Planet Bob

Ooh, from that screenshot you made a fatal mistake. You can't progres past that room with the slime coffin open. In fact, attempting to go past it is "Game Over".

Figured that the hard way already...

 

Since I still didn't get forward, I had to read in a walkthrough again tonight. There it said that you can move behind the waterfall, which is odd, because I'm 100% sure I actually had tried that myself. Maybe I hit the wrong trigger pixels or so...

 

Then I got along on my own again for a while. Surprisingly enough, after crossing a bridge I was entering castle Shadowgate... I actually thought I was already in there right from the start

 

It seems the game has the same "problem" as Uninvited: You're overwhelmed by dozens of items you find, while at the same time you have no real idea where/how to continue. I have ~60 items and 4 magic spells now, still I'm stuck in places where I've already tried half of the stuff in my inventory

 

Uninvited did have a solution for this though, as you could throw all unnecessary items away in the backyard there. I didn't find such a helpful spot in Shadowgate yet...

Uihjah! This evening I had a lot of fun with the game. I had to look up 1-2 things on gamefaqs, but those aside I solved a surprising number of riddles on my own this time

 

The game has some pretty cool monsters, I loved that scene with the woman that turns into a werewolf

If I had known how close I was to the end already, I would've finished it yesterday:

 

 

Playing this game was a rather enjoyable experience and personally I think Shadowgate is even a bit better than Uninvited - I'm almost wanting a copy for my collection

 

Some future day the "Playing..." series may see its sequel "Beyond Shadowgate", but first it'll continue with something else.