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Tip for would-be 2D #Adventure #game #developers: The 8-way walk-cycle is key. Why? Because it looks truly unnatural for a character to stand, bolt upright, facing 90 degrees from the camera. Have characters default to a stand angled toward the camera. #adventuregames #gamedev
Legendary voice actor Tom Kane played Capt. Rottingham in Curse of #MonkeyIsland. He voiced another of my games, as Lord Monkeyfist in the #Epcot #KimPossible #WorldShocase #Adventure. The Monkey connection is strong.
After adding chickens to #PluderIsland in Curse, we realized they were so cute, that players wanted to pick them up. So we had our lead animator, Marc, create a scary reaction to drive #Guybrush off. #adventuregames #elpollodiablo #lucasarts #MonkeyIsland #CurseOfMonkeyIsland
When #Guybrush tells #MurrayTheTalkingSkull, "You'd look pretty good with a melting candle on your forehead." That was a callback to my SF Bay Area childhood and #BobWilkins #CreatureFeatures TV show.
At #LucasArts I #programmed 5 #adventuregames. #CurseOfMonkeyIsland #DayOfTheTentacle #FullThrottle #SamAndMaxHitTheRoad #TheDig. Of these, The Dig is the only one I know of without any #crashbugs. The thing is rock solid. But that watch-and-follow character logic was a pain!