LucasArts · Lucasfilm, Disney
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Of all LucasArts ‘ adventure games, Loom has arguably aged the most gracefully. B …
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.
Of all LucasArts‘ adventure games, Loom has arguably aged the most gracefully. B
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I was 13 years old when I first encountered Brian Moriatry’s Loom . It was on a friend’s ninja PC that sported both VGA and AdLib cards and I was, understandably, blown away. The complex, whimsical story, the wonderful graphics, the unique musical interface and the amazing music
I was 13 years old when I first encountered Brian Moriatry’s Loom. It was on a friend’s ninja PC that sported both VGA and AdLib cards and I was, understandably, blown away. The complex, whimsical story, the wonderful graphics, the unique musical interface and the amazing music itself were unlike anything I had ever seen. Or have seen since.
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GoG.com has just added six Lucasarts(films) games, three of which are enjoying their digital debut. The debutantes are 2.5 wild west shooter Outlaws , Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders , and Indiana Jones And The Emperor’s Tomb . All three will make a smattering of people v
GoG.com has just added six Lucasarts(films) games, three of which are enjoying their digital debut. The debutantes are 2.5 wild west shooter Outlaws, Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders, and Indiana Jones And The Emperor’s Tomb. All three will make a smattering of people very excited until those same people actually take the time to revisit the games, at which point they’ll either loudly deny the trickery of nostalgia while pulling a face like a kid pretending to enjoy a Liquorice Allsort, or they’ll quietly mutter something about the “shuddering, shifting, deceitful veil that is memory” while weeping into a pint glass. As for me – thoughts below.
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HTML5 is, in simple terms, a new language for the web that among other things will allow for videos and animations to play without the need for Flash. It can also breathe new life into old video game art styles. Joe Huckaby over on the Effect Games blog has a great piece up showi
HTML5 is, in simple terms, a new language for the web that among other things will allow for videos and animations to play without the need for Flash. It can also breathe new life into old video game art styles.
Joe Huckaby over on the Effect Games blog has a great piece up showing a few examples. Taking the work of artist Mark Ferrari and applying an old 2D technique known as "colour cycling", we're left with some beautiful backgrounds that show what's possible from games running on platforms like the internet or mobile phones when HTML5 becomes more widely-adopted.
Mark Ferrari was a background artist on a lot of classic Lucasarts adventure games for the PC, like Monkey Island and Loom, so there are few better people to use to showcase the technique. The examples here are mere still images; to see them running in all their windy, rainy glory, hit the link below.
Old School Color Cycling with HTML5 [Effect Games, thanks Rich!]