Why would graphic adventure games be so costly to produce? I can't imagine that the programming resources required would be too great (unless you're crazy enough to try a adventure/RPG hybrid like, say, the Quest for Glory series). Design is fairly basic, though it's very difficult to get puzzles ex...

I used to be impatient, but at this point, I say they can take all the time they want. The more time they take, the more time I have to put together a pitch to make my project their next project. It's a long-shot, but I think the more time goes on, the less of a long-shot it becomes.

I'd be more concerned about when the project is going to get released. It seems like it's in a footrace with Duke Nukem Forever.

That said, there's no need to worry about whether it will be released. It'll come out. It's just a matter of when.

I dunno. Assuming that Sierra was crazy enough to revive Quest for Glory, King's Quest, Space Quest or whatever, they'd pander to fans. The only reason that they totally butchered the style of Leisure Suit Larry was due to its subject matter fitting well with the 18-35 male target audience, if not t...

Gamespy posted an interview with the Silver Lining team. Check it out: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/freeware-king8217s-quest-ix/677071p1.html Anyways, good news. I'm not as informed on the goings-on of the graphic adventure creation scene (despite trying to get a project of my own going :|), but it's ni...

Spikey wrote:That's bizarre.

This entire thread is bizarre. You have to be more specific. :P

I used to try to remain anonymous. Then I realized that I didn't want to separate my online persona from my real one. After all, there's a real person behind the text I produce. However, although most of the people I hang out with know my full name, they still call me Oilers.  :D

Interesting stuff. I'm looking to learn some things about game development for my adventure game project, so attending something like this could be cool. Too bad my project isn't far enough in development for me to attend as a developer, but I know that I need to prove that I can get something done,...

I think it's my presence. Even though I'm a n00b, I've killed your poor forum.

I'd use it to make the crazy game ideas I have floating around in my head, and on paper, a reality. Yeah, I'd let fans make their interpretations of our games, as long as they didn't try to sell them, or call it a direct sequel. For example, I would have asked the King's Quest 9 team to simply take ...

I was drawn in. I hadn't played an adventure game in nearly a decade when I found this forum. Right after starting my posting here I bought the Quest For Glory Collection (as my old ones I remebered didn't work anymore) and I  Started all over again. Since then I've bought and beat Broken Sword 1 a...

I'm sure her rating would be "uncontrollable" (I assume that's what it says) if she didn't have a big question mark for a face. :P

As for the original question, I don't think there are any cardinal rules of game design, except for "don't do anything stupid". If you go from genre to genre, the qualities that make a good game vary, and you can often find games that break those rules, and still manage to be quite good. T...

Out of curiousity, are you the same dynamic1 who posts on the GS forums?

Gee, I feel a slightly unrelated rant coming on! This is also part of the reason why people who are trying to revive the graphic adventure game should make compelling original titles instead of games based on already established franchises. It's simply safer to work with something that is entirely y...

VU making a offical sequel? We want that? VU has 0% experiance with adventure games. All the Sierra guys got laid off, so theres no point in VU making a badly made KQ/QFG/SQ. But I guess even if its bad, we all want to see more.  :cry Who says that the company doesn't employ people who have made gr...

KQ1VGA took about nine months. KQ2VGA took exactly one year.  Each subsequent game we've worked on is more complex than its predecessor, so the development times also increase. On a related note, our main focus will be reverting back to QFG2VGA programming a bit later this week and it will be worke...

I would bet with the Revolution download things that you have to pay for the download. Twilight Princess has been pushed back to Q1 2006 and FFXII is also due 2006. I'll definetly be getting a PS3 and if the price is right I may also pick up a Rev awhile later. Advance Wars rocks btw! (well the GBA...

I played Broken Sword with my Game Boy Advanceand I used to have the second one but it got deleted :( I'll have to install it again if I can ever find it again. Is it true that Broken Sword 3 is now on the cube? There's no Broken Sword game on the Gamecube, to my knowledge. Anyways, I'm anticipatin...

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Anyways, have a good one, knowing that you're one year closer to your inevitable demise! Hooray!

Def Zeppelin wrote:Speak for yourself  :p

You type messages without periods. You think you have a chance?  ;)

Jafar wrote:

Oilers99 wrote:"Other". I heavily prefer adventure games where you can't die at all.  ;)

But...but...dying is the best part!

On the contrary, there's no feeling like having absolutely nothing to do, since you didn't notice that you could pick up that one critical widget.

"Other". I heavily prefer adventure games where you can't die at all.  ;)

I played Mask of Eternity a bit. It wasn't outstanding, but I thought it was a fair amount of fun. Actually, I think I'd like to give it another shot. Maybe I'll see if I can buy the game from my uncle.

My attempt to make sense out of that nonsense..: systsky1 said "It was SMALL REMAKE - where is THE Large ONE?" translation: "Sure, you could remake King's Quest 1 & 2, those are easy compared to the complexities of Quest For Glory.  I'm beginning to wonder if you can really do it...