The Random Adventure Game News Thread

[Jaesun]

Vince Twelve ‏@VinceTwelve
Oh shit! Epiphany! I just had a breakthrough on plotting Resonance's sequel. Shower power!

 

[trustno1code]

Remember The Neverhood? Doug TenNapel is getting the gang together and doing a new claymation adventure:

https://www.facebook.com/TheNeverhoodGame/posts/10151796057989466

Through the years Neverhood fans have asked for another game, and I'm partnering with my EWJ and Neverhood buddies Mike Dietz and Ed Schofield to make a full sized, PC and Mac point and click adventure game in clay and puppet animation. New characters, but in my usual style. Terry Taylor is doing the music. Here's where you come in. What would you, the Neverhood fans, want to see in a new game? We'll read every suggestion and actually try to make all of the good ideas happen! Now it's your turn.

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Vince Twelve ‏@VinceTwelve
Oh shit! Epiphany! I just had a breakthrough on plotting Resonance's sequel. Shower power!

Great news. Vince should try another shot with kickstarter if he would need additional fundings for the game. The first one was made in 2009 so it wasn't recognizable much. But now it could be sucessful, with a game in portfolio already.

 

[Jaesun]

I don't think he needs to with Wadjet Eye (have to do a KS).

 

[Tramboi]

Neverhood 2?
Yum yum!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=523398

 

[Crooked Bee]

Neverhood 2, yay!

 

[trustno1code]

Well it won't be literally The Neverhood 2, the rights are with EA and they don't give a rats ass about doing anything with it. More of a "spiritual successor", like in the quote, "New characters, but in the usual style."

 

[PlanHex]

Didn't he promise a new EWJ game and an animated Neverhood movie a few years back too?
I'll believe it when I see it.

edit: Whoops, that was a EWJ movie and the deal was with Interplay so naturally nothing happened.

Hopefully he's chosen his business partners more carefully this time.

 

[Jaesun]

Robert Wing ‏@RobertAWing
@Telltalegames Telltale Games Set to Announce Something Soon About One of Their Titles! http://www.allthatsepic.com/epic-gaming/telltale-games-plans-to-give-gamers-something-to-howl-about/ … via @allthatsepic

It looks like we can expect a sizable announcement from The Walking Dead developer Telltale Games in the very near future. The official Telltale Games Twitter explained that they’d be showing gamers ‘something to howl about’, and soon.​

While gamers will undoubtedly be looking for information on the highly anticipated next chapter in The Walking Dead saga, it seems far more likely that this announcement will be about the upcoming Fables title given the choice of terminology. For those unaware, the protagonist of the Fables game is one Bigby Wolf, and, Telltale Games promised to give gamers something to howl about. There’s always a chance though. People howl in terror, and The Walking Dead video game had some fairly horrifying moments.​

...

 

[Jaesun]

Dracula 4: Shadow of the Dragon follows on from the previous Trilogy and is based on the myth of the Prince of Darkness but is not a sequel.

http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ub...256/Microids_Dracula_4_The_Shadow_#Post872256

There is no official site for this yet.

FAPPING CAUTIOUSLY!

 

[Jaesun]

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/AGS_Awards_2012

Best Game Created with AGS for 2012
Resonance Vince Twelve
Other Nominations
Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator Case 8: Relics of the Past Francisco Gonzalez
Resonance Vince Twelve
Space Quest II VGA Infamous Adventures
Space Quest Incinerations Datadog
The Cat Lady Harvester Games

See link above. Resonance sweeps the awards with a total of 12 awards.

SO looking forward to Resonance 2. <3

 

[trustno1code]

I'm not one to spam bundle links, but this one seems to be by the "good guys", DRM-free & indie first and foremost, charity and a 'Dev Grant' to support an upcoming indie, and they're selling like shit. So why not throw them a bone:

Bundle In A Box: Cerebral Bundle

$1.99 minimum for Vampires, Dinner Date, Phantasmaburbia, Necrotic Drift Deluxe, Dédale De Luxe, Amidos Puzzle Collection.
BTA (currently $5.48) for J.U.L.I.A., I Get This Call Every Day, Cognition, Ep.1: The Hangman, Reversion - The Meeting.

Anybody know anything about Necrotic Drift? Never heard of it myself before, but how often do You see a text adventure in a bundle anyway.

 

[DalekFlay]

I don't think he needs to with Wadjet Eye (have to do a KS).

Unfortunately the standard now seems to be "hey why NOT do a kickstarter?" rather than using profits to fund.

 

[kaizoku]

I don't think he needs to with Wadjet Eye (have to do a KS).

Unfortunately the standard now seems to be "hey why NOT do a kickstarter?" rather than using profits to fund.

Vince had already used KS before it was cool.
And he used it for Resonance.

 

[Jaesun]

Vince had already used KS before it was cool.
And he used it for Resonance.

oh? Resonance was a KS gamer?

 

[ghostdog]

In the early days of kickstarter people didn't ask for much...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/VinceTwelve/resonance-retro-styled-adventure-game-contest-e

 

[Jaesun]

Holy shit. Didn't know that. DAMN happy it made it though!

 

[DalekFlay]

Holy shit. Didn't know that. DAMN happy it made it though!

 

[Cyberarmy]

Disney closed Lucas Arts ... I didn't quite liked their recent works but still damn you Disney(and whoever sold them) At least SW 1313 survived, yay...I guess... And 150 people lost their jobs.
R.I.P. I shall remeber you with Full Throtle, Dig, Sam&Max, Monkey İsland and Outlaws :/ Not with shitty SW Unleashed games.


http://www.gamespot.com/news/lucasa...slot;LucasartsClosed;LucasartsClosed;ReadMore

Edit: Well, maybe it is for the better, just remembered that Kinect dance game ugh....

 

[DalekFlay]

There is a slight possibility Disney will sell-off the IP that isn't Star Wars related, if anyone wants it enough to offer them cash. That could be one upside I suppose.

I would guess Monkey Island is the only one anyone would pay for though.

 

[Cyberarmy]

I hope for a Full Throtle sequel or at least something look alike but don't think that'll happen. TellTale games maybe get some of them.

 

[DalekFlay]

I hope for a Full Throtle sequel or at least something look alike but don't think that'll happen. TellTale games maybe get some of them.

Telltale did do Monkey Island relatively well. They ended it on a cliffhanger too, and would certainly be up for hiring Rob Gilbert. The problem there is how much money Disney would want for it, and whether Telltale is even interested in continuing the series after The Walking Dead did what it did.

I don't see Schafer going after anything, he seems pretty opposed to sequels in general, which I actually applaud. I really miss the style of the old LA games more than I miss the actual IP or want sequels to all of them.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Well at least something good came out of this; Raven released Jedi Outcast source codes. Modders assemble!

Edit:
Woohoo! get ready for Call of King: The Quest!


http://www.gamespot.com/news/kings-quest-rights-go-from-telltale-to-activision-6406390

 

[Tramboi]

I won't blame Disney for this, Lucas has been dead for years.
This said, I agree, we really don't need a shitty MI (I couldn't even bring myself to finish MI5) or MM with shitty mechanics, cameras and puzzles.
What we need is a spiritual successor, yes, but I will always miss the sheer brilliance of MI1-3 (yes, 3, too)

 

[Jaesun]

http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/3/4180226/wadjet-eye-games-dave-gilbert-interview-blackwell-gemini-rue

Wadjet Eye Games' Dave Gilbert on the draw of making Blackwell and publishing other projects