Announcing Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People

[Emily]

It's official! (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-324)

We'll be updating the site with a trailer, screens, and an FAQ at about 1:00 Pacific time, so make sure to check back for that. :)

[jonathanbloom]

NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY! Strongbad rocks and this is from Telltale! NO WAY! You guys rock! Now I can't wait to hear about pricing and the exact release date!

Now, which version do I buy? PC or WiiWare?

[Todd Evf]

wow. I know I didn't see this one coming. I heard there were two new properties, and didn't expect Homestar Runner's Strong Bad to be one of them. I might have to break down and get a Wii now. . .

. . . if I can find one.

[xChri5x]

Woooot! looks like I have to get a Wii now!

[Cyberlink420]

This...this is beyond epic.

[jonathanbloom]

What if...what if...what if Sam & Max made an appearance? Could you imagine how awesome it would be to have Sam & Max talk to Strongbad?

[xChri5x]

Sam & Max, Bone, and now a Homestar Runner game... It's like they're picking my mind of all my favourite things!

[Guybrush Threepwood]

So... that's about 9pm GMT, I think.
Will the Wiiware and PC games come out at the same time? I'm swaying towards getting the PC version, just because that's where my gaming heart lies.

[Udvarnoky]

Great license! This is gonna be awesome.

Also, though I'm a proud Wii owner and will surely be buying the WiiWare version of this game, I'm happy to see that the series won't be limited to the service.

[Cyberlink420]

Three hours to go...

[V_Ben]

ive got one thing to ask... will trogdor make an appearence?

[RabidZombie]

If Modestly Hot Homsar doesn't feature, you're getting some angry fan mail...

[Senor Cardgage]

I can't wait to play SBCG4AP! My biggest hope, though, is that we get some more coherent thoughts out of Senor Cardgage :P

[wefeelgroove]

Telltale + Strong Bad + Wii = Mind blown.

[Puuks]

Came for the Sam and Max, staying for the Strong Bad.

LOVE it.

[Senor Cardgage]

So, that site they told us about should be up any minute now. I'm so excited!

[RobD]

*head asplodes*

This is FANTASTIC news! Telltale, you spoil us. :D

[Guybrush Threepwood]

You're five minutes overdue. I'm afraid Telltale now suck.

(just kidding, of course!)

[Senor Cardgage]

Uh oh, almost 15 minutes overdue now! :p

[Will]

Shush you! Go here: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbcg4ap.html

[tabacco]

We've been working as fast as we can for the past 30 hours straight to get this stuff to you, so bear with us for another few minutes please :)

[Senor Cardgage]

I love you Will! :D

That trailer left my computer a smoldering crater!*

*Trailer did not really leave my computer a smoldering crater

[Will]

I had nothing to do with this and deserve no thanking. The flash was done by the Chaps, the in-engine 3D stuff by Nick and the massive massive amount of webpage stuff soon to be released is Doug, Jake, Mike, Eric and Emily.

And I could list all the guys who made the engine, modeled the characters, etc, but that's pretty much the entire company. They rock.

[Senor Cardgage]

I know, but you posted the link, which gave me something to do for the next few minutes of waiting. :D

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Hahaha! "From the people who brought you... Rabbit dog and Bunnyman".

[wefeelgroove]

All three of the glorious D's!!

[RabidZombie]

Hahaha! "From the people who brought you... Rabbit dog and Bunnyman".

Rabid dog surely?

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Rabid dog surely?

Sorry, that's what I meant. :p It was a typo. Sewiously you guys.

[Emily]

Actually I'm pretty sure it said "rabbit dog" in the script. :p

[RobD]

:p

Wait, does this mean we could see some Strongbad merch in the Telltale store in the future as well?

I didn't think I would be as excited or surprised by the new game announcement as I am for some reason. :D

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Actually I'm pretty sure it said "rabbit dog" in the script. :p

Sorry, that's what I meant. :p It was a typo. Sewiously you guys.

Actually, if we're going to be completely honest here, I was torn between putting 'rabbit' or 'rabid', only to decide on the latter. And then along came my typo! I'd personally say that 'rabbit dog' is probably better because of the fact that the second name is either a bunny or a man.

And as this post ends, my sleep is soon to begin.
No, wait, forget that! Coffee here I come!

[Senor Cardgage]

So, any updates on how much longer it might take? No rush, I'm just wondering :D

[Emily]

We'll launch it as soon as we possibly can. :)

[RabidZombie]

Actually I'm pretty sure it said "rabbit dog" in the script. :p

Great, now everybody knows I was wrong... :P

[fco.]

Shush you! Go here: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbcg4ap.html

NOOOOOOO!!!...

I can't access that page from work...

[Guybrush Threepwood]

http://telltalegames.com/strongbad/ - for refreshing fanatics. I'm liking the cool shade of blue that you guys have chosen.

[Senor Cardgage]

Thanks for the link Guybrush :D

[nhaingen]

http://telltalegames.com/strongbad/ - for refreshing fanatics. I'm liking the cool shade of blue that you guys have chosen.

I misinterpreted that as being refreshing for fanatics. I'm not a fanatic of refreshing, sadly, since our DSL is slugging along slower than ever before. At least I can see the H*R trailer - and I love the art style! Considering that H*R characters are notoriously impossible to express in 3D, I like how the gameplay retains that flat hand-drawnlylike-shaded quality. Unless I only imagined that, in my insomnia-induced stupor - I should watch it again.

[tobar]

This...this is beyond epic.

What he said.

[jp-30]

I'm aware of homestarrunner.com, been a few times over the years to check out Peasant Quest etc, but don't know much about the characters there at all - however the trailer (pure win) has really piqued my interest, so now I have another way to procrastinate during the workday! Thanks Telltale.

[tabacco]

We just posted this in the interim: http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/faq

Most of the info in there will be familiar to a lot of you, but you never know. The rest of the Strong Bad site is coming soon, still.

[Senor Cardgage]

Sweet, it's done! And awesome!


I love the new trailer. Strong Bad looks pretty good blonde :P

[fco.]

At last! I finnaly saw the trailer, and I must say I freaking loved it.

Also I recalled why I stoped going to homestarrunner.com... so PLEASE be sure to add subtitles to this game too.

(Now I can get back to work...)

[nhaingen]

Also I recalled why I stoped going to homestarrunner.com... so PLEASE be sure to add subtitles to this game too.


Subtitles? The good lunatics at the H*R Wiki (http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Main_Page) have a solution for you - get Firefox (if you haven't already) and follow the instructions for their Greasemonkey Code. (http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/User:Phlip/Greasemonkey)

It's never worked on my computer, but my computer... isn't very good, suffice to say.

[wefeelgroove]

The trailer made me laugh out loud. I love how it looks exactly like the cartoon!

And... do we get to answer e-mails?? *puppy eyes*

[Jake]

The trailer made me laugh out loud. I love how it looks exactly like the cartoon!

And... do we get to answer e-mails?? *puppy eyes*

You can browse emails!... and probably deleted them. I don't know if del taco-ing emails is supported, though.

[Derwin]

This will be a great way to spend my S&M off season.

[wisp]

awww...any chance there will be a strong bad game for normal people? i want to play it to...:(

[xChri5x]

He states in the trailer that you can play it too!

[tredlow]

AWESOME!! I always dreamed Homestar runner and Telltale collaborate!!

[Strongbadpwnsjoo]

Holy Crap! I love saying crap, and so does my crapfully crap crapper, String String Bing Bong, also known as a my brudda man Strong Bad!!!!!!:cool: I shall send him an email right now!!

[ThatNickGuy]

So, let's put this all together:

1) The Homestar Runner gang, along with its creators, have made one of the most popular pop culture icons in the last five years. And never jumped away from the website...
2) The Wii, arguably the most popular of all the 3 new game systems.
3) Telltale games, with several former LucasArts developers and makers of the uber-popular Sam & Max games.

I'm sorry, but my brain can't comprehend the awesomeness behind all of this.

However, I did mention this to my roommate last night, who also shared my unending excitement and said "Wait, so it's episodic? And you download it right off the Wii? Oh, my god, they're all going to make so much money off of this."

[Diduz]

1) The Homestar Runner gang, along with its creators, have made one of the most popular pop culture icons in the last five years.


I think this is only valid for the English-speaking countries, I'm afraid. I sware nobody in Italy does even know what Homestar Runner is. Not that I'm worried, this is almost an original IP, from a foreign point of view. ;)
I've browsed through some of the flash animations and I think it's funny... enough. Considering I wasn't a big fan of Bone and I liked the Bone games a lot, I trust Telltale completely on this. I also like the cel-shaded look, it's something different. :)

[Shauntron]

My head asplode. My head so very asplode.

Do I get points for sorta calling it (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3164)? I'm like Nostradamus, but instead of the end of days I predict radness.

[MarkDarin]

My head asplode. My head so very asplode.

Do I get points for sorta calling it (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3164)? I'm like Nostradamus, but instead of the end of days I predict radness.

Sure! 87 points for you!

[RMJ1984]

No no no strongbads gotta make an apperence in Sam Und Max :)

Its a nice trailer, but the voices arent quite right, is other people doing them?

[Shauntron]

Sure! 87 points for you!

http://i27.tinypic.com/mlo41i.jpg

[Cyberlink420]

No no no strongbads gotta make an apperence in Sam Und Max :)

Its a nice trailer, but the voices arent quite right, is other people doing them?
Nope. It's Matt Chapman voicing all the characters, just like in the cartoons.

[Seg]

Nope. It's Matt Chapman voicing all the characters, just like in the cartoons.

In the cartoons and the game, both Chapman brothers and Missy Palmer (Mike's wife) are the voice actors. Matt does the bulk of characters, but not all of them.

[Jake]

awww...any chance there will be a strong bad game for normal people? i want to play it to...:(

BUT YOU CAN PLAY TOO!

[DanH]

No no no strongbads gotta make an apperence in Sam Und Max :)

Its a nice trailer, but the voices arent quite right, is other people doing them?

Really? We're starting the voice debate with Homestar Runner?

[tabacco]

Yeah, the original actors aren't quite as good as the original actors. They should really get the original guys back.

[langley]

Maybe you're just used to hearing their voices compressed via horrible Flash audio bit rates.

[Jake]

Andrew Chaikin filled in as The Cheat, but I bet nobody noticed!


note: I am lying here. The Chapmans provided all voices, as always.

They beefed up their recording equipment so there would be less room hiss and clunking around in their recordings, which might be why everyone sounds a bit different to some people's ears - their recordings are significantly cleaner than they've been in the Flash shorts.

[Will]

*Note, the flash cartoons will now benefit from this new fancy equipment too. Yay for fidelity!

[nhaingen]

Clear sound on the flashes? Those blurred consonants have such nostalgic value to me. D: I suppose I'll just have to stomach all these amazing improvements, frightening as they may be.

[Leak]

Yeah, the original actors aren't quite as good as the original actors. They should really get the original guys back.
EPIC WHINE, errr, WIN! :D

[RMJ1984]

No they sound more childish :S and such in that trailer and it isnt good. Maybe it was just made in a rush, the speed of the voices is also off, :/

[etherbot]

No they sound more childish :S and such in that trailer and it isnt good. Maybe it was just made in a rush, the speed of the voices is also off, :/

i think the speed of the voices is done on purpose. its meant to be a phoned in and tacky commercial, after all.

[Jake]

No they sound more childish :S and such in that trailer and it isnt good. Maybe it was just made in a rush, the speed of the voices is also off, :/

The trailer on the Telltale site has deliberately bad acting. Did the horrible wigs not help tip you off?

[LuigiHann]

I think you need to tighten up the graphics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ-QSJmEgHU)

[BiggerJ]

I think you need to tighten up the graphics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ-QSJmEgHU)

WHAT DID I SAY?
WHAT DID I TELL YOU TO DO?
GOOD GRAPHICS!
I COME TO WORK AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS MESS!
YOU BETTER MAKE GOOD GRAPHICS! I'M SUPPOSED TO RELEASE A VIDEO COMPUTER GAME ON TV WITHOUT THIS GRAPHIC!
YOU HEARD ME!

(To understand what I'm talking about, watch this (http://www.homestarrunner.com/pqtrailer.html) and click the hidden icon in the upper-right at the end.)

[xtrmntr]

I think you need to tighten up the graphics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ-QSJmEgHU)

At Telltale, tightening things up is Job One:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_2XzhffJq0

[splash1]

Strong Bad looks cool, can't wait to play it :)

[BadStrong]

I couldn't stop laughing at the recited style trailer! I love the cartoons and I'm sure this game will be just as humorous. I can't wait to explore the world of HomestarRunner!

[SoshiKitai]

I think this is only valid for the English-speaking countries, I'm afraid. I sware nobody in Italy does even know what Homestar Runner is. Not that I'm worried, this is almost an original IP, from a foreign point of view. ;)
I've browsed through some of the flash animations and I think it's funny... enough. Considering I wasn't a big fan of Bone and I liked the Bone games a lot, I trust Telltale completely on this. I also like the cel-shaded look, it's something different. :)

:P Only SOME of the flash animations? Well, after you try the game out in the future, go back to HR and watch some'more! Not all of the animations are favored by everyone, each and every single one has a different fan. Each fan has a different favorite episode. :D



...as for me, my gf and I are excited to get this! WHOO!!! Can't wait!

[Rubbercookie]

"but you can play too" added in the end of the trailer really burned us. ;_;

[Smollie]

I think the crappier it looks, the better.
I don't want StrongBad to be all slick and high-rez.
Slick and high-rez is unnatural!
It's not how God intended the world to be!
GIVE ME CRAPPY GRAPHICS AND 3-CHANNEL SOUND!!!!

OK, it can look and sound a littlebit slick.

(By the way, this whole Telltale/Homestarrunner team-up took me totally by surprise! But then, I'm surprised rather easily:eek:)

[Leak]

GIVE ME CRAPPY GRAPHICS AND 3-CHANNEL SOUND!!!!
Sorry, but they'll need to leave soom room down the quality scale for the Videlectrix games - unless you want them all to be black & white text adventures sans sound... :D

np: Thomas Brinkmann - 2Suns (When Horses Die...)

[TeamDairy]

Are you going to include a widescreen resolution for the PC version of SBCG4AP? I was playing Sam and Max and it only has 800x600 and 1024x768.

[tabacco]

Season one is limited to 4x3, but season two allows widescreen resolutions, as will SBCG4AP

[Will]

Just to clarify Doug, Season 2 allows 4:3 and 12:9 resolutions. And obviously the Wii version will support all Wii supported aspect ratios.

*Edit* Season 2 also supports 1280x1024, but that resolution is dirty and wrong!

[Seg]

Are you going to include a widescreen resolution for the PC version of SBCG4AP? I was playing Sam and Max and it only has 800x600 and 1024x768.

SBCG4AP people will have widescreen, just as Season Two of Sam & Max has widescreen.

Keep in mind that the list of resolutions in the game are polled to what both the computer and the game can do. Since Sam & Max Season Two & CSI Hard Evidence, widescreen has been apart of our design specifications. The only titles that don't do widescreen are:
Sam & Max Season One
Both Bone titles
Telltale Texas Hold'em.

[Leak]

Just to clarify Doug, Season 2 allows 4:3 and 12:9 resolutions.
Is it just me, or is 4:3 and 12:3 the exact same thing and you really wanted to say 16:9 or 16:10?

*Edit* Season 2 also supports 1280x1024, but that resolution is dirty and wrong!
Hey, 5:4 is just 4:3 and then some... :p

np: Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts III (Ghosts I-IV)

[Will]

er, yes. I meant 16x9. Whoops! The reason I don't like 5x4 is that nothing is built for it. Everything is built for 4x3 or 16x9, so if you try to squeeze it into 5x4 you either have to lose stuff off the sides or vertically stretch it, neither of which is good.

[Leak]

er, yes. I meant 16x9. Whoops!
:D

The reason I don't like 5x4 is that nothing is built for it.
Nothing except for the lots and lots of 1280x1024 monitors that exist worldwide? :confused:

Seems pretty standard a resolution (and hence aspect ratio) to me...

np: Justus Köhncke - Parage (Safe And Sound)

[Will]

Well the reason we support it is because it is so common these days due to the sudden proliferation of 5x4 LCD monitors. But things are generally designed from a 4x3 or 16x9 perspective.

[EhhhFonzie]

Hey is it coming out for Australia??

[yoshimickster]

Will there be garlic in it? I like garlic!ANd how about playable character, is it only Strong Bad we can play or what?

[wisp]

*Edit* Season 2 also supports 1280x1024, but that resolution is dirty and wrong!
don't you dare mock my resolution...*waves fist*

:D i know it's wrong, but i like it.

[Shauntron]

*Edit* Season 2 also supports 1280x1024, but that resolution is dirty and wrong!

What did 960 ever do to Widescreen moniters...

[Leak]

What did 960 ever do to Widescreen moniters...
It did not go over one thousand, that's what it did! :D

np: Rhythm & Sound - No Partial (Rhythm & Sound)