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[Hi there, we're back from the TED!]

Hi there, we're back from the TED!  



We've been busy the last weeks and we're about to release our first international trailer soon!
It's almost ready, but we need some proof-readers, cause English is not our mother's tongue!  

So if 2 or 3 nativ-speakers want to check out the trailer before the official release - please let us know!


EDIT:
Okay, all positions taken!
Thanks guys! 

Help is always welcome! 
Maybe we should try to locate the singer (if she's still in the business) 

Wow, thanks for the quick help! 
It really is hard to understand!

Hi, we need some help!

Is there anyone around who can write down the lyrics of the old Maniac Mansion TV-Theme for us?
It is a bit hard to understand... 

You can listen to it here:
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Maniac_Mansion.html

Well, the last month wasn't very productive.
Lot of real life stuff to do for all teams members. 

I think we're back working on the game this february.  8)

The animation of Dr.Fred will be almost the same as in Dott. We only changed the face a bit (and the color of cause). 

I must say, the new animation looks really good! 
The problem is, that we considered Dave as finished, all other wiews are already done, especially the walk-views where he holds the flashlight. 

Maybe we'll rework our current animation, but not at this point. 
Thanks for your effort! 

Thanks for all the positve feedback, folks! 

Here's a small update in which we show a new animation from the game:
http://www.night-of-the-meteor.de/en/news

Today we proudly present our own website for 'Night of the Meteor'! 

http://www.night-of-the-meteor.de/en

The page is in german and english language, including usefull stuff like a guestbook, contact page and a fourm.
Of cause there are some new screen-shots we've never shown before and other informations about the game.

We'll try to update the page as often as possible - so stay tuned!  8)

Happy Halloween - from the NotM-Team! 

@ 1mal_volltanken:
Hoagie and Laverne will not appear (at least not as main caracters). Remember, they meet the Edisons in Dott for the first time.

@ jannar85:
We already have our own webspace at www.maniac-mansion-mania.com  8)

@ Monsieur OUXX:
Don't worry, we'll keep that in mind. 

[BTW:]

Thanks to all for the positive feedback! 
We're doing our best!

Sid's grin there sells the character design.

Glad to hear that! You really helped us getting started back then! 

BTW: The name is Syd - not Sid.

Well...  Yes!  

Our leading background artist is currently pushing most of the screens to a higher qualtity level.
We're also planing to put up our own website soon.



There's still much work to do, so if anyone likes to join us...  8)

And again, I'll gladly donate money if you end up having to pay for music.

That's really a generous offer, but let's try find someone who does it for free (like all our team members).
We still have much time before we must have the music.

Someday we'll find the right person. Or he/she will find us!   

[AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A TALENTED MUSICIAN!]

...your project is exactly what adventure game's fans need.

I think you're right!  

1.) Sure we know "Baphomets Fluch 2.5". It's a great game!
    In fact I was trying to find 'Dietmar Walbeck' over the internet, but he seems hard to catch. On the other hand, we're not jet ready to  
    cast any voiceactors.

2.) We know that portrait very well, but we won't use it in our game. It just doesn't fit the Dott-style.

3.) All I can say is, that the backgrounds are done and I think we'll have the standard-views of the main characters ready this summer.
    There will be about 17 full animated characters in the final game and our programmer has already scripted some pretty neat effects
    that I've never seen on any other AGS-Game.  8)

    AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A TALENTED MUSICIAN!

Hm, I don't have o dog.   

Are you using the original style Layout of the Mansion or a Style more similar to the "Motel" version in D.O.T.T. as the structual Layout?

We use the original MM-style layout of the mansion.

I think they had to change the rooms for 'Dott', because MM had more (or completly different) rooms than Dott needed. I was pleased that some items from the original still appeared in Dott like the 'grandfather-clock' and of course 'Chuck the plant'.

I was also pleased when i saw 'Chuck the plant' in TellTales 'Tales of Monkey Island'!  
And we'll meet that plant again in our remake.  

I don't think I shoud spoil more than I already did. Fact is, there will be a lot more to do for all playable characters.  8)

I played some versions where you can't use that trick. She remains in the kitchen for a couple minutes and the only way to get her to move is to sacrifice one of the kid.

I think I know every version of the game and you can always escape Edna by running away quick enough.  8)

It's not going to be exactly the same in our game, but we'll have a similar scene. 

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Hmm, you're right. In the first release of Maniac Mansion Deluxe they used the color from the original '89 game. But in the later versions (1.3 or 1.4 I think) this light purple color was used.  8)

Have a look:
http://www.maniac-mansion-mania.com/index.php?option=com_docmanask=doc_download&gid=97