YoFrankie! is a game developed and funded by The Blender Foundation (and the community) in other to enhance Blender’s gaming capabilities; and design and implement new features. As a result of the development of this game, all the features developed within the project are now available in new versions of Blender, the 3D software.
It is very interesting the history behind the Blender project. I recommend you check it out. It is one (of many) success cases in Open Source development.
Monkey Island is back…and back for good! It seems that there’s a Monkey Island mania out there. And I think it’s great! In the previous post I wrote a year ago, LucasArts was announcing the re-make of “The Secret Of Monkey Island”. Well, not only that re-make was launched but also they made a re-make of “Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge”. And it is available now.
On the other hand, Telltale Games launched a NEW Monkey Island game called “Tales of Monkey Island”. Brought to us in five “short” chapters instead of a “long” game, as it’s usual for the company. They have all been released now and I must say they highly exceeded my expectations. Bringing a new, fun, playable and state-of-the-art Monkey Island game to life. This might be the result of being developed by a company founded by ex-LucasArts employees.
I think it’s great that Monkey Island is back. It is one of my favourite games of all times. I love adventure games, They were gone for a little while; replaced by action games like shooters (i.e: Counter Strike) or sports games (i.e: Need for Speed). I hope this will help moving the direction of game companies towards developing Adventure-like games.
Links:
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/
World of Goo is an addictive, state-of-the-art, smooth and pleasant to the eye game. Plus, it is available for Linux natively!!! Plus it is only U$D20.-
Check it out here:
I hope companies start believing there is a “Linux game market” out there waiting and wanting games to run natively.
I’m currently playing the new MI game: Telltale Games’ Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal.
So far, so good. I really like it. I am happy. :D
Today is one of the happiest days of my (digital) life. I found out two really great news on the net. After 20 years from the premier of the game, Monkey Island is back! Not just with one game but with six!
First of all, LucasArts is re-launching “The Secret Of Monkey Island”, the first game of the saga with a completely new look. Check it out:
You can find more info at: http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/
Secondly, the company Telltale Games is launching a completely new 5-chapter game based on Monkey Island. It will debut July 7. Check it out at: http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland
This is probably my favourite game of all time. This game was my entry-point to the computers world. And, probably, the reason I became a software developer. I always wanted to develop games, but my professional life took me in another direction. However I don’t loose my hopes on starting developing games sometime in the future! (Maybe when I retired. Hehe)