Firelord
Uridium
Stephen Crow (Firelord)
Uridium
Firelord
Nebulus
Ranarama
Zynaps
Exolon
Zynaps
Cybernoid
Marauder
Stormlord
Year:
1984
1984
1985
1985
1986
1986
1986
1986
1988
1988
1989
1984
1985
1985
1986
1986
1986
1986
1988
1988
1989
Award:
Game of the Year (commended)
Software House of the Year (commended)
Best Original Game of the Year (runner up)
Programmer of the Year (runner up)
Game of the Year (runner up)
Software House of the Year (runner up)
Arcade Style Game of the Year
Programmer of the Year
Best Original Game of the Year
Programmer of the Year (runner up)
Programmer of the Year
Software House of the Year (commended)
Best Original Game of the Year (runner up)
Programmer of the Year (runner up)
Game of the Year (runner up)
Software House of the Year (runner up)
Arcade Style Game of the Year
Programmer of the Year
Best Original Game of the Year
Programmer of the Year (runner up)
Programmer of the Year
Receipient:
Avalon
Hewson Consultants
Paradroid
Andrew Braybrook
Uridium
Hewson Consultants
Uridium
Andrew Braybrook
Nebulus
Andrew Braybrook
John Phillips
Hewson Consultants
Paradroid
Andrew Braybrook
Uridium
Hewson Consultants
Uridium
Andrew Braybrook
Nebulus
Andrew Braybrook
John Phillips
Year:
1988
Award:
Meilleur jeu d'action
Receipient:
Nebulus
Year:
1986
1986
1987
1987
1987
1988
1988
1988
1989
1989
1989
1989
1990
1990
1986
1987
1987
1987
1988
1988
1988
1989
1989
1989
1989
1990
1990
Award:
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Megagame Award
Receipient:
Quazatron
Uridium
Impossaball
Ranarama
Exolon
Nebulus
Cybernoid
Cybernoid 2
Eliminator
Stormlord
Heatwave
Christmas Collection
Cecco Collection
Deliverance: Stormlord 2
Uridium
Impossaball
Ranarama
Exolon
Nebulus
Cybernoid
Cybernoid 2
Eliminator
Stormlord
Heatwave
Christmas Collection
Cecco Collection
Deliverance: Stormlord 2
Selected Media
Selected Media
Articles
Articles
Podcasts
Podcasts
Videos
Videos
Additional Links & Contact Form
Additional Links & Contact Form
Contact Huey Games
Contact Huey Games
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