Wow, I'm surprised there's no thread on it yet. Bill Tiller has finally started a Kickstarter campaign to release a prequel to the Vampyre Story, which is entitled "Year One": http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/876324751/a-vampyre-story-year-one
There are some pretty interesting rewards out there (like a Mona figurine or a live phone call with Mona, Bill and Froderick), the trailer is also a must-see ;)
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I somehow doubt they will hit 200 000.
I just don't find the whole "Vampyre Story" to be that engaging of a story or adventure game. I like Bill Tiller, though. Sometimes your concept just isn't as appealing as you'd like it to be, I guess.
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Oh! Interesting. Maybe we'll actually see the story finish, then. When they released the first one it was supposed to effectively be 'part 1', which is presumably why it never really got going, and kind of stopped just as things were starting to get interesting.
I hope they give Mona a different voice this time because MAN.
I'm a huge fan of Bill Tiller as an artist. The art of CMI was iconic in my mind and I think really set a standard for beautiful video game art. That said his story telling on Vampyre is a bit bland in my opinion. Nothing heinous, but nothing special.
Also I read his blog that he infrequently updates and he kind of comes off a bit full of himself. A lot of his posts seem like his complaining people are influenced by his art style and hes not getting credit etc. He even suggests a POTC character was exactly the same as his Pirates of Voojou character. I find it a bit irritating because it seems a little tenuous and his style is so heavily influenced by Disney that really he's clearly influenced by a lot of people and yet not giving them credit in every picture he draws. I'm sure if someone interviewed the artist they would say "Oh I loved the art of CMI and I think Bill Tiller is probably a big influence."
And the stuff he's complaining about regarding Monkey Island IP is stuff they laid out in the first two games (a tree house in a swamp) before he was even drawing the backgrounds. I dunno, I just don't like it when people quite successful in their career with enough respect, ability, and position feel the need to point out every little thing they possibly influenced that smaller devs are trying to do. Although as far as I'm concerned he can whine about Disney till the cows come home, but again he's said before that they were a huge influence on him so it's a bit chicken and egg as far as I'm concerned.
Well, the storytelling and writing of AVS1 were flawed and Bill might not be perfect, but at least he's not anti-gay-marriage and possibly not even religious.
True! I couldn't back the Amikrog guy after learning all that stuff about him. I'm one of those people that struggles to separate the art from the artist. If Bill's franchise interested me more I would totally still back him.
They changed Mona's voice it's in the video. Vampyre story was OK but I don't feel inclined to back this.
Quote from: Lewis on Wed 12/06/2013 07:44:08
I hope they give Mona a different voice this time because MAN.
Sadly, I agree. And it's a shame, because Rebecca Schweitzer-Tico is an otherwise AWESOME actress. I know because I worked with her on Emerald City Confidential (she played Petra!). It's weird. In looking at the list of characters she plays, she is mostly known for doing weird accents. Apparently voice casting directors are morons, because her natural speaking voice is lovely.
A new screenshot and a reward tier: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/876324751/a-vampyre-story-year-one/posts/514906
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