I just found out that there's a Top Trumps-based game on the BBC website already. Inspiring.
A Doctor Who game? Could be good, if done well. A Doctor Who game based on Top Trumps? Why, God, why?!
But seriously, if there's going to be a Who game, it should be an adventure style one, possibly like the old point-and-click style things that have made a slight comeback on the DS in the shape of Another Code and Hotel Dusk. I wouldn't be completely averse to some other kind of game set in the same universe, possibly an RPG. Torchwood might lend itself well to a shooter or action game of some description.
But Top Trumps? It might not necessarily be bad but I reckon that whatever comes out is going to be a waste of potential behind the licence. The platforms it's going to be on (PS2, mobiles, DS and PC) and the suggested holiday release date suggest something of a cash-in, going for the largest markets, particularly the now last-gen PS2. And something that's announced as one game coming out across such technically disparate systems makes me think that any central gameplay elements are going to be fairly simple.
Which makes sense since it's based on Top freakin' Trumps.
The comment that the game will be "extremely loyal to the Top Trumps brand" also has me worried. When you have the option of those two brands you don't emphasise the children's card game (he writes, unconsciously channeling the spirit of LittleKuriboh) over the award-winning sci-fi series, if only because Doctor Who fans are a thousand times more rabid. And I mean that in the best possible way.
With any luck this'll be a relatively minor budget title and someone will eventually have the idea of getting a veteran writer from the series to come up with something proper that'll tie into the continuity and be well-designed enough to succeed in territories where the Doctor Who brand isn't enough to make little kids instantly buy it.
Still, no sense dwelling on that, though I'll be sure to keep an eye out for any more news.
Nothing much else to say, since it's later now and I thought I had written more about that Doctor Who game. Ho-hum. I still haven't tested the rest of that bundle of consoles, as much as I keep meaning to. Might get it done tomorrow.
I've come up with another idea for a short sketch or even a series of sketches based on some inanimate objects. Actually, I have a few ideas for sketches about inanimate objects but this one only came into being today. I'd promise video but if I can get it scripted tomorrow and shot soon, it'll have to be done with Sam's Hitachivideocamerarecorder. This is a device that was not so much built as it was forged in the fires of the 1980s. So no promises. Unless I finally get round to convincing Erin to spend her money on a decent camcorder. Which I can "borrow".
I probably won't put the script up since it's only really funny because of the props and setting... meh, doesn't really matter.
That's about it. There should be a woodle up tomorrow, possibly a decent quality one of Sam can be made to draw it. I rely on that incompetent buffoon far too much. I also don't use the phrase "incompetent buffoon" nearly often enough.
But seriously, if there's going to be a Who game, it should be an adventure style one, possibly like the old point-and-click style things that have made a slight comeback on the DS in the shape of Another Code and Hotel Dusk. I wouldn't be completely averse to some other kind of game set in the same universe, possibly an RPG. Torchwood might lend itself well to a shooter or action game of some description.
But Top Trumps? It might not necessarily be bad but I reckon that whatever comes out is going to be a waste of potential behind the licence. The platforms it's going to be on (PS2, mobiles, DS and PC) and the suggested holiday release date suggest something of a cash-in, going for the largest markets, particularly the now last-gen PS2. And something that's announced as one game coming out across such technically disparate systems makes me think that any central gameplay elements are going to be fairly simple.
Which makes sense since it's based on Top freakin' Trumps.
The comment that the game will be "extremely loyal to the Top Trumps brand" also has me worried. When you have the option of those two brands you don't emphasise the children's card game (he writes, unconsciously channeling the spirit of LittleKuriboh) over the award-winning sci-fi series, if only because Doctor Who fans are a thousand times more rabid. And I mean that in the best possible way.
With any luck this'll be a relatively minor budget title and someone will eventually have the idea of getting a veteran writer from the series to come up with something proper that'll tie into the continuity and be well-designed enough to succeed in territories where the Doctor Who brand isn't enough to make little kids instantly buy it.
Still, no sense dwelling on that, though I'll be sure to keep an eye out for any more news.
Nothing much else to say, since it's later now and I thought I had written more about that Doctor Who game. Ho-hum. I still haven't tested the rest of that bundle of consoles, as much as I keep meaning to. Might get it done tomorrow.
I've come up with another idea for a short sketch or even a series of sketches based on some inanimate objects. Actually, I have a few ideas for sketches about inanimate objects but this one only came into being today. I'd promise video but if I can get it scripted tomorrow and shot soon, it'll have to be done with Sam's Hitachivideocamerarecorder. This is a device that was not so much built as it was forged in the fires of the 1980s. So no promises. Unless I finally get round to convincing Erin to spend her money on a decent camcorder. Which I can "borrow".
I probably won't put the script up since it's only really funny because of the props and setting... meh, doesn't really matter.
That's about it. There should be a woodle up tomorrow, possibly a decent quality one of Sam can be made to draw it. I rely on that incompetent buffoon far too much. I also don't use the phrase "incompetent buffoon" nearly often enough.
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