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Sometimes the right adventure comes along at the right time, just when your spirits are flagging. After looking at two or three humdrum games in a row, and stuffing them back in their jiffy bags, I brightened up a bit when I saw this new release from Eighth Day Software. Full credit to Mike White, the one-man band behind Eighth Day, who's really back on top form.

The Weaver Of Her Dreams is a strange and original game, which also harks back to the early days of adventuring, with well-written text and ingenious problems. The loading screen starts to cast the first spell, an enigmatic black and white effort. In fact casting spells is what the game's all about, as there are comparatively few objects lying around, but plenty of magic.

A thorough search of the opening location will allow you to escape - though not through the door, as that only leads to the game's ending, and you don't want that yet. No, you escape into the imagination - or do you? That's part of the game's charm, it's up to you to decide what's going on.

Soon you are at the base of a small rise overlooking an encamped army, and an old man tells you that you must defeat the enemy, whose magical power is locked in the tower you see rising above you.

Mike Gerrard