Ron Gilbert Works With Penny Arcade Adventures
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness [http://www.hotheadgames.com/].
Gilbert, who broke into the industry writing software for the Commodore 64 as a college student, eventually ended up at Maniac Mansion [http://www.lucasarts.com/].
Maniac Mansion was an immediate and massive hit for Lucasfilm Games, but more importantly, as part of the development process Gilbert also created the Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion, better known as SCUMM.
SCUMM would be the foundation upon which every Lucasfilm Games adventure over the next ten years would be built, a list which reads like a greatest hits compilation: open source ScummVM project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_mckracken] exists that allows many of the SCUMM games to be played on current systems.
In the early 90s, Gilbert left Lucasfilm Games to join with Humongous Entertainment, a company which focuses primarily on games for children. Its credits include the Putt-Putt series, Pajama Sam and Freddi Fish franchises.
"His insights into the way you move the player through an interactive story so that they get to explore the world but don't lose the narrative were incredible," said Gabe of Penny Arcade [http://www.penny-arcade.com/]. "We're ridiculously lucky to have him on board and helping us with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One."
Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be released for the PC, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. No release date has been set.
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness [http://www.hotheadgames.com/].
Gilbert, who broke into the industry writing software for the Commodore 64 as a college student, eventually ended up at Maniac Mansion [http://www.lucasarts.com/].
Maniac Mansion was an immediate and massive hit for Lucasfilm Games, but more importantly, as part of the development process Gilbert also created the Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion, better known as SCUMM.
SCUMM would be the foundation upon which every Lucasfilm Games adventure over the next ten years would be built, a list which reads like a greatest hits compilation: open source ScummVM project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_mckracken] exists that allows many of the SCUMM games to be played on current systems.
In the early 90s, Gilbert left Lucasfilm Games to join with Humongous Entertainment, a company which focuses primarily on games for children. Its credits include the Putt-Putt series, Pajama Sam and Freddi Fish franchises.
"His insights into the way you move the player through an interactive story so that they get to explore the world but don't lose the narrative were incredible," said Gabe of Penny Arcade [http://www.penny-arcade.com/]. "We're ridiculously lucky to have him on board and helping us with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One."
Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be released for the PC, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. No release date has been set.
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