List Of Adventure Games (Part 2) - Page 294

Pepper2427 · #**2931** 04-13-2012, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BillyMays14

Played it when I was very young and didn't understand the concept of adventure games but really liked the claymation. Hope to have a modern mobile release so I can properly play it.

I will admit that I had not heard of it but googled it. All the websites seem to agree it was maybe coming to IOS but there looks to be no recent information. It will be a shame if it's been shelved

PointOfLight · #**2932** 04-13-2012, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pepper2427

I will admit that I had not heard of it but googled it. All the websites seem to agree it was maybe coming to IOS but there looks to be no recent information. It will be a shame if it's been shelved

I've not personally played it (though I wanted to), but it seems that while it garnered some critical success that it wasn't very popular commercially. They might be struggling to come up with someone to publish or fund them to port it. I'd imagine if there needs to be any new scenework to be done that claymation might take a bit longer than normal computer animation.

paul.hendricks · #**2933** 04-13-2012, 03:09 PM

I don't think many who departed Shiny Entertainment near the end of it's independent existence had reputations as being easy to work with. It may be that the Neverhood developers are having some of their past come back to haunt them. Entirely speculation on my behalf, but based on their Twitter feed, a reasonable stance, in my mind.

PointOfLight · #**2934** 04-13-2012, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by paul.hendricks

I don't think many who departed Shiny Entertainment near the end of it's independent existence had reputations as being easy to work with. It may be that the Neverhood developers are having some of their past come back to haunt them. Entirely speculation on my behalf, but based on their Twitter feed, a reasonable stance, in my mind.

They should try the Kickstarter approach. There have been quite a few game projects on there lately that have managed to raise development capital rather quickly. Several of those projects are even adventure games (including a revitalized Leisure Suit Larry WITH Al Lowe, if everything I've read is to be believed).

paul.hendricks · #**2935** 04-13-2012, 08:46 PM

KickStarter is really becoming a force in crowd-sourced financing. Al Lowe is definitely doing the LSL remake, he announced it in his CyberJoke mailing list. I'm extra excited over Tim Schafer/DoubleFine's KickStarter project. It seems like it will bring a new "golden age" to adventure gaming. All they need is to add Ron Gilbert to have LucasArts perfection!

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Originally Posted by PointOfLight

They should try the Kickstarter approach. There have been quite a few game projects on there lately that have managed to raise development capital rather quickly. Several of those projects are even adventure games (including a revitalized Leisure Suit Larry WITH Al Lowe, if everything I've read is to be believed).

AppUnwrapper · #**2936** 04-14-2012, 08:10 AM

Disconnect looks promising, but the reviews say the translation is poor. Anyone try it yet?

PointOfLight · #**2937** 04-14-2012, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by AppUnwrapper

Disconnect looks promising, but the reviews say the translation is poor. Anyone try it yet?

I was going to TOFTT it, but at $3.99 I don't think I want to bite, especially since I saw at least two grammatical errors / typos in the screen shots alone (and given that there are so few words in the screen shots, that's not a good percentage for an adventure game). If it drops in price I might give it a go.

Teagan · #**2938** 04-14-2012, 10:36 AM

On a side note, Kahn Academy is quite impressive! They have an app for iPad in addition to the website. I love how you can use the iPad like a piece of paper to write out the problem. I wish I would have thought of this

Ideally I would love to work for a company that designs educational apps/programs for kids. Even a simple escape game.......

Teagan · #**2939** 04-14-2012, 10:38 AM

BF Haunted Hotel 3 HD is on sale for $2.99

Has anyone played Gothic Masquerade? Or Midnight Mysteries Houdini? The latter I am DYING to play but at $6.99, I'm holding out.

PointOfLight · #**2940** 04-14-2012, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Teagan

BF Haunted Hotel 3 HD is on sale for $2.99

Has anyone played Gothic Masquerade? Or Midnight Mysteries Houdini? The latter I am DYING to play but at $6.99, I'm holding out.

I actually have Houdini, I just haven't tried it yet. As for Gothic, games from an unknown developer make me kind of nervous, especially in a genre that already has so many good entries. The graphics look decent but not outstanding, and the one screen that shows what I assume to be a mini-game looks kind of annoying.