King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride

King's Quest VII was developed with the new, multimedia-friendly, 32 bit version of Sierra's SCI interpreter: SCI-32. One of the features of this interpreter was support for Super VGA graphics at a resolution of 640x480 pixels. Another significant change from previous King's Quest games, was the introduction of the "smart" pointer. When playing the game, the pointer lights up when passed over an object that can be used, whereas previous games required the player to select an action icon and then clicking on the environment, without indicating which parts of the game could be interacted with. To some critics, this new interface oversimplified the gameplay and the disney-like style was a step away from the previous titles. However, with the rapid increase in computer sales it was also obvious that the market of novice computer users was expanding, and to grab hold of that market, King's Quest VII needed to be easy to play. Also the cartoony approach was bound to attract more children to the series.

Roberta Williams, who was at the same time working on Phantasmagoria, co-designed King's Quest VII with Lorelei Shannon. Lorelei co-designed Pepper's Adventures in Time with Jane Jensen, co-designer of King's Quest VI. Lorelei, a big fan of the horror-genre, would shortly after have her entirely own project, designing the sequel to Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh.