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Kedri

08/24/2007, 07:31 pm

I just got back from the first day of the Penny Arcade Expo. The Telltale booth was great! There were three computers with demos: Two season one, and one CSI. Apparently, the Season 2 demo isn't ready yet, but the trailer is. It's AWESOME! I won't give any spoilers, but I will say that it is neat. :D
Oh, and I got the soundtrack there, as well. Without shipping fees or taxes! And I got my DVD signed a couple of times as well.

Apart from the Telltale booth, there were quite a few wide and varied things. Everything from pirates to orks to barbaric bloodied warriors.

Hero1

08/24/2007, 10:38 pm

did you go to any panels? can't give any hints about the trailer?

Kedri

08/24/2007, 10:43 pm

Hmmm...Nope. And I'm adding this to seem like it's a real spoiler. >:D I might say something, but only with a Telltale person's permission. Don't want to give away anything they wanted secret.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/25/2007, 02:27 am

You're so lucky. I wish England had some big games convention. :(

Plus I refuse to read the spoilers, I want episode one to be a big suprise (so please use spoiler boxes everyone :D)!

I just highlighted the first word of the spoiler box. Good one, you sure tricked me. ;)

Trixie

08/25/2007, 03:32 am

I hate the fact that the nearest games convention is lezping, and that's in germany!

Zeek

08/25/2007, 06:33 am

I just want to know the results of the "Help Telltale make a Sam & Max Episode" panel.

xChri5x

08/25/2007, 09:13 am

Does the trailer have more to it then the Season One trailer?

Kedri

08/25/2007, 09:35 am

Does the trailer have more to it then the Season One trailer?

Oh, a LOT more. :D

And Zeek, I'll try to be there. If I'm not, I'm sure there'll be a post in the blog here.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/25/2007, 09:55 am

Oh, a LOT more. :D

And Zeek, I'll try to be there. If I'm not, I'm sure there'll be a post in the blog here.

How long does the trailer last (aprox)?

If I was at PAX I'd just make camp outside the Telltale booth. :D

xChri5x

08/25/2007, 09:55 am

I hope it's better then the freelance police trailer because as far as Sam & Max trailers go, I still think it's the best.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/25/2007, 09:59 am

I hope it's better then the freelance police trailer because as far as Sam & Max trailers go, I still think it's the best.

I just watched it on YouTube. "Why won't you just die?" is totally a Simpsons joke. ;)

Kedri

08/25/2007, 10:09 am

I hope it's better then the freelance police trailer because as far as Sam & Max trailers go, I still think it's the best.
This is actually my favorite. It's timed so well. But opinions vary, I'm sure.

It's about average trailer length, possibly a bit longer.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/25/2007, 10:21 am

This is actually my favorite. It's timed so well. But opinions vary, I'm sure.

It's about average trailer length, possibly a bit longer.

Does it give a rough idea of what the first episode is going to be about, or is just Sam & Max in some random situation?

Kedri

08/25/2007, 06:59 pm

I went to the "Make an episode" event today, which was, in fact, only a scene. Nevertheless, the results were hilarium. I think they'll upload the clip we made sometime soon. Also, they had the season 2 gameplay demo today. Neatness is in store...:)

EDIT: Does it give a rough idea of what the first episode is going to be about, or is just Sam & Max in some random situation?
I think it's a random situation. Like last year's E3 trailer, it's more of an ad to the season itself. Of course, it MIGHT be an episode 1 trailer...I really don't know. :D

Kedri

08/25/2007, 08:21 pm

PS, I thought it neccesary to say, Season Two has running ability.

Zeek

08/25/2007, 08:44 pm

The PAX scene is up on the blog. Interesting script, and I love the Samism they came up with.:D

Hero1

08/25/2007, 09:23 pm

Hey Kedri did telltale actually confirm they are porting Sam & Max to wii and xbox360.. or did they just say they'd like to have sam & max on all consoles eventually

Cyberlink420

08/25/2007, 09:24 pm

Sam...Max...Wii...finally together?

HOLY HEAPING HORDES OF ENGORGED GAMERS ARMED WITH THE KONAMI CODE, LITTLE BUDDY!

Ironically, I was just taking part in a discussion with a few members on GameFAQs' Wii board who thought TTG should bring Sam & Max to Wii. Glad to see that it's more than just a fanboy pipedream.

Kedri

08/25/2007, 09:41 pm

Hey Kedri did telltale actually confirm they are porting Sam & Max to wii and xbox360.. or did they just say they'd like to have sam & max on all consoles eventually
They didn't confirm any ports. You'll have to live with the speculation upon the recently hired Wii programmer. ;)

Another thing, at the Play demo, Emily briefly flashed the debug mode screen. Such spoilers...such spoilers that man was never meant to see....MY EYES!!!:eek:

tobar

08/25/2007, 09:48 pm

Instead of jealously, I'll feel pity for Kedri. Spoilers, my one true enemy!

Kedri

08/25/2007, 09:53 pm

Well, I have to admit, I'm daydreaming in speculation. They were awesome-looking spoilers...

tabacco

08/25/2007, 11:08 pm

We're making CSI: Hard Evidence for the Wii... it's not a secret anymore :)

Kedri

08/25/2007, 11:19 pm

Oh, right... :)

Well, since you're here, can you confirm/deny wether I can go into full detail of the trailer, or the demo?

tabacco

08/25/2007, 11:27 pm

Sure, go for it. You're not under an NDA at PAX or anything :)

Might want to use spoiler tags, though.

Kedri

08/25/2007, 11:45 pm

Of course. :)

OK, here I go!

Fluffy light spoilers:
Storylines are continued, and fans have been listened to.

Moderate spoilers:
The trailer shows Sybil and Abe on a date at Stinky's, and Bosco's shop in red alert mode.

Big raw spoilers:
Shadowed Mexican guy, The puppet president stealing back his head, and THE Flint Paper.

EDIT: I'm removing the full trailer transcript. Shouldn't be shown.

ShaggE

08/26/2007, 12:09 am

:O Sweet caramel drippings on Fat Tuesday! Sounds epic :D

Guybrush Threepwood

08/26/2007, 01:14 am

Okay, this time I'm definitely not reading the spoilers. :D

Harald B

08/26/2007, 01:41 am

Zeek

08/26/2007, 06:36 am

Storylines are continued, and fans have been listened to.

Does that means someone forwarded my idea of "Sam & Max meets The Ventures" kind of track to Jared? (Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleeeeeeeeaase....)

Jake

08/26/2007, 09:17 am

Hmm, there's some interestingly ambiguous comments regarding a console release in that joystiq article.Sam & Max on Xbox 360? Answer: We definitely want to see Sam & Max on all the platforms. "We're developing for Xbox, Wii, and PC right now. We're not doing anything with PS3 right now." They "certainly expect" to see them on consoles soon. "Our idea of soon is different than Microsoft's." Ooooh, burn!Interpret that whatever way you want...

When Kevin said "We're developing for Xbox, Wii, and PC right now," he definitely meant Telltale at large, not specifically Sam & Max. I can say with a lot of certainty that there are no builds of Sam & Max running on console development hardware in the office right now. Will there be in the future? Probably! But for now, all our console development work is dedicated to 1) getting the toolset and engine ported over, 2) getting console CSI: Hard Evidence out the door. :)

PS: As for when the trailer and other info on Season Two is going up on the site, one might be able to figure that out quite easiy (http://www.telltalegames.com/summerofsamandmax) at this point!

Guybrush Threepwood

08/26/2007, 09:29 am

When Kevin said "We're developing for Xbox, Wii, and PC right now," he definitely meant Telltale at large, not specifically Sam & Max. I can say with a lot of certainty that there are no builds of Sam & Max running on console development hardware in the office right now. Will there be in the future? Probably! But for now, all our console development work is dedicated to 1) getting the toolset and engine ported over, 2) getting console CSI: Hard Evidence out the door. :)

PS: As for when the trailer and other info on Season Two is going up on the site, one might be able to figure that out quite easiy (http://www.telltalegames.com/summerofsamandmax) at this point!

September 5th, right? ;)

Silly Bob

08/26/2007, 10:51 am

Of course. :)
Big raw spoilers:
Shadowed Mexican guy, The puppet president stealing back his head, and THE Flint Paper.

For me this is one of the most exciting parts.

I can see Flint making a big dramatic entrance

Kaldire

08/26/2007, 01:44 pm

I wanna tinkle my trousers im so excited!

Hero1

08/26/2007, 01:59 pm

Zeek

08/26/2007, 02:38 pm

it seems any mention of Sam & Max and Wii people go crazy

Was that a phonetic pun?:confused:

Zachspyfox033

08/26/2007, 04:42 pm

When will the trailer be open to the public?

Silly Bob

08/26/2007, 05:27 pm

Most likely August 28th, unless he's teasing us.

Kedri

08/26/2007, 06:37 pm

I'm guessing the 28th, too.

Nothing new spoiler-wise today, except I managed to take in all the debug spoilerific scenes. I'll keep those to myself for now.

In the meantime, here are a few of the gameplay spoilers:

Bosco, being a trillionaire, no longer needs a store, so he's converted the place into a top-security something-or-other.

Abe & Sybil are on a date at Stinky's, who is having a trivia contest: when was the war of 1812 fought?

A. 1812
B. 20,000 BC
C. March 3rd, 2004
D. Bangers and Mash

A, apparently, is wrong. Definately a puzzle.

The bug is also at Stinky's, and explains that his quoting of the exorsism is caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, which was in turn caused by the death of his father, caused by weapons of sanitation.

SloppyJimbo

08/26/2007, 07:40 pm

Does the game expand past the neighborhood (like the island in the concept art), or did you not see it in the demo?

Kedri

08/26/2007, 07:43 pm

I didn't see the sets themselves, but through debug mode, I definately saw some names of non-neighborhood areas...

xChri5x

08/26/2007, 07:53 pm

Is the trailer in game footage or pre-rendered stuff like in the season one trailer?

Kedri

08/26/2007, 07:53 pm

Is the trailer in game footage or pre-rendered stuff like in the season one trailer?
Prerendered. It bears full resemblance to the actual places, though.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/27/2007, 02:05 am

I didn't see the sets themselves, but through debug mode, I definately saw some names of non-neighborhood areas...

Sorry, this is a probably a really stupid question, but what is debug mode?

xChri5x

08/27/2007, 02:30 am

Is this trailer really just a trailer for episode one instead of the whole season?

Badwolf

08/27/2007, 05:23 am

Sorry, this is a probably a really stupid question, but what is debug mode?

I can't remember how you access it now, but it was in Season 1 too. You go on the menu and press certain keys and a screen will show up giving you a choice of all the different places and cutscenes you can skip to.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/27/2007, 05:27 am

I can't remember how you access it now, but it was in Season 1 too. You go on the menu and press certain keys and a screen will show up giving you a choice of all the different places and cutscenes you can skip to.

Oh, really? Thanks. :) Does anyone know what the keys are that you press?

mhaley

08/27/2007, 05:31 am

Does anyone know what the keys are that you press?
Hold Control, Shift, and D on the keyboard, and double click on the arrow button that opens the menu.

Zachspyfox033

08/27/2007, 05:38 am

Hold Control, Shift, and D on the keyboard, and double click on the arrow button that opens the menu.

You also need to be on the main menu.

Cyberlink420

08/27/2007, 05:44 am

No you don't. You can access debug from anywhere, not from just the main menu.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/27/2007, 06:01 am

Hold Control, Shift, and D on the keyboard, and double click on the arrow button that opens the menu.

Interesting, cheers. :)

Emily

08/27/2007, 01:24 pm

Jake

08/27/2007, 01:32 pm

Is this trailer really just a trailer for episode one instead of the whole season?

The trailer isn't actually for any particular episode, it's just a little mini string of events which show some new happenings in Season Two. You'll see soon.

Is the trailer in game footage or pre-rendered stuff like in the season one trailer?

The trailer is 100% pre-rendered, color graded, soft focused mania, and isn't at all in-game. It does use the same environments and the same character models which appear in-game, of course, but it is very much a "Cinematic Trailer," not a "gameplay trailer." The art team had a little bit of breathing room between seasons, so they decided to go nuts and make a dynamic over the top awesome show-offey trailer which shows off some new situations and locations in Season Two, but stands off to the side of the season itself, visually. There won't be too many big leaps in technical graphical prowess in Season Two (aside from widescreen and a few new effects), but consensus in the office is that Season Two is turning out visually more awesome than Season One, regardless.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/27/2007, 01:41 pm

I guess the trailer is going to be put up tomorrow? I can't wait. :D

Trixie

08/27/2007, 01:42 pm

Kedri, thanks for keeping those secret location names secret. :D

We only showed stuff around Sam & Max's neighborhood during the PAX demos. We're keeping story-specific stuff quiet until closer to release.

I feel that september, Information about it will come out and a october, It will be out. That's probbally a lie but there...
I hope that the new places are as nicely made as the season 1 places(same people so probbally will).

Kedri

08/27/2007, 03:02 pm

I hope that the new places are as nicely made as the season 1 places(same people so probbally will).
In my opinion, they're much better.:D

Kedri, thanks for keeping those secret location names secret. :D
No problem. I could barely look directly at it myself...

Hero1

08/27/2007, 05:16 pm

I'm predicting season 2 will debut late October or November.. It would make sense to keep it in roughly the same time frame as season 1

Kedri

08/27/2007, 08:44 pm

"Swag" count time. I'll only log stuff I found good. The rest was flyers and uninteresting junk:

-Super Mario Boo http://www.smbhq.com/mysteries/cases/case7.gif
-Luigi hitting mystery Box keychain.
-N+ Gold Piece http://www.onemorelevel.com/games/n-ninja.html
-"Soda Cozy"
-'I PWNED PAX07" window sticky
-Magic: The Gathering Mousepad.
-Alienware bag
-2 squishy baseballs
-Squishy brain(Reminds me of Psychonauts)
-N+ Pin(N ninja)
-Game Trailers pin.
-7 dubloons
-7 LotR online trial disks(After the first 10 times of saying "I already have one, thanks," I just gave up and accepted there on out.)
-Max "One Rabbit. One Law." button.
-S&M flyer: "Cases: New. Graces: Few. Hijinks ensue."
-Bone: Out from Boneville DVD
-Sam & Max: Season 1 soundtrack
-Season 1 Poster Print(Thank you sooo much, guys!)

Signatures:

Program
-Wil Wheaton "Rock on!"

Baseball
-Some guy named 'Ron Gilbert'(20 points if you catch the reference. :D)

Sam & Max DVD
-Brendan Ferguson
-Ron Gilbert
-Dave Grossman "Patience is a sharp razor to swallow"
-Emily Morganti
-Jake Rodkin
-Jon Sgro
-Doug Tabacco "Woo!"

Erm, and I'm afraid I forgot the other three names I got signatures of... '-' Can any Telltaler remind me, by any chance?

tabacco

08/27/2007, 09:00 pm

Probably:

Kevin Bruner
Jon Sgro
Marco Brezzo

Kedri

08/27/2007, 09:09 pm

Probably:

Kevin Bruner
Jon Sgro
Marco Brezzo
I'm not sure... One starts with a B, annd...one a C? Maybe?

EDIT: I've decoded "Brendan Ferguson", but the others remain a mystery, for now.

Jon

08/27/2007, 09:30 pm

i believe i did scribble a "SGRO" on there,

Kedri

08/27/2007, 09:41 pm

*Squints* Yeah, thanks! Ok, one John Doe left...

Kaldire

08/27/2007, 09:54 pm

wow lucky sod! I hope one day to meet the crew..

Also I havent opened my casefile yet but is

Max "One Rabbit. One Law." button, the one from the casefile

Also
-S&M flyer: "Cases: New. Graces: Few. Hijinks ensue." !!! I want a flyer just for the wording! How can one get one!

tabacco

08/27/2007, 09:56 pm

Heh... we can probably send you a box of a few thousand ;)

I was using a case of those cards for a footrest for awhile.

Kedri

08/27/2007, 10:48 pm

Max "One Rabbit. One Law." button, the one from the casefile
Yeah, 'tis. They were giving bunches out for free.

Guybrush Threepwood

08/28/2007, 01:57 am

They should sell them in the store... for free! :D

Kedri

08/28/2007, 07:46 pm

And shipping! :P

tobar

08/28/2007, 07:54 pm

Heh... we can probably send you a box of a few thousand ;)

I was using a case of those cards for a footrest for awhile.

Ooh, I'd like one!

Emily

08/29/2007, 06:57 am

Actually those postcards are almost gone. They were the marketing materials from 2006 Comic-Con. The ones we had at PAX were the last few I could scrounge up.

For a long time they were being stuffed inside t-shirt bags and Age of S&M books. If you bought an Age of S&M from the store now, you'd probably still get one.

Bas

08/29/2007, 07:13 am

There won't be too many big leaps in technical graphical prowess in Season Two (aside from widescreen and a few new effects)

Widescreen, perfect! Now I can get rid of those vertical black bars.

I hate the fact that the nearest games convention is lezping, and that's in germany!

"lezping"?

Zeek

08/29/2007, 07:21 am

Kaldire

08/29/2007, 03:09 pm

checked mine and got notta ... odd ..anyone have a picture or mini scan of it at least?

Emily

08/29/2007, 04:16 pm

The scene from the panel is now up on the blog (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-248) (along with one of the ones we did as practice beforehand).

It's still funny, but it was funnier with the audience laughter at the panel.

Kedri

08/29/2007, 04:19 pm

I'm convinced that whoever volunteered the "Holy..." line had planned that weeks beforehand...

fhqwhgads

08/31/2007, 05:46 am

Baseball
-Some guy named 'Ron Gilbert'(20 points if you catch the reference. :D)

Ah yes... Indy and the Fate of Atlantis :)

One of my favorites!

Wow... 20 points... where to start spending!

Come to think of it, it would be awesome to have a baseball signed by 'Ron Gilbert'. Too bad none of my friends would get it :(

Kedri

08/31/2007, 01:12 pm

Ah yes... Indy and the Fate of Atlantis :)

One of my favorites!

Wow... 20 points... where to start spending!

Come to think of it, it would be awesome to have a baseball signed by 'Ron Gilbert'. Too bad none of my friends would get it :(

To be honest, I didn't expect anyone here to get it. Even he wasn't aware that joke was put in. Hehe.