Man, Next Fest is truly something else. You can find almost any kind of genre demo and I found a real gem this time around. A narrative filled with such outrageously funny characters and situations that will have you smiling the whole time. This week is Thank Goodness You’re Here.

Thank Goodness You’re Here (TGYH) is a narrative game from Coal Supper and Panic. The game will be released at the beginning of August for the PC, Mac, PlayStation 4/5, and Switch.

You play as a small, bald traveling salesman who has ended up in the charming town of Barnsworth, located somewhere in Northern England. You are there to meet with the big man himself the mayor, but you are early and he is a busy man so you are sent off to help the people of the town, and man, do they need help.

The people of Barnsworth will give you some weird odd-job and upon finishing that more of the city will open up to the player. A man is stuck in a sewer drain trying to grab some money, the park lawn has to be mowed, and keys to a store need to be found, these are a few examples of some jobs that the player will do to expand the city limits to further the story.

TGYH is designed so that all people can play the game. The little guy can only slap people and objects to interact with them and if they are people there are a  few dialogues filled with hints to push the player in the correct direction. The people are fun to interact with as their accents mixed with goofy dialogue make for a fun time with whoever you are talking to. There is a woman who has entrusted the keys to her butter shop to a young lad who has the most soft-spoken nerd voice and the owner grovels when yelling at the boy.

TGYH has everything that you would see in a Saturday morning cartoon. Hand-drawn animations mixed with such bold colors make the game really pop. There is also a bunch of little details that really show how much love was put into the game. For instance, if you smack something to interact with it is usually pretty unique. Smack the trash can, it crumbles, smack a bag and a rat comes out, smack the sleeping park man and he wakes up at least four different ways.

Soft music plays in the background as you wander around the small section of Barnsworth, but it is the voice acting that is really put on display. I love the accents, though I don’t know much about England and their accents. I love every person’s voice, goofy or not.

I saw Thank Goodness You’re Here and I knew I had to play it and now I know that once it releases I will be buying it. It is an extremely cute game with some fun, easy puzzles. I really like the art design and the voice acting. The characters are so whimsically dumb and adorable.

I loved the fifteen-minute demo and I cannot wait to play the full game