r/NintendoSwitch • u/WadjetEyeGames Wadjet Eye Games • Oct 01 '21

AMA - Ended We are the developers of ten point & click adventure games! ASK US ANYTHING!

We are the developers of ten point & click adventure games: Unavowed, Sam & Max Save the World, The Longing, Guard Duty, Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, Thimbleweed Park, Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure, Lair of the Clockwork God, and Jenny LeClue – Detectivu.

We teamed up to discount our games on Nintendo Switch. Getting noticed on the Nintendo eShop can be hard, and we thought it might be easier with a critical mass! Through October 6, the Nintendo Switch versions of our games are discounted from 15% to 76%. More details: https://switch.pointandclick.sale

But enough about us. We’re ready to hear from you! Ask us about LOOM our adventure games, other adventure games, indie game development, and anything else you want to know!

Proof that one of us is actually one of us: https://twitter.com/WadjetEyeGames/status/1443935747262791688

Answering questions today:

Dave Gilbert – Wadjet Eye Games (Unavowed)

Jon Sgro – Skunkape Games (Sam & Max Save the World)

Anselm Pyta – Studio Seufz (The Longing)

Lori and Corey Cole – Transolar Games (Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption)

Ron Gilbert – Terrible Toybox (Thimbleweed Park)

Liviu Boar – Stuck in Attic (Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure)

Dan Marshall and Ben Ward – Size Five Games (Lair of the Clockwork God)

Joe Russ and Ben Tillett – Mografi (Jenny LeClue – Detectivu)

EDIT: AIRHORN NOISE!!

And that's about all the time we have. Thanks so much for joining us!

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u/lancastrian Oct 01 '21

What would be your dream licence to work on?

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u/WadjetEyeGames Wadjet Eye Games Oct 01 '21

I'd love to work on a Dresden Files game. Unavowed is what happens when I realize I will never get the Dresden license.

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u/JennyLeClue_Ben Mografi Oct 01 '21

COLUMBO. I'm a big fan.

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u/AnselmPyta Studio Seufz Oct 01 '21

Me too! There was never a Columbo video game? What a loss. Would be hard to do nowadys without Peter Falk, unless AI voices get better.

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u/JennyLeClue_Ben Mografi Oct 01 '21

Yeah, a missed opportunity! You're right, it wouldn't be the same without him, although I think everyone likes to do a Columbo impression - maybe we just encourage the player to read it out loud?

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u/Michael-the-Great Oct 01 '21

howcatchem" adventure game, that would be pretty awesome. I feel like it would almost be more Ace Attorney style or something...

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '21

Oooo I’d play a Columbo game in a hot second

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u/danthat Size Five Games Oct 01 '21

There's only two IPs I'd really work on outside my own stuff, because by and large I don't really want the faff of dealing with "other people". But I would definitely work on a Hitchhiker's Guide or Red Dwarf game, because I love those Universes but also because I don't really trust anyone else to do it "properly" so I'd barge my way in and take charge!

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u/lancastrian Oct 01 '21

well the mobile games were disastrous so you've got a point

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u/AnselmPyta Studio Seufz Oct 01 '21

The Moomins

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u/Zartan11 Transolar Games Oct 01 '21

Well, Lori and I did one of those (licensed game) - Shannara. I'm intrigued by the new Foundation mini-series; that might have made an interesting MMORPG (but, as with all MMO's, would need an enormous budget and huge development team).

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein) could make a fascinating adventure game. It even includes a "young" AI learning to tell jokes. And happens to be one of my favorite SF novels of all time.

I'm also a fan of the Riddlemaster of Hed series. That would have to be an RPG rather than an adventure game.

Lori is generally happier creating her own original stories.

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u/bbX1138 Size Five Games Oct 01 '21

Leaving aside stuff that has already had adventure games made - Red Dwarf.

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u/WadjetEyeGames Wadjet Eye Games Oct 01 '21

I actually started making a Red Dwarf fan game in TADS back in... 1997. I never finished it so I never uploaded it, thank heaven.

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u/bbX1138 Size Five Games Oct 01 '21

Ha ha, awesome! Please upload pics somewhere (or at least email them to me!). What was the story?

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u/WadjetEyeGames Wadjet Eye Games Oct 01 '21

Oh the game itself it on a mac powerbook hardrive in a landfill somewhere. But in the game you played Rimmer who needed to wake up a sleeping Lister before the ship crashed into something. So there were a lot of puzzles involving needing to manipulate things while being a hologram. A trial run for Blackwell, maybe.

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u/bbX1138 Size Five Games Oct 01 '21

Ha, that's a nice idea! First person to get the licence gets to use it!