First visit?
Welcome to the premiere destination for adventure game news, reviews and discussion!Getting started: What Are Adventure Games? - Top Games - Common Questions Updates: Follow us on Twitter Join us on Facebook
feature: Adventure Architect: Rise of the Hidden Sun cinematic prologue
When last we spoke—waaaaay back in the coda to my Adventure Architect series—I wrote, "The next time you hear from me—maybe a month from now, maybe next year, maybe five years from now—it'll be because the first act of the game is done and ready to download." I'd always known that the game's action would begin with Jake arriving at a crossroads, map in hand, to begin his search for the fabled Lost City of Cibola. But I also wanted to give the players some context as to how Jake got the map and what the larger story would be about. This prologue, which will play at the start of the game before handing control of Jake over to the player, tries to dole out that background information as deftly as possible while also being an entertaining little scene in and of itself. The animation work was done by Wyatt Miles of Oregon-based Flash Potatoes, who's also doing some character sprite work on the game as well. It's based on a script I wrote way back in 2003. So, without further ado, here it is: The official prologue to Rise of the Hidden Sun: A 'Rattlesnake' Jake Dawson Adventure! To save for posterity, you can also download the video directly (right-click to save link/target). It's been great to have the opportunity to share this animated short as a sort of post-script to my Adventure Architect articles here at Adventure Gamers. Now that my column is really and truly over (for real this time!), anyone wanting to keep tabs on the game's development can do so by bookmarking the design threads on the Adventure Game Studio and Adventure Gamers forums, both of which I update now and then with new artwork and progress reports. I'm also planning to overhaul the game's official website, Rattlesnakejake.com, with more exclusive new content before the end of the year.
9 Comments
Comment posting has been disabled at this archive location. You can view the live site here.
Affiliate advertisement - Click here for more casual adventure games from Big Fish Games!
|
Loading...