The Game That Takes Place on a Cruise Ship is a 2D point-and-click cartoon adventure game. The player controls Gertrude Zzyrgenhymer, a young, unemployed, blue-haired woman. The game starts when she wins a trip aboard the S.S. Asylum, a modern cruise ship. During the game, the player explores the ship, meets all kinds of different characters and gets into various situations, depending on his previous choices. The game contains 4 branching story paths, leading to 4 different endings.