Colossal Cave Adventure remake from Ken & Roberta Williams

[Infinitron]

This video was thrown together by Roberta and I quickly, as an example for our marketing group of how to showcase our new 2.0 release. I'm terrible at video editing, so the video turned out poorly, but the 2.0 release has turned out awesome. It represents a huge effort and shows Roberta's and my commitment to making this game as good as it can possibly be. I hope you will enjoy the video!

 

[Jaesun]

This was a fascinating read getting caught up on this project and all the various things that happened along the way. I really do like the concept of taking an old text adventure game, and re-creating it fully in 3D, and keeping all the text adventure type system elements (Look, Use etc....). It seems they did fully and faithfully translate that and now getting a much badly needed 2.0 version, and now the game at a more realistic price point.

This does at least seem a bit interesting to me. The rather mobile game art direction is a but off putting though. I might actually try this some day, with 0 expectations, just to see what I think...

 

[Infinitron]

Have you ever wanted to fly? Well jump aboard our flying machine for an underground tour of the Colossal Cave. It's a journey you won't forget!

This is a 360 degree immersive video. For the full experience you'll want to watch while wearing a VR headset.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[AndyS]

Playing this right now after picking it up on sale and I'm liking it. It really is just the old text game adapted into first-person graphical form. The puzzles are coming back to me ("Oh yeah, don't drop the vase unless you have the pillow..."). In some ways, it feels like the most King's Quest thing Roberta has done since like KQ2 at least. Just drop you in a world and let you explore, solve puzzles, and accumulate treasures, with a bit of whimsical charm.

 

[OndrejSc]

Needs more multiplayer modes.

 

[TheSoul]

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/1c6ba3bd-6e7b-418f-90ff-41cc74b69344/landing

Sierra documentary announced. Haven't seen any of the Sierra figures mentioned advertising it besides Ken.

The True Story of Sierra On-line

You grew up with the amazing stories and incredible games they created – now experience the behind-the-scenes story of Sierra On-Line as told by the people who created those iconic games and a video game renaissance.

From the team behind the Prime Video docuseries Gamebreakers and award-winning game studio MidBoss, Legends of Adventure is the new feature documentary about video game pioneers Ken and Roberta Williams, the unlikely team of designers and storytellers at Sierra On-Line, and the rise of the adventure game genre.

Legends of Adventure is the inside story behind your favorite Sierra game franchises – including King’s Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Leisure Suit Larry, Gabriel Knight, Police Quest, Phantasmagoria, and more – with all-new insights and never-before-heard stories from the creators of these classic titles!

Featuring exclusive interviews with:​

• Roberta Williams
• Ken Williams
• Al Lowe
• Lori Ann Cole
• Corey Cole
• And many, many more!

Stay tuned for project updates and announcements on additional participants and partners!

Also here's a video of the Coles giving up on Colossal Cave after 15 minutes.

 

[Fictive Cunt]

Also here's a video of the Coles giving up on Colossal Cave after 15 minutes.

Holy smokes, Grandma Lori can barely contain her giant tits.

 

[OndrejSc]

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.

 

[Rincewind]

I don't know much about the personal details of the Williams, but from the materials shared in this thread that doesn't sound like the correct understanding at all: he sounds like having a secularized puritan worldview where profession means a religious commitment to the success of the trade, not for money but because it's the fulfilment of all moral obligations itself. It might resemble greediness only superficially, it's rather an overwhelming ethical devotion to professional success —in other words, he's been raised in 100% OG Northern American ideology.

Well, you might be on to something, and this puts Catholics into a favourable light, which is quite something...

There's something about this American ideology that makes my skin crawl. It goes beyond just doing quality work, which I approve of, into... fanaticism, I guess?

 

[v1rus]

Dont want to open a new thread - I had some trouble running original 350 Colossal Cave Adventure on ScummVM. Finally managed to get Hugo version to run.

Is this a good version to play? If I understood, its exactly the same as any other 350 version, except its written for Hugo.