Datadog

Aha! I knew I saw that "the" somewhere before!

Sorry for being lulzy....
 

 

 

 
I really can't help myself
 

Going to jump on this bandwagon ASAP.
 

I was about to mention Akril's series as well. Ripped graphics have their place depending on skill level or context (even I toyed around with ripped graphics ages ago.) It's a benefit of plagiarism: sometimes you have to toy around with the source material to get a feel for it before you can do something more. I don't mind as long as the intention is clear that a developer is only in "practice mode" and isn't trying to pass other people's work off as their own.

Well, after seeing all the cool work from my fellow team members that went into VSB, I've been totally unable to respect the idea of someone wanting to "make a game" by using a resourcer viewer to steal stuff from existing games and stitching them together again with a bunch of possibly half-assed puzzles. I must admit, I don't really mind the legal issues. I'm mainly offended by the whole concept because it is incredibly lazy, and because it's completely screwed-up to design an adventure game by going "Well, this SQ6 screen has this hot spot..." Annoyingly, some fans don't seem to mind this; a while ago, Datadog told me that a fan complained about "Incinerations" ignoring SQ4.5 canon. Canon?! What canon? All this artwork and this music were made to be used in a different context. To claim that such a game has a spot in the canon is completely ridiculous.
 
Truth be told, I've never played any of these games, and I honestly don't intend to. The above reasoning keeps me from ever wanting to try them out.

Going to jump on this bandwagon ASAP.
 

Going to jump on this bandwagon ASAP.
 

Going to jump on this bandwagon ASAP.
 

Going to jump on this bandwagon ASAP.
 

Ah, but they haven't pitched a story idea either. When Al Lowe did his Kickstarter, backers knew they were getting a remake of Leisure Suit Larry. When Jane Jansen did hers, she pitched three story ideas and let the backers vote on them, so we all knew the general game ideas we were funding. I think SpaceVenture will get a lot more backers and a lot more mainstream sites will jump on promoting it once the Two Guys share their brilliant game idea with the world.

Ah, but they haven't pitched a story idea either. When Al Lowe did his Kickstarter, backers knew they were getting a remake of Leisure Suit Larry. When Jane Jansen did hers, she pitched three story ideas and let the backers vote on them, so we all knew the general game ideas we were funding. I think SpaceVenture will get a lot more backers and a lot more mainstream sites will jump on promoting it once the Two Guys share their brilliant game idea with the world.

So not only the Two Guys and Gary Owens, but GLaDOS and Yakko Warner as well? Don't mind me, just gonna throw in a pledge here.
 
Also, that animated opening of theirs is totally epic. I felt like my game's opening credits had just gotten served.