Creative overlord and founder of Double Fine Productions, the charismatic and fearless Tim Schafer is due to host the Games Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco. To celebrate the occasion, he's put two creative monkeys from the studio at work - resulting in a new flash adventure mini game available on the Double Fine Productions website.

Entitled Host Master and the Conquest of Humour, players are placed into the shaky boots of the video-game industry legend, who must search his dressing room in search of jokes. Host Master and the Conquest of Humour is a throwback to the glory days of adventure gaming, with references to classic Lucas Arts titles such as Grim Fandango.

By interacting with a number of objects in his dressing room, players can choose to humiliate the pixel-version of Schafer by running out onto stage with no jokes, or experience a number of alternative endings depending on their discoveries in the dressing room.

While it isn't Brutal Legend or Psychonauts - there is plenty of old school point and click enjoyment to be had in the game, which attempts to capture Schafer's unease regarding the awards ceremony.

You can play the game on Double Fine's wesbite here. Be sure to keep an eye out for more news from GDC as the event continues.