Henry Stickmin

Henry Stickmin is a series of action/comedy/parody point-and-click movie-games created by Marcus Bromander (aka Puffballs United), with the property currently held by Innersloth.

The series follows the namesake character, Henry Stickmin, on his various and very dangerous adventures. First starting off as a thief trying to rob a bank, he can later become involved with the Government or the notorious Toppat Clan, depending on his choices. Along the way, he can encounter such characters as Charles, Ellie Rose, Reginald Copperbottom, and others.

During a game, the player is frequently presented with a set of choices (usually a selection of gadgets) that Henry can take to resolve whatever problem he is facing at the moment. A choice can be incorrect (leading to an amusing FAIL screen and requiring the player to start the scene over), correct (bringing the player to the next stage), or determinant (leading the player to a new path in the plot). All of the games except Breaking the Bank have multiple endings.

The series has two versions available; the legacy series and The Henry Stickmin Collection, the latter featuring remastered versions of the original games and a new final game, Completing the Mission. The collection is the sixth game to be adapted by GameToons.

Crossing the Pit
Crossing the Pit is a 2007 interactive animation created by PuffballsUnited. While not officially a Henry Stickmin game, and it is not included in The Henry Stickmin Collection (apart from the same eight options appearing in a route in Completing the Mission), the animation serves as a proof of concept for the games to follow. In Crossing the Pit, an unnamed stick figure attempts to cross a pit, and is offered eight different methods in which to do so. The player interacts with the animation by selecting an option, and watching the resulting animation. Unlike the Henry Stickmin games, none of the options result in success.

Breaking the Bank
Breaking the Bank is a 2008 point-and-click adventure game developed by PuffballsUnited. In The Henry Stickmin Collection, it serves as the game's Prologue. Similar to Crossing the Pit, Henry Stickmin has only one objective, breaking into the bank's vault, and he is only served with one series of options. Unlike Crossing the Pit however, there is a correct option, in which Henry sneaks into a decoy money bag and is tossed into the back of a armored cash transport car and delivered inside the vault. Inside, he escapes the bag, but triggers a laser tripwire, getting caught.

On April 25, 2009, Breaking the Bank was featured on the Newgrounds home page.

Escaping the Prison
Escaping the Prison is a 2010 point-and-click adventure game developed by PuffballsUnited. In The Henry Stickmin Collection, it serves as the game's Episode 1. Unlike the Breaking the Bank, the story is massively expanded, with multiple choices in succession. This would become the series' standard.

After the events of Breaking the Bank, Henry Stickmin is imprisoned and has to escape. The game offers multiple branching paths and endings with which to complete the game, but each successful ending results in Henry's escape.

Stealing the Diamond
Stealing the Diamond is a 2011 point-and-click adventure game developed by PuffballsUnited. In The Henry Stickmin Collection, it serves as the game's Episode 2. Similar to Breaking the Bank, Henry Stickmin decides to rob a museum in a massive diamond.

Infiltrating the Airship
Infiltrating the Airship is a 2013 point-and-click adventure game developed by PuffballsUnited. In The Henry Stickmin Collection, it serves as the game's Episode 3. In the game, Henry Stickmin is approached by the Government, a faction that wants Henry to investigate the Toppat Clan, a criminal organization that operates out of a large red airship, and find evidence that will allow the Government to bring charges against them. Unlike the previous games, in Infiltrating the Airship, the player can decide to align Henry with the Government or the Toppat Clan (or neither).

Fleeing the Complex
Fleeing the Complex (stylized as Fleeing the COMPLΣX) is a 2015 point-and-click adventure game developed by PuffballsUnited. In The Henry Stickmin Collection, it serves as the game's Episode 4. It follows in the same development path as Infiltrating the Airship, granting the player multiple options and paths with which to escape a maximum-security black site prison. The game introduces the character Ellie Rose, who can appear in some paths of Completing the Mission. The game offers Henry the option to be rescued by either the Government or the Toppat Clan, retroactively deciding which continuity this game is set in. If the player chooses to ask the Toppat Clan for help, Henry will be betrayed by Reginald Copperbottom, who Henry had previously deposed, and dropped into the ocean. If the player chooses to ask the Government for help, Henry will be picked up and delivered to the jungle, where the events of Completing the Mission are teased.

The Henry Stickmin Collection and Completing the Mission
Marcus Bromander announced the development of the game on Newgrounds in January 2017. He established the basic plan of the game and announced that it would be the final entry of the series. For the collection, he announced that the first game would be completely remade, and that the other games would feature remastered animation and audio. Alongside this, he posted a screenshot of the starting screen of Breaking the Bank in an all new, remastered format. As time passed, Marcus would continue updating his fans on Newgrounds, YouTube, and Twitter, including screenshots and videos of more detailed artwork for the game, and new details on the final game of the series, Completing the Mission. Originally scheduled for release sometime in 2019, the game was delayed due to the amount of work Marcus had to do in order to finish the game.