The Random Adventure Game News Thread

[commie]

Now Jane? This is all too much. She can wait anyway. Emo chick games aren't my cup of tea and I'm sure there's enough girl gamers to fund her project anyway.

Tex Murphy or death for me.

 

[ghostdog]

We would love to do Gabriel Knight in the near future. Because that IP does not belong to us, it's not a given. Having our own studio, and successfully shipping a title, will make obtaining the rights more likely than ever before.

Oh fuck. I'll probably donate solely for that.

 

[Jaesun]

I'm *hoping* Jane get's enough money to possibly buy the rights to GK to do more GK series. THAT WOULD BE FUCKING AWESOME. Though I have no idea how complicated or how expensive that would be to buy it from Activision, AND if they would even sell it.

I'm backing this as well. The Moebeus game sound AWESOME <3

 

[Crooked Bee]

Just created a separate thread at SA for Jensen's Kickstarter. So far the replies have been mixed ("old adventure games suck", "Sierra adventure games suck", "Gray Matter sucks" -- which I can even kinda agree with, "Gabriel Knight 3 sucks", etc., but a few positive ones as well).

 

[Jaesun]

Just created a separate thread at SA for Jensen's Kickstarter. So far the replies have been mixed ("old adventure games suck", "Sierra adventure games suck", "Gray Matter sucks" -- which I can even kinda agree with, "Gabriel Knight 3 sucks", etc., but a few positive ones as well).

Yeah surprised at the.... caution of people backing this. It's at 15,000$ While Shadowrun is now at 120,000$ heh

I can understand the hesitation though.

 

[Aeschylus]

I'm *hoping* Jane get's enough money to possibly buy the rights to GK to do more GK series. THAT WOULD BE FUCKING AWESOME. Though I have no idea how complicated or how expensive that would be to buy it from Activision, AND if they would even sell it.

I'm backing this as well. The Moebeus game sound AWESOME <3

Buying the rights, probably not going to happen. Big companies tend to be loathe to part with their properties, even if they have no plans to use them. Getting a license to make a sequel? That seems more possible.

 

[Jaesun]

I'm *hoping* Jane get's enough money to possibly buy the rights to GK to do more GK series. THAT WOULD BE FUCKING AWESOME. Though I have no idea how complicated or how expensive that would be to buy it from Activision, AND if they would even sell it.

I'm backing this as well. The Moebeus game sound AWESOME <3

Buying the rights, probably not going to happen. Big companies tend to be loathe to part with their properties, even if they have no plans to use them. Getting a license to make a sequel? That seems more possible.

Yeah I'm NOT a Copyright Lawyer heh so I don't know shit on the subject. But I do know, like in the case of The Bards Tale, you can buy the name right's to make a video game with that setting. And the particular stipulations on the agreement.

I more ment I'l love to see her get name and setting rights to do another GK game that is based off the previous ones. But we shall see.

 

[Atomic]

New Stasis Teaser is up:

 

[Jaesun]

Came in pants. Changing pants. BRB.

 

[Renegen]

Jane Jensen is releasing her very own Kickstarter! I didn't read what kind of game she's doing (except you get 1 of 3 choices) but her daughter is hot.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1005365109/jane-jensens-pinkerton-road-2012-2013-csg

 

[Jaesun]

Jane Jensen is releasing her very own Kickstarter! I didn't read what kind of game she's doing (except you get 1 of 3 choices) but her daughter is hot.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1005365109/jane-jensens-pinkerton-road-2012-2013-csg

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...er-own-studio-kickstarts-new-adventure.70917/

 

[Nattvardsvin]

New Stasis Teaser is up:

That was..that was..
I need to play that.

 

[zeitgeist]

Has anyone tried Dead Mountaineer's Hotel? The Youtube LP reveals it's hilariously horrible in terms of voice acting and music, yet the source material is supposedly pretty good.

 

[Jaesun]

http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1442

Preview Of TellTales New Adventure Game QT Interactive Movie Action Game, The Walking Dead.

I think the Art Direction is BEAUTIFUL. Just wish they would go back to making Adventure Games......

 

[Nattvardsvin]

More QT bullshit huh? I'm not even going to touch that one.
Jurassic Park was horrible.
Goddammit TellTales.

 

[Nattvardsvin]

Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery EP conjured up on PC
Popular iOS adventure port now available through Steam



http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=2394

 

[Nattvardsvin]

Moebius chosen as next adventure from Jane Jensen
Community supporters choose metaphysical sci-fi thriller as first Pinkerton Road project

http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=2395

Supposedly it's going to be in the vein of "Dante’s Equation and Gabriel Knight."
Sounds good to me.

 

[trustno1code]

Next one to jump on the bandwagon is Bill Tiller:

Autumn Moon plans to going to get back to making games soon with the help of Kick Starter. We are currently working on our pitch.

 

[Jaesun]

What did he do Adventure Game wise that was.... noteworthy. The Dig is however fucking pure awesome.

 

[Aeschylus]

What did he do Adventure Game wise that was.... noteworthy. The Dig is however fucking pure awesome.

He was the lead artist on Curse of Monkey Island, and his company created the game Vampyre Story, which I never played.

 

[kaizoku]

What did he do Adventure Game wise that was.... noteworthy. The Dig is however fucking pure awesome.

It seems some people love it, others hate it (including the protagonist's voice).
I haven't played it yet.
You can buy it for 11$ for a boxed version on amazon, 20$ for digial on adventureshop (ridiculous price for a digital version!).
It pisses me off that I don't have any big game store around here that lets me find all these cool gems in boxed versions for a cheap price.
Ok, I doubt this one is a gem, but it's probably worth more than 10$. And if we don't support our troops, how else are we going to have adventure games?


fake edit: funny review comment on amazon.co.uk

If you like Action/Tactical RPG games or most of the games that are sold today AND you have never played a classic point-and-click adventure game, you probably - I say PROBABLY - won't like this game. But for those of us who love (and still play) games like Obsidian, Grim Fandango, Blade Runner, and the Myst/Riven/Uru series of games, this one is one more to add to the stack of adventure games that are FUN. (Okay - some of the jokes ARE lame and Mona's voice IS like fingernails on a blackboard, but this is a great game nonetheless.)

Maybe he'll pitch for Vampyre 2 and includes 1 with a certain tier
We'll find out about what's up in the next weeks I guess.

 

[Palikka]

If anyone of you didn't participate to the DF kickstarter, you can now get in to it through paypal donations.
http://www.doublefine.com/dfa/
(the website seems to be breaking up pretty badly atm)

WHAT YOU GET

Download of the finished game DRM free on PC, Mac, Linux, and/or Android

Steam code for the finished game on PC or Mac

Access to the PC/Mac Beta on Steam

HD streaming versions of the documentary series

Access to the private backer forums to follow development of the game

15$ I believe.

 

[trustno1code]

Bundle in a Box - Adventure Bundle
PWYW for Gemini Rue, Ben There Dan That, Time Gentlemen Please, 1893: A World's Fair Mystery (IF) and The Sea Will Claim Everything (new game debut from Jonas Kyratzes).
Beat the average for The Shivah and Metal Dead.

 

[Elwro]

A World's Fair Mystery is amazingly rich and full of nifty details.

Goddamnit, I wanted my 10001st post to be special, but seriously, AWFM is a damn fine game.

 

[Tramboi]

It is an amazing game, but you have to admit it's definitely not for everyone.
Especially people who're interested in Gemini Rue, Ben There Dan That, Time Gentlemen Please might be a bit non-plussed by a colossal historical detective interactive fiction.
Though if it even thrills 1% of the buyers, that would be nice.