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'''Herculean Effort Productions''' (often abbreviated to '''HEP''') is an [[adventure game]] development duo in the [[USA]], founded by brothers Ian and Greg Schlaepfer ([[Big Brother]] and [[Geoffkhan]], respectively). Of the two, Ian Schlaepfer is primarily responsible for the graphics and storyline and Gerg for music and [[Adventure Game Studio|AGS]] scripting. Their games are considered to be of very high quality for [[Amateur adventure game|amateur efforts]], and their releases ''Apprentice'' and ''Apprentice II: The Knight's Move'' have won numerous amateur adventure game awards. Herculean Effort draws their inspiration from the classic [[LucasArts adventure games]]. Their name humorously refers to the difficulty of creating adventure games, their motto being "it's not easy being the best". | '''Herculean Effort Productions''' (often abbreviated to '''HEP''') is an [[adventure game]] development duo in the [[USA]], founded by brothers Ian and Greg Schlaepfer ([[Big Brother]] and [[Geoffkhan]], respectively). Of the two, Ian Schlaepfer is primarily responsible for the graphics and storyline and Gerg for music and [[Adventure Game Studio|AGS]] scripting. | ||
Their games are considered to be of very high quality for [[Amateur adventure game|amateur efforts]], and their releases ''Apprentice'' and ''Apprentice II: The Knight's Move'' have won numerous amateur adventure game awards, each getting 14 nominations in the [[AGS Awards]], as many as any game has ever had and they have won 12 AGS Awards, including Apprentice II winning 7 awards, the most of any game. Herculean Effort draws their inspiration from the classic [[LucasArts adventure games]]. Their name humorously refers to the difficulty of creating adventure games, their motto being "it's not easy being the best". | |||
==The Games== | ==The Games== | ||
===Apprentice=== | ===Apprentice=== | ||
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===Super Jazz Man=== | ===Super Jazz Man=== | ||
It was announced at Adventure Europe's 2005 Online Conference. The team's focus has shifted from the Find to Super Jazz Man. The game was released at the end of 2006 and is for sale at their website. | |||
===The Sphinx Project=== | ===The Sphinx Project=== | ||