Hello guys, I'm sure a lot of people will be interested in the remake of an old Interactive fiction game, in 3D but keeping the story and mechanisms.
Basically it was a text game where you had to browse computer archives to unravel a great story about the disparition of mankind. Great story telling, and the scenario was adapted as a novel later. What was new for the epoch, was that this IF had a GUI where you'd navigate to unlock the parts of the stories, by reading about the ones you found.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...al-1986-reborn
Now I'm a big fan of this game and seeing it remade is just so great not to share it with people, especially since it seems to struggle during this kickstarter founding.
Their team is made of people in the industry and I wouldn't be shocked if I learned they already asked for funding in big companies but were denied.
They have reasonable funding demands (900k) and aren't afraid to say it (tax money, marketing, etc.). They want to make a great game... The thing is they lack media coverage and did not advance much sadly. I'm hoping those few words will help spread the word!
Here's an entry on wikipedia about the original game :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(interactive_novel)
And a video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioBTcRHvKk4
Oh and by the way, on Rock Paper Shotgun people thought I was spamming my project on their forum, because I had created an account especially. First off this is NOT my project, second i'm just a big fan of the book/game and would like to see this project made.
VoilĂ*! I hope more media will cover this story!
BTW, long time lurker. I love this website.
BTW2, funny that it doesn't reference Portal from 1986, but only the valve's portal
