Ron Gilbert Back Into Making Graphic Adventure Games
You know, I really didn't have much reason to be interested in the upcoming Penny Arcade game, except for the fact that it's being developed in Torque (my game engine of choice). But now I learn that they've managed to get Ron "Monkey Island" Gilbert involved! And it'll be episodic!

"Gabe" (Mike Krahulic) said today:

We had our first meeting with Ron pretty early in the design process. Tycho and I were getting the story fleshed out and we had some ideas about the design and over all pace of the game. We laid it all out for Ron and then he picked up a whiteboard marker and started teaching class. I’m not sure how many people can say they got a game design 101 course taught by Ron Gilbert, but that’s exactly what Tycho and I got that day. His insights into the way you move the player through an interactive story so that they get to explore the world but don’t loose the narrative were incredible. He was drawing diagrams and helping us really visualize the game in a way that had never even occurred to us. We’re ridiculously lucky to have him on board and helping us with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One.

I like Penny Arcade, though the humor gets a little crude for my tastes at times. But with Ron associated with it, I'm gonna have to at least give it a try. Graphic Adventure Gaming may be coming back home at last....

Hothead hasn't announced a publisher. They are a self-owned company in British Columbia focusing on (according to their website) "unique, addictive titles specifically targeted to underserved markets." Does this sound indie to you? It kinda does to me, too. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Either way, coolness.

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Labels: Adventure Games, Indie Evangelism

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