The Two Guys from Andromeda (creators of the original Space Quest series) are re-united and working on a new space adventure game!
See more info at http://guysfromandromeda.com/
This is great - its like a mini renaissance of the all time greatest game makers happening at the moment.
SQ 3+4+5 are still my favorite games, really looking forward to what they put out.
You beat me to it, pcj. Just saw this on Gameboomers.
Shall we take bets on how long it takes them to start a Kickstarter campaign?
Yay! I hope it works out for them! :D
Those past few month have been incredible!
All that's missing is Ken&Roberta coming up with a new game...
This has thrown me for a loop, because from the Replay Games talks this seemed explicitly unlikely to happen. They were quite definite that if there was a new Space Quest Mark Crowe wouldn't be involved... what a twist!
And what's more THEY ALREADY HAVE GARY OWENS! YES!
I'm irrationally paranoid that maybe The Two Guys are going off another calendar and are pulling an April Fool's or something. This is too awesome to be true!
They've started their Kickstarter! They've got some nice voice actors involved too. Check it out at http://www.tgakick.com (http://www.tgakick.com)!
Here's a fun twitter exchange me and these men had:
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They are okay in my books! Looks like I'ma HITTIN THA BIGTIME!
Man, remember us when you're sitting in your huge office at the Sierra2 headquarters being illustrative, important, influentual and the "putting letters in ascending alphabetical order after the letter I and using those two letters two choose which word I am going to describe the future Eggie" pattern breaks down there unless I am willing to stoop to "ionian" "ionic" or "ionized" all of which would make me sound like a nerd. I heard a dog burp the other day and it sounded human. At some point this post had a point.
Um... hooray for more adventures games. This post is on topic.
Woot! :=
The only thing missing from that cast list is Nolan North. I wasn't aware that you were allowed to make a talkie these days without Nolan North. I thought that was a given.
Good to see a few of the Valve stalwarts there. I hope they get John Patrick Lowrie to voice the protaganist, and make him a fake australian.
Roger Dinkum and The Bloody Fruit Shop Owners?
EDIT: The Two Guys have posted a special reunion video on the latest update. I really dig it. Took me back to their days of filming silly "Behind the Scenes" stuff with Sierra..
New $45 and $75 tiers! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que/posts/229426
As of now, $181,672 with 25 days to go. Can we get this to happen? I hope so.
Quote from: PONYHEAD on Thu 10/05/2012 00:29:43
Man, remember us when you're sitting in your huge office at the Sierra2 headquarters being illustrative, important, influentual and the "putting letters in ascending alphabetical order after the letter I and using those two letters two choose which word I am going to describe the future Eggie" pattern breaks down there unless I am willing to stoop to "ionian" "ionic" or "ionized" all of which would make me sound like a nerd. I heard a dog burp the other day and it sounded human. At some point this post had a point.
Um... hooray for more adventures games. This post is on topic.
A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results. The action begins when Mr. Tiflin gives his son Jody a red pony colt. After falling asleep, Jody dreams of increasingly powerful winds and wakes up to see that the pony is gone. Jody is told by his father that he will be allowed to ride the horse by Thanksgiving. In the night, Jody becomes sleepy in spite of his constant worry and drifts off to sleep, forgetting about the open barn door. After several weeks of training, Jody gets bored. He looks with longing at the great mountains, wishing he could explore them. The morning after his arrival, Carl complains about Grandfather's stories at the breakfast table. The story overall deals with ideas regarding the infallibilities of adults and the entrance into manhood.
:-[
P.S.: Andromeda, isn't that some sort of galaxy, or a planet or at least some spiral nebula in outer space (outer space defining every space which is
not earth)? Are those guys really aliens?
Kaputtnik, Andromeda is the closest galaxy to ours :)
On topic: This is great news, PCJ (and an almost Stupot!)! This is really exciting to hear this.
I'm surprised this hasne't got more discussion here (Although I haven't been here for years so I'm a bit out of the loop). We need support at the Kickstarter page (http://tgakick.com)! We seem to have run out of steam on our promotion efforts :sad:. Prototype 2 is due out soon (it was delayed to to health reasons) so hopefully things will pick up a bit. It will be a great loss to the adventure game community if we don't get this campaign funded.
Hey, it's been a while!
"We"?
Prototype 2??
They're releasing prototypes of the game at milestones in the Kickstarter. Prototype 2 has been due for a while..
Ah, releasing prototypes already?
For some reason I thought he was talking about Prototype 2, the game. Silly me!
There's been a lot of that confusion going on :tongue:
I need this in my life. Let's make it happen.
Hehe yeah I should have been more specific. The prototypes are really just demos of some ideas that the guys have. Sort of a thank you for supporting the Kickstarter. It won't be part of the actual game.
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Anyway The SpaceVenture Prototype 2 has been released. There are also a whole bunch more Kickstarter Tiers - Something for everybody! (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que)
Just attended the first interactive session with some of the people involved. They're going to try and do one every day. The guy, Chris Pope, was very responsive to questions asked.
If they accomplish their KickStarter goal, I will be beyond happiness.
-MillsJROSS
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Oooh....
Don't miss the live chat with the 2 Guys as they play through SQ1 (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que/posts/237655)!
Find it in your timezone here. (http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=LIVE%3A+Space+Quest+1+commentary+with+Scott+Murphy+%26+Mark+Crowe&iso=20120601T1830&p1=137&ah=1).
Is anyone else worried that this kickstarter isn't going to make it? It has nine days left and they are only a little over half-way there.
Quote from: Greg Squire on Sat 02/06/2012 19:56:17
Is anyone else worried that this kickstarter isn't going to make it? It has nine days left and they are only a little over half-way there.
It's pretty unfortunate if it doesn't. Doubly so because of who's behind it. But if it fails, it fails. I'm sure Two Guys LLC has contingency plans.
Quote from: Sslaxx on Sat 02/06/2012 22:05:50
Quote from: Greg Squire on Sat 02/06/2012 19:56:17
Is anyone else worried that this kickstarter isn't going to make it? It has nine days left and they are only a little over half-way there.
It's pretty unfortunate if it doesn't. Doubly so because of who's behind it. But if it fails, it fails. I'm sure Two Guys LLC has contingency plans.
I hope so as I (like most everyone here) would like to see it succeed.
The playable "Living Concept Art Phase 3" is live (http://guysfromandromeda.com/living-concept-art-phase-3/)! The live commentary for SQ4 (http://www.twitch.tv/andromedaguys) also starts in a few minutes. Enjoy :cool:
New model is playable in multiple browsers, too! One the off-chance you knew anyone who didn't like needing Chrome to play it...
Just wanted to give a shout out to these awesome Space Quest fans who made this little one room mini adventure in support of the Two Guys Kickstarter in these last few days!
http://www.spacequest.net/index.php/page/index.html/_/news/fans-releas e-pledge-quest-to-support-r41
Check it out because its BRILLIANT & FUNNY!
Also: Have you gotten a look at the stars of the show: Meet Ace Hardway, His faithful robotic Toolbox Dog Rooter & Cluck Y'Egger!
http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/169221/posts/241065/image-123180- full.jpg?1338933652
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d92HS_4Vp-o Cluck Y'EGGER SPEAKS!
Also for your convenience the two guys have Created an Official Inventory VIEWER so you can see what your rewards may or may not be depending on your wallet!: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/169221/posts/241404/image-124126- full.jpg?1339160210
Want to know what the hell Ken Williams has been up to and hear him reminisce about the good ol' Days of Compuserve and the Imagination Network? OH YEAH YOU DO: http://guysfromandromeda.com/ken-williams-joins-chris-pope-live-interv iew-6812/
Oh look! A Video interview with Ellen GLaDOS herself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ndC1f47YQ
Her husband joins the fray too! (also a voice actor for this space gig): http://www.twitch.tv/andromedaguys/b/320792121
Did I miss anything? I hope this whets your appetite, shows you how ridiculously hardworking and imaginative these guys have been and makes you want to pledge or up that pledge!
Ha I was about to post about what was happening! We are on the home stretch now with 3 days left. We are well over $400k and should make it.
Oh and Pledge Quest was created in AGS :)
Hi there, I just wanted to give everyone an update on the SpaceVenture Kickstarter by the Creators of Space Quest:
We are currently hovering at 420k and need 80k to seal the deal but there is only 71 hours left so if ever any of you guys and gals were on the fence about Joining the cause for Andromeda, now would be the time!
Tons of awesome stuff even in the 30 dollar tier but the real meat is about 125 *Buckazoids come to mind* Of course, ANY amount at all that you pledge will mean the world to us. We love our $15 backers to pieces , after all!
Go here http://tgakick.com and peruse the rewards and I think you'll like what you see!
Be a part of bringing this classic game developing duo from the Gold age of SIERRA back to the forefront to join their pals!
Thanks a lot and hopefully we'll see you on the comments page!
Okay: What we've all been waiting for is here!
Introducing an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW With none of than The man with the Golden pipes, himself: GARY OWENS!!! http://bit.ly/garyowens
This was posted on the Kickstarter page by Warbird Games: ''This is my tribute to Space Quest. Please share it with people who've forgotten all the great times they had in the twisted universe of Scott and Mark: youtu.be/j4qMKZzLebM?a''
Check it out and share it with everyone because it's a great reminder of why we all liked or like Space Quest and the Two Guys!
Also: 43k to go boys and girls, if you can up your pledge, please do! If not, thank you for backing in the first place and you've been a real pantload!
A very big new development in the SpaceVenture Kickstarter Community, Folks!
WIN SOME CLASSICS! PLEDGE AT LEAST $30 TO HAVE A CHANCE!
A fan, Rudy Marchant is offering up something for everyone to take part in.
With less than 2 days to go before the Kickstarter deadline and with more than 90% of the goal reached, pledger Rudy Marchant gives the fans even more reason to contribute to the cause! He will give away three ultra-rare highly-collectible Sierra games to three randomly picked fans who pledged $30 or more!
Click here to read on: http://guysfromandromeda.com/win-classics-pledge-30-chance/
For All those who haven't had a chance to try it yet, Living Concept art 4 is amazing. You'll see it really is all coming together and it hits all the right notes in order to tickle one's funny bone:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que/posts
This was posted on the Kickstarter page by Warbird Games: ''This is my tribute to Space Quest. Please share it with people who've forgotten all the great times they had in the twisted universe of Scott and Mark: youtu.be/j4qMKZzLebM?a''
Check it out and share it with everyone because it's a great reminder of why we all liked or like Space Quest and the Two Guys!
Also: 50k to go boys and girls, if you can up your pledge, please do! If not, thank you for backing in the first place and you've been a real pantload!
It's actually looking like they just might make it. There still $25K to go and only one day to do it in, so guys if you haven't backed this project already please consider doing so. I also upped my pledge as I wan't to see this succeed. <crosses fingers and knocks on wood> ;)
....AND IT IS FUNDED :D. Lets see how far over it goes in 20 hours. Do I hear a 600?
Yay, They made it! It was a close call. Final pledged amount is $539,767. The actual amount that will go into the game will go down to due to some pledges not going through (card problems) and some money going towards rewards. However this should still be enough for them to make an awesome game. Can't wait!
Quote from: Greg Squire on Tue 12/06/2012 19:46:44
Yay, They made it! It was a close call. Final pledged amount is $539,767. The actual amount that will go into the game will go down to due to some pledges not going through (card problems) and some money going towards rewards. However this should still be enough for them to make an awesome game. Can't wait!
Also Amazon's cut and taxes... Still though, I'm psyched.