Tintin

Started by Reven, Fri 14/04/2006 23:22:59

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Peder 🚀

Has anyone here heard about the cartoon "Tintin"?

What do you think about making a Adventure game out of it?
Yeah, it will probably get copyright issues but what about making it in a different style?

I at least think it could easy be made into an Adventure game.
And I MIGHT do one in the future sometime.

ooh, and the music is awesome! :P


Privateer Puddin'

I demand that someone makes a good tintin game :D

I'd make one if i thought i could do it justice but i can't, so i'm staying far away from it ¬¬

Peder 🚀

hehe, well , I wouldent make a Tintin game if I felt like it wouldent get right!

But I sure I will try one time.
But I wants to get more knownledge and skills first.

Gregjazz

Quote from: Peder Johnsen on Fri 14/04/2006 23:22:59
Yeah, it will probably get copyright issues but what about making it in a different style?

The style would just HAVE to stay the same, since Tintin has such a distinctive style. It wouldn't be Tintin any other way.

Why not just get permission to make the game, so you wouldn't run into copyright issues?

A Tintin adventure game would be awesome, but it would have to be made by people who really know the Herge style. People who can both create new stories that are very Tintin-esque. And people who can replicate the art style well, of course.

Peder 🚀

I agree....

It is probably best to have the original style :P.
Well, I doubht I would make a story etc... and doubht I would start making a Tintin game alone..

I sendt an email about it actually.

Anyway, if I decide to make a Tintin game I will do alot of research etc first.
(Tintin currently is on telly on a norwegian channel, so Ive been watching it lately ;D.)

And I would try to make a small team, (if anyone else would be interested in making one offcourse.)

Barbarian

I seem to recall the idea of someone making a TinTin adventure was brought up before:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=20500.0

Don't know if they're still working on it though.
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ManicMatt

To keep the style, you're gonna need to high resolution, none of that blocky stuff, and make sure you get the HAIR QUIFF right!

Anym

Quote from: Peder Johnsen on Sat 15/04/2006 01:06:30Anyway, if I decide to make a Tintin game I will do alot of research etc first.
(Tintin currently is on telly on a norwegian channel, so Ive been watching it lately ;D.)

I hope you're aware that Tintin was a comic before it was made into a cartoon.

Quote from: ManicMatt on Sat 15/04/2006 10:45:33
To keep the style, you're gonna need to high resolution, none of that blocky stuff, and make sure you get the HAIR QUIFF right!

Not necessarily IMHO, see http://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/tintin-in-tibet/screenshots/gameShotId,46042/
I look just like Bobbin Threadbare.

Peder 🚀

Yes, I am fully aware of it being a comic before it was made into a cartoon :).

Nacho

Tintin is probably the best european comic in the XXth century. I think that the idea of making an adventure game might be good, but it would still be... risky! The backgrounds would be very detailed.

I liked a lot the first versions of Tintin, not very detailed, a former black and white comic. See some pages (Not the ones Hergé overhauled after) But what made Tintin famous were the hyper detailed comics, IMHO, see objective: Moon... Look at the detail of the cockpit.

It would be tricky to get something with the quality Tintin demmands... And he'll probably be even more famous now, because there is a rumour that Spielberg wants to make a film about him. That ensures prosecution for fangames. Dunno... I'd like to see it, even to help. But I would say "no" if it's not going to be really good.
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Haddas

They should get Harrison Ford to play Tintin, and he'd go around getting artifacts from nazis! It'll be legendary I tells yous!

m0ds

The Tintin theme tune is one of the best!

Although I never reallly got into the cartoon, I admire the fact my girlfriend has the same gangster looking car as top hat and top hat, or whatever they were called. I agree it could make an awesome adventure game. Especially if you get to play the one where he jumps out of the carriage on the bridge into the river with snowy :p

Good luck if you do try and make it Peder, but like custard says - make sure it's good!

Scorpio_Phoenix

I love tintin!! i used to watch it all the time when i was younger.....ahhh the good old days  ;D

Radiant

In my opinion you should not, because Herge was adamant that nobody write new Tintin stories after his death (which explains why the Alpha Art was published as only a partial story). The stories are extremely well-written and other people simply would not do justice to the style. If you think of the way ElfQuest, Asterix and Spike 'n Suzy went downhill after the main storywriter quit (or died), I'm sure you'll see Herge's point.

Peder 🚀

Quote from: m0ds on Sat 15/04/2006 19:11:01
Good luck if you do try and make it Peder, but like custard says - make sure it's good!

Thanks, if I do I will make sure it's good.
And will only do it if it gets good.
If it shows any sign of not getting good, I will do my best to get it back on track, or cancel it.

Though! I will most likely not tell much if I make it before it is pretty much not far from being done etc.
To try and not dissapoint people....

(I wont be able to do it alone though, so I will have to put together a small team...)

I would either (if I gets permission to) use one of the stories allready made, and make it "game able". Or get people who really really really knows Tintin, and TRY and make a new one...

But as I said, I havent decided anything yet, I just wanted to know what all of you thought about the idea, and if maybe someone could be interested in helping with making it...

Helm

Whereas I'm pretty certain what the world needs is exactly more freeware adventure games of variable quality, I'm pretty certain also that what the world doesn't need is a tintin game that isn't extremely amazing to the x-treme.

So yes, unless you have reason to believe you can pull it off, I suggest working on an original game of your own instead. You don't even have to modify the deal much, just give the character a different name and haircut. Why use the franchise? The 'oh guess what would make a good adventure game! my favourite comic/band/cereal' type of thing usually doesn't pan out, no offense. You're just setting yourself up against unrealistic expectations.
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JD

Quote from: Helm on Sat 15/04/2006 21:26:48
The 'oh guess what would make a good adventure game! my favourite comic/band/cereal' type of thing usually doesn't pan out, no offense.

Oh a game about Frosties! It would be Grrrrrrrrreat!

ManicMatt

I tried to google an image but came up empty.

There WAS a Puplic Domain game released late nineties/early nouties on the Amiga called "Tony and friends in Kellogs land" and it was a platform game.

I never got to play it!Ã,  :'(


Radiant

Quote from: ManicMatt on Sun 16/04/2006 10:48:12
There WAS a Puplic Domain game released late nineties/early nouties on the Amiga called "Tony and friends in Kellogs land" and it was a platform game.

LOL.

I recall playing Cool Spot, a decent platformer with crappy graphics about 7-up; and Yogho Yogho (a Dutch brand of fruit-flavored milk known for its wonky advertising), a crappy platformer with decent graphics; and the very funny and well-made Avoid the Noid about delivering Domino's pizza. Oh yes, and Push Over was a rather nice domino-based puzzle game that for some reason was given an intro and extro which were basically commercials for a brand of chips.

(of course none of those are adventure games, but if we're talking games about common food products, these do stand out)

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