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Ex-LucasArts Developers Try Vampyre Graphical Adventure 31

Posted by simoniker from the pointy-teeth dept.
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to an AdventureGamers interview with ex-LucasArts developers Autumn Moon Entertainment regarding its early-in-development graphical adventure A Vampyre Story. They explain: "With the drop in sales for [the traditional graphical adventure] genre, it became harder to get assigned to new adventure game projects at [LucasArts]. It seemed like the only logical way to be a part of that kind of project again was to create something independently." The late-2005 due project is still seeking a publisher, but is further profiled in the June 2004 Inventory PDF magazine, and the interview also explains the plot ("A young French opera star becomes the object of obsession for a deranged vampire... She must escape his castle and return to Paris"), and possible game duration ("The game will be shorter than Curse of Monkey Island and longer than Full Throttle.")
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  • The Ultimate Irony (Score:3, Funny)

    by M3wThr33 ( 310489 ) on Monday July 26, 2004 @04:18AM (#9799226) Homepage
    I know it probably won't happen, but in the back of my mind I just wonder how these guys would react if LucasArts published their game. It would send the most confusing statement to everyone. "We won't publish adventure games, but we'll publish them!"
    • I thought the ultimate irony was Lucas' strangehold over the rights to the Star Wars universe to 'protect its value', then he goes and ruins that value with 'The Phantom Menace' and 'Attack of the Clones'.
  • ...suck.

    Admit it, you were all thinking the same thing.
    • "Suck" as in "blood"! Vampires!

      *bangs a ruler on the desk*

      I know it's a Monday and we're all sleepy and would all like to be back in bed right about now but let's keep it together, eh? Pull those heads out of the clouds!

  • Good luck, but... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by 0x0d0a ( 568518 ) on Monday July 26, 2004 @04:49AM (#9799303) Journal
    I wish the Autumn Moon folks best of luck.

    However, I am a little sad that they wound up going with the Syberia engine. I suppose it's just as well -- I suppose it's more modern and all that, and they listed their justifications -- but I would have gotten a kick out of it if they could have used the ScummVM engine (a free reimplementation of the old Lucasarts adventure engine, and what anyone playing Lucasarts adventure games on a modern OS uses today). Their earlier games at Lucasarts used that engine. They could use freely and was written by developers that had the same love of adventure games as the artists at Autumn Moon do.

    • Re:Good luck, but... (Score:2, Informative)

      by Quobobo ( 709437 )
      Taken from the ScummVM FAQ [scummvm.com]:

      Can I use ScummVM to make new games?
      While it is theoretically possible to write a new game that uses ScummVM it is not advisable. ScummVM has many hacks to support older games and no tools geared towards creating content usable by ScummVM. Potential game authors are encouraged to look at open source technologies such as libSDL for a cross platform DirectX like library, and the Lua and Python scripting languages for game logic.
    • Well at least they said they're going to use point and click instead of that awful keyboard control.

  • Yippeee, new adventure games! (Score:5, Interesting)

    by tsa ( 15680 ) on Monday July 26, 2004 @06:01AM (#9799484) Homepage
    After approximately 5 years of lying dormant the adventure genre is finally getting back on steam. I guess you can say that Syberia [adventurec...ygames.com] is the game that put the adventure genre back on the map. Now there are a lot of interesting games that are youst released or in the making. Check Adventuregamers.com [adventuregamers.com] and Just adventure + [justadventure.com] for details! I am not in any way connected to these sites, just very interested in new adventure games. The future is looking good! If only they would start making a new Tex Murphy game [justadventure.com]!
    • Been waiting for another Tex Murphy game ever since I saw the ending in Overseer...I mean, how could they not make a sequel to that.

    • Re:Yippeee, new adventure games! (Score:4, Interesting)

      by Blakey Rat ( 99501 ) on Monday July 26, 2004 @11:10AM (#9801664)
      First of all, The Longest Journey (1999) is three times better than Syberia and if anything "brought the adventure genre back" it was that. (Although Syberia was ported to XBox, which seems like a major victory to me.)

      Second of all, the adventure genre never left-- you just stopped buying adventure games. When's the last time you went to a, say, Target or Wal-Mart that had PC games and saw a copy of The Crystal Key on the shelf. Did you buy it? It's an adventure game. What about Uru? The Longest Journey? Syberia? A hundred other adventure games that have come out at the rate of 4-5 a year since 1995 or so? ... yeah, thought so.

      I get so pissed at people who say "the adventure genre died!" and, at the same time, don't support the developers out there who write these games all the time. If you want adventure games, BUY adventure games... simple.
      • I never said the adventure genre died, I said it laid dormant. And it's not so simple as "If you want adventure games, BUY adventure games." If a lot of people don't want adventure games, they are not going to buy them and new games are not going to be developed. It's not for nothing that LucasArts cancelled Full Throttle II as well as Sam 'n' Max II.

        But I guess you're right about The Longest Journey. I have only played the demo so I had to use Syberia as an example. Besides, I think many more people know
  • If I was a publisher, I would pick this up in a heartbeat... Just because LucasArts are RETARDED and don't realize they can profit on their great legacy like Sam & Max, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, doesn't mean some other (smarter) publisher can't either.

    I, personally, can't wait to play this game, even though I'm not a big fan of White Wolf games ... Longest Journey, Syberia, new Leisure Suit Larry game , this one .. I'm almost afraid to say it, but maybe, MAYBE, adventure game
  • Sounds awesome, now if only they'll support Mac users like Lucasarts used to. There's nothing mentioned in the article, does anyone know if any ports other than the Xbox one are planned?

    • Re:Mac Port? (Score:2, Insightful)

      by Anonymous Coward
      I would personally like ports to other systems like PS2 and Gamecube. Lucasarts did the last Monkey Island game on PS2. I always thought Grim Fandango would have really broken through if it was re-released on PS2. Would have been a piece of cake after they already ported the engine for Monkey Island, too.

      The problem with adventure games is that they are a niche market. The incredibly huge installed user base of the PS2 would allow them to reach a large market instantly. This is how games like Culdcept, Dis

  • Here's another idea for the Ex-Lucasarts People: (Score:3, Funny)

    by superultra ( 670002 ) on Monday July 26, 2004 @10:39AM (#9801317) Homepage
    How about a graphical adventure called Mam & Sax: Free to Hire Investigative Peacekeepers?

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