Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I am announcing a possible release of Monkey Island 5, titled "Return To Monkey Island". I do not work for LucasArts, and I don't know whether I will buy/lend the rights to Monkey Island, or even make it FOR LucasArts. This idea is in very early stages of development and if you could give ideas, your support and whatever else it would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabez Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 OMG!!111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 OMG!!111 Is that sarcasm or excitement ? If anyone knows how to contact Dominic Armato, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Try imdb or VoiceChasers. Â Can you tell something about the engine? Would you license it? Would it be 2D or 3D? Â I think asking fans for story ideas is a bad idea (EMI seemed a lot like fan fiction and sucked), but you can browse the forum and find out what we liked and disliked about previous Monkey Islands. Â Do you have experience with game development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray the talkin skull Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 That would be awesome if you did it!! I agree with alien though about asking fans for ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I wonder how much extra Mr Armato received for voicing "Duck" and "Monkey 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 I'm really not sure; my programming skills probably aren't up to it anyway, but that's not a problem - I can hire coders. The engine name is decided though: GLUE. Good idea for lisencing it out... (it may even be free & open source! (maybe )). I'll ask fans, but not too much. It will be 3d, but point & click (yeah... imagine that). I have no release date or even permission from LucasArts... if you can help, just contact me, It'd be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabez Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Evening Mr Brent. ¬ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 /me googles Mr Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Well, hey it's as good as made then. The engine even has a name. That's the important part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Indeed. Hey, I only thought of this 1-3 days ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I don't think you'll get anybody particularly enthusiastic about this until you've got something done, and can prove that you know what you're doing. There have probably been roughly 10,000 fan created Monkey Island games announced over the years which have done little more than have a long thread devoted to them with fans frantically posting what they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Fan game? Read it again. I'm going to get the rights/permission to use the rights, and commercially publish this game, an (un?)official sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I said it was a fan created game, and that is exactly what it is at present. Until you have a deal with LucasArts that grants you the rights to what is probably their most successful adventure intellectual property and are employing a team of programmers and artists, this is no more a "proper" game than any existing Monkey Island fan game. Â Simply announcing what you want to do and getting everybody excited is a completely different ball game to actually doing it, and you'll find it difficult to win people's support until you've acted upon at least some of the things you claim that you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Well, I'm looking forward to it. If Elliott's promising us a Monkey Island 5, then that's exactly what I expect to see. I would like it if Guybrush could transform into a dog. That is my idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Well, I'm looking forward to it. If Elliott's promising us a Monkey Island 5, then that's exactly what I expect to see. I would like it if Guybrush could transform into a dog. That is my idea. Dog? Now that is a scene where you DON'T ask fans . Hey, thanks for spelling my name right, only one to do it yet... add my msn! sargetron@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Fan game? Read it again. I'm going to get the rights/permission to use the rights, and commercially publish this game, an (un?)official sequel. Â What exactly makes you feel so confident that LucasArts will give/loan/sell you the rights. True, there not exactly doing much with it, but if they were to sell it off, they'd have done so by now, and probably to some huge development company who could actually afford to buy the rights (they'll be worth a lot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 If they lend, not sell them to me, they get their logo taped in the game alot and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 So, say they do, where will you get the money to hire programmers and artists and story writers, designers, voice actors and the whole nine yards for this thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray the talkin skull Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Point and click? Is that like what the previous ones were??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Yes. But point & click in 3d is a whole new matter. Seriously, keyboard controls + adventure games = trying to get doom 3 keyboarders to play MI. Forget them. There are more adventure gamers than you all think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 No, there really arent. Sorry, the adventure game fanbase alone isn't really enough to make ends meet with a game like this. Not these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Hird Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 That's why we revamp the whole adventure thing keeping the original at heart. Partly action based swordfighting anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Okay, and again, where exactly are you going to get the money for this thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 How old are you? Im guessing 15, tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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