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[Father_Brain]

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GA: The types of games we wanted to create needed to have a strong story element, distinctive art style, and content that could be interpreted on many levels and enjoyed by a wide cross section of age and gender. Bone hit on all these points and more. The pacing of the story also lent itself beautifully to the online episodic structure we’re planning to implement. The humor in the book was a big draw as well. We definitely want to be known as a company that produces a lot of fun stuff and the style of humor in Bone really struck a chord with us.

NRAMA: Can you give us a feel for the game – in terms of gameplay, what are you envisioning?

DC: The gameplay will be most similar to an adventure game. It will be a point and click interface that allows the player to interact with the various characters and environments in the Bone world. The gameplay will be varied based on the circumstances of the story. We are really investing our time in creating fun ways to interact with the various characters.

HL: I like to think of it as a next-gen adventure game. Take a classic, like Sam and Max, and use a modern – game - art style and streamlined interface and gameplay. We are really focusing on what made those games fun to play and refining it to make something that feels both classic and new.

 

[AniHawk]

Oh man.

 

[Dan]

NRAMA: Is this going to be one game, or a series?

DC: The first game is based on Out From Boneville the first arc, and collected edition in the series. The design stays very true to the storyline of the comic. We plan on continuing this strategy for the rest of the series so the great cow race is in the next one.

Eh, so they plan on making one game for each book? That's a lot of games... I was kinda hoping this would be a standalone thing that takes us through it all.

Here's the short little video demo they made. Looks cool.

 

[AniHawk]

Eh, so they plan on making one game for each book? That's a lot of games... I was kinda hoping this would be a standalone thing that takes us through it all.

Here's the short little video demo they made. Looks cool.

That would be a long game. 9 separate games would be okay by me, as long as they are able to get them out in a reasonable time (and price).

I can't believe this is happening. I hope it gets ported to a console. Don't have a PC.

 

[Dan]

That would be a long game. 9 separate games would be okay by me, as long as they are able to get them out in a reasonable time (and price).

Yeah, I guess. I just flipped through Out Of Boneville again and I supposed if they stay really detailed and have the user deal with just about every little event and maybe a few embellishments, then it could be a whole game.

Hopefully they're out in a timely matter though, in some cool serial fashion. I wouldn't want to wait years for the end.

 

[Vark]

I've been keeping up with Telltale and from what I understand they're seaking 'alternative' distribution models. Which most likely means downloadble games so using one engine and putting out one 'episode' based on a book a year would fit rather nicely with a downloaded PC game.

How it works out I dunno.