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Hello, I have some interesting news: a while ago Sebel from the Secret of Mount Monkey project stated that he would be interested in reviving the project; you can check out some details here:

https://www.maniac-mansion-mania.de/forum/index.php?topic=2619

A few days ago, he confirmed that he's restarting the project, but he would need to update the old game source code to the newest version of AGS; I was curious if there is any software tool that can do this automatically, or one can only do this manually?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I've just seen this petition for the revival of Daedalic's abandoned project "The Devil's Men":

https://www.change.org/p/daedalic-entertainment-revive-the-devil-s-men

I really loved its plot premise, especially the mix of historical and occult/fantastic elements, and the idea of multipath walkthrough with branching storylines, so I'm definitely signing that one.

Hi everyone, I wanted to ask you whether anyone happens to still have the materials (graphics, etc.) from the old website http://2dadventure.com. I know that a Wayback copy exists, but not all the stuff was preserved there. Thanks in advance!

Hi, just wanted to ask whether the old RON forums are still available in one form or another. There were lots of interesting materials (plot ideas, concept art, etc.), but everything was lost when RON forums relocated to AGS.

Wayback doesn't have them (it doesn't work well with forums).

There's another great Kickstarter project I wanted to share with you. It is very heavily inspired by the LucasArts classics and includes a lot of references to them. It is based on a cult Portuguese comic, and the storyline is set in Lisbon. It involves a werewolf private detective, his demon assistant, a talking gargoyle head and a young pizza boy solving all sorts of mysteries. The plot premise is this:

In ages past, Lisbon was the stage of great power struggles, a powerful capital and a strategic point that separated the Old Continent from the vast ocean that lead into the New World. Nowadays things haven't changed that much. What looks like a normal city extends its webs of mystery like an iceberg, deep beneath its surface. For the supernatural beings of this planet, Lisbon is the new Casablanca, a terrain that belongs to no one, where the hidden politics of an unseen world are at play and normal folks stress to build a life among all the forces in conflict. It is an asylum for the disenfranchised hordes of vampires, goblins and other such creatures but, like any other place like it, it's also harrased by the interest of different political agendas, secret societies and organized crime. In Lisbon, every shadow has eyes and every eye is witness to a new mystery.




https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/942343365/the-interactive-adventures-of-dog-mendonca-and-piz

After Brandon Boyer, a video game journalist/developer, was diagnosed with cancer, a new Humble Bundle of about 30 indie games was launched to support his medical treatment.



You may check this out:

http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/79398200426/a-very-special-humble-bundle-of-love-for-brandon-boyer

Tim Schafer's team is starting a new Amnesia Fortnight: https://www.humblebundle.com/doublefine

My pick would be Eras of Adventure by Justin Bailey: a great idea, IMO, would be really sad it if doesn't get chosen. But there's plenty of other cool stuff as well

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...check out Paul Trowe of Replay.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/13/the-messy-saga-of-replays-paul-trowe-as-al-lowe-quits/

The (openly gay and advocate of gay marriage) Trowe became the center of a scandal which involved sending gay sex video to an underage girl, and received a probation. As a result, Al Lowe and Josh Mandel left Replay.

Unfortunately, this means we won't see any more Larry installments (because, as we know from previous experience, Al-less Larry is no Larry at all). But I cannot blame Al for his decision, since Trowe had a long history of nasty behavior (like sabotaging fellow projects or writing spiteful comments about former colleagues). I just wish Al and Josh gave us some sort of a farewell gift before Al finally returns to retirement. Maybe an all-new independent single-installment game, like Torin's Passage. Because Al is capable of much more than just remaking his own old stuff.

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 

I'm reposting it from this thread: we've started a Discworld fanproject, which would star a new main character (different from Rincewind or Lewton). Anyone is welcome to join   

http://discworld-fanproject.proboards.com/

News from Lucas forums: the first ever Facebook group about the resurrection of Sam & Max: Plunge through Space (all the rest are about Freelance Police):

http://www.facebook.com/groups/261028880683684/

About a week ago I was rummaging through the Internet and discovered this:
http://creepypasta.wikia.com

It even has a videogame-related section, with things like this:



However, this section really lacks adventure games. So... how about a CMI or DOTT creepypasta? Or maybe Discworld or Humongous games?

The Pendulo Studios jump on the crowdfunding train, having started their own campaign related to the game "Day One". It tells the story of Ethan, a young and acid journalist who learns from his doctor that he’s got a terminal disease: he'll be dead before the end of the day. Back home, he finds a capsule and a note: “This will keep you alive 24 extra hours. Come to Paris for more. We’ll find you.”



They're providing a vast array of rewards, including an oldschool "big box" edition of the game, an opportunity to put your own creations (art, music, texts, etc.) in the game, Ethan Grant's Edition of The Devil's Dictionary with his own notes, thoughts and traces of events that happen in the game and even the chance to study a course in Videogame Design thanks to Universidad Complutense de Madrid and become an intern in Pendulo Studios.

Check this out for more: http://www.ulule.com/dayone/

I've read about the rebirth of this project in the "Adventure games in production" thread, where it was locked soon. This game has a crowdfunding page at IndieGogo, just like Kinky Island. It's very heavily inspired by both Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle, but it doesn't use any copyrighted things from those games. Instead, it's a completely different story set in the same universe. It's created by Desperate Studios team, who created their first games in the days of C64 and Amiga. You may check this out for details:

http://crazy-mansion.heimat.eu/
http://www.indiegogo.com/CrazyMansion

The GUI design:

The latest year saw the resurrection of several game projects from the early 2000's, which were considered dead until now. This includes Kinky Island, Run Hot, Day of the Testicle (the ressurection came in a form of a sequel), Zak McKracken and the Lonely Sea Monster, and Crazy Mansion. Any other projects you'd like to see revived?

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I believe at least some of you heard about the so-called armchair tresure hunting, in which the players must uncover some clues in a book, a website or a video game in order to locate the hidden treasure. The first such hunt was started in 1979, with the release of "Masquerade" by Kit Williams (in which the readers were given the task to find a bejewelled golden hare), which has been followed by the video game "Hareraiser". Since then, there have been attempts to emulate its success, with "Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse", "The Clock Without a Face", "Conundrum â€" The Cadbury Creme Egg Mystery", "The Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earts . Such hunts are closely related to alternate reality games (ARG), which use the real world as a platform (one of the most known, "The Beast", was preceeding the release of Steven Spielberg's movie "Artificial Intelligence").




You can read more here: http://schatgraven.webklik.nl/page/collectie
http://www.treasureclub.net/publichunts/

So, since it was previously used in video games... do you think this could be a good idea for adventure game developers, and what classic adventure games could have used it? What sort of prizes would you suggest (like a golden Big Whoop ticket, an exclusive collectable pirate zombie toy or maybe something else)?

As you all know, Monkey Island and DOTT have tons of fangames. Sam & Max, Zak McKracken and Broken Sword have much fewer. Runaway has just one (and so do Toonstruck and Jack Orlando), and many adventures (especially the less known ones) have none at all. What adventures, in your opinion, should get a fangame? (some specific fangame ideas, like titles, plot details and preferred graphic styles, are welcome).

I have discovered some materials from an old unreleased adventure called "Archibald: Dangerous Experiment". As far as I understand, it was a quite obvious Runaway stylization with a complicated plot that included mafia, aliens and an artifact called "The Devil's Eye".



You can check out the old webpage, which includes the promo trailer and the manual: http://web.archive.org/web/20010622155751/http://www.russobit-m.ru/eng/games/archi2/index.shtml

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I remember playing Piposh Hollywood some years ago; it wasn't a conventional adventure game (it didn't have inventory, it was in real time, etc.), and it definitely isn't one of my favourites, but there was just something interesting about it. Then I discovered it was a part of a larger Israeli franchise, which included four more games (some of which are traditional point & clicks) and an animated series; unfortunately, neither of these were translated to English). Moreover, there is a wiki project and even one planned fangame called Piposh 2.5. However, all of these things seem to be almost unknown outside Israel.

Has anyone here played any of Piposh series? If yes, what are your memories?