KickStarter Armikrog - The Neverhood's spiritual successor

[trustno1code]

Update: Kickstarter is funded!



Armikrog - new point and click adventure game in clay and puppet animation, from the creators of The Neverhood, Doug TenNapel and Pencil Test Studios (Mike Dietz and Ed Schofield), with music by Terry Taylor. Announced recently on The Neverhood profile:

Through the years Neverhood fans have asked for another game, and I'm partnering with my EWJ and Neverhood buddies Mike Dietz and Ed Schofield to make a full sized, PC and Mac point and click adventure game in clay and puppet animation. New characters, but in my usual style. Terry Taylor is doing the music. Here's where you come in. What would you, the Neverhood fans, want to see in a new game? We'll read every suggestion and actually try to make all of the good ideas happen! Now it's your turn.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Sweet. Kickstarter or something?

 

[trustno1code]

Sweet. Kickstarter or something?

Yep.

TenNapel has confirmed to Adventure Gamers that they will be launching a Kickstarter campaign in May to raise funds for production, with an eye towards completing the game sometime in the middle of 2014.

They also set up a website full of wonder.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Hell yeah!

 

[Tramboi]

By the way, The Neverhood is coming to ScummVM soon.

 

[jcd]

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[trustno1code]

So the Kickstarter should be just around the corner, they've been posting a lot of clay/power-tools/production stuff, pretty much daily, little actual game content though.
Meanwhile, on that seemingly empty official page:

humour sample! (plus Potato language FF)

Other than that:

Armikrog sketches from 15 years ago

'His name is Beak-Beak. Now you know.'

Big Board with information on all of the shots currently in production

The science of clay animation

Also, Klaymen Jim & Earthworm Klaymen:

 

[trustno1code]

Mm, should've waited with that last post...

 

[kaizoku]

What are the chances of seeing The Neverhood on GOG?

 

[Jaesun]

What are the chances of seeing The Neverhood on GOG?

Interestingly, the trademark for The Neverhood are all in DEAD status. No one has renewed them. Who ever owns the IP probably is not interested in selling them again.

 

[kaizoku]

What are the chances of seeing The Neverhood on GOG?

Interestingly, the trademark for The Neverhood are all in DEAD status. No one has renewed them. Who ever owns the IP probably is not interested in selling them again.

So what exactly could that mean?
GOG or no GOG?






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA_Los_Angeles

The Neverhood 1996
Clive Barker's Undying 2001

GOG has Clive Barker's Undying on their catalog.

 

[Jaesun]

GOG has Clive Barker's Undying on their catalog.

Interesting (I just learned something). I had thought you have to have an active live claim of a trademark to sell something (and in this case the Undying™ trademark is in DEAD status, no one has renewed it, it was owned by EA). I guess as long as you own the Intellectual Property you can then sell it (of which EA owns Undying's IP).

I guess who ever owns the IP to The Neverhood would need to be contacted if GOG was interested in selling it (unless it is some gigantic quagmire of legal hell hell like the System Shock rights were).

 

[Crooked Bee]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949537745/armikrog

Fuck yeah.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Woah.. 900k. No other adventure game save for Oblivion Chapters got that much. I hope it's gonna make it.

 

[kaizoku]

Woah.. 900k. No other adventure game save for Oblivion Chapters got that much. I hope it's gonna make it.

Oblivion Chapters ??? WHat is that?


But I second the whoah 900k!

Even more for a game whose predecessor AFAIK lies in the "underrated" bin.



It would have helped if they had been able to get the Neverhood on GOG/Steam.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Oblivion Chapters ??? WHat is that?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redthread/dreamfall-chapters-the-longest-journey

 

[PlanHex]

I really hope they make it. Wish I had enough money to pledge for a collector's box

 

[FeelTheRads]

OK, seems to be doing pretty good. Looks like it's gonna happen.

 

[Barrabas]

I hope this makes it.

 

[Barrabas]

Imho, "Tommynaut" is such a clone of Klayman you can pretty much call this a sequel.

 

[Modron]

Backed. Surprised this KS has so much momentum must be more neverhood fans out there than I thought.

 

[BaconAndEggs]

It could be the claymation for people who never played the original game. It's a pretty appealing style, at least for me.

 

[Alex]

Damn, I am broke right now, or I would certainly support it. I really hope they make it. Fortunately, The Neverhood is one of those games where it seems that anyone who remembers playing it also happens to love it. Having a fanbase like that goes a long way helping you launch a game.

 

[Azalin]

Wow,just noticed this

 

[Spectacle]

I'm backing this because of the claymation, that's super unique and worth supporting.

With 30% funding after 4 days its highly likely to get funded. Probably no 3 million blowout though.