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Armikrog adds Wii U stretch goal days before Kickstarter ends
Claymation point-and-clicker Armikrog has until Thursday, June 27 to reach its $900,000 Kickstarter goal, but developer Pencil Test Studios decided it's never too late to add a stretch goal to its funding initative. In this case, the former Neverhood developers added a $950,000 stretch goal to its campaign that would bring the game to Wii U. An update on the project noted that Nintendo "fast-tracked" Pencil Test Studios to become a licensed Wii U developer, and the studio said Nintendo contacted it recently to see if the developer would be interest in bringing Armikrog to Wii U. Of course, the project still has a few days to reach its initial goal; the project currently sits at $635,887.
Armikrog stop-motions you toward a Kickstarter from Neverhood vets
Pencil Test Studios, a company manned by one of the designers and two of the artists responsible for 1996's classic The Neverhood, is seeking $900,000 in crowdsourced funding via Kickstarter in order to fuel the creation of its new claymation point-and-click adventure project, Armikrog. While story details are sparse, the game's overall premise is pretty straightforward: Tommynaut, a space explorer, and Beak-Beak, his blind, talking alien dog, crash land onto a "weird planet" and are somehow imprisoned in a fortress called "Armikrog." Assuming it's fully funded, the game will be available in both Steam and DRM-free flavors for PC, OSX and Linux. In addition to being helmed by Neverhood alumni Doug TenNapel, Mike Dietz and Ed Schofield, Armikrog will also feature a soundtrack scored by Neverhood/Skullmonkeys composer Terry S. Taylor, in addition to voice work by Mystery Science Theater 3000/RiffTrax's Michael J. Nelson, Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder, Rob Paulsen of every cartoon from your childhood, Tekzilla's Veronica Belmont and PvPOnline's Scott Kurtz.
Armikrog is the new clay adventure game from The Neverhood creators
We heard last month that the folks behind 1996's The Neverhood were at work on a new clay-motion adventure game, and the name has now been revealed: It's called Armikrog. The title has also earned a website, a Twitter profile, and a Facebook page. There's also a very (very) short video clip available, but all it shows is a confusingly full whiteboard, the scrabblings on which may or may not have much to do with the final product.We do know that it's all being put together by Neverhood creator Doug TenNapel, with help from Mike Dietz and Ed Schofield (a.k.a. Pencil Test Studios) and Neverhood composer Terry Taylor.
The Neverhood creator planning new clay adventure game for PC, Mac
While plans for a movie and mobile version of cult adventure game classic The Neverhood didn't pan out, creator Doug TenNapel has said he's working on a new clay adventure game. Over on Facebook, TenNapel says he's cooperating with friends Mike Dietz and Ed Schofield – both of whom worked with him on The Neverhood and Earthworm Jim – to produce "a full sized, PC and Mac point and click adventure game in clay and puppet animation."TenNapel doesn't say much specifically about this proposed game, save for promising new characters in his usual style and confirming The Neverhood composer Terry Taylor is onboard to do the score. TenNapel is currently soliciting feedback from fans on Facebook.[Thanks, Jonathan.]
Neverhood may be headed to mobile platforms
You may remember The Neverhood as the lovely, claymation adventure game with one of the best soundtracks of all time. But there's an equally large chance that you don't remember The Neverhood at all, as the PC game was released way back in 1996 and has been dormant since. Developer Bazinga Studios says it would like to change that and bring the game to mobile platforms. The company tells us it's currently negotiating the licensing contract, but can't say any more for the moment. Personally, we couldn't be more excited to take another trip to The Neverhood, but we're not quite sure how common that is. You know what this calls for! A poll. %Poll-66022%
