Well what would you know?

[Burn]

Hey turns out it is a bone game. Full credit to all those people guessing it 6 months ago .

[Alucard]

bone eh.... well lets wait and see on this one I guess. I don't really know much about this bone thing. too bad it wasn't dott2 or something. Question is how long are we going to have to wait for it. Q3 maybe?

[jp-30]

> too bad it wasn't dott2

With all due respect, it was NEVER going to be a LucasArts property.

I'd never even heard of Bone prior to the speculation thread(s) way back when, and then I followed the link from the Telltale Community page.

And personally I love the idea of a 'fresh' adventure game, rather than rehashing pre-used characters from older games. It also lessens the weight of expectation from the older game's fanbase.

From what I saw, the settings and characters in BONE shoul make for a wonderful Adventure series.

So, Telltale, we got some sort of timeframe yet? 2005?

[guybrushguy]

all i have to say is "sweet!!!"

[artwking]

I'm excited! Now I've got one more reason to get right into reading that complete Bone graphic novel book that I've put off starting.

[Assafk]

Hi :) Im kinda new here, first post I think... But I try to visit often, for I am a huge fan of adventure games, like all of you... :))

Enyway, its not a surprise for me that the new license game is not a new MI or S&M or something like that.. i dont think we'll see one of these in the near future (nor far...)... But still. I never heard of this Bone dude, can anyone spill some info? Im really interestred in telltale new game... My expectations are high... I want a new adventure game already :((

[Erwin_Br]

Woohoo! I can't wait! Haven't read the comics (I don't think they're very well-known here in Europe, where French and Belgian comics dominate) but I visited Boneville and it all looks very interesting.

Besides, I never heard of Sam and Max before that game came out either ;)

--Erwin

[tyraarane]

Man, I haven't read the Bone comics in a loooong time...but I'm looking forward to this game! Bone definitely has the opportunity to turn into a great adventure game. :)

[artwking]

"I never heard of this Bone dude, can anyone spill some info?"

Bone is a series of comics books, that, as far as I know, were released as graphic novels (not syndicated in newspaper). You can go here at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/188896314X/ref=sib_fs_pop/104-7586220-7801504?_encoding=UTF8&p=S00H&checkSum=/Y0aahZ8Kv3Jp9KBzuw/fYerENHLs5Srx6Kx4s0klm0=#reader-link) to preview some of the first few pages of volume one to get a look at what Bone is like.

[jp-30]

I never heard of this Bone dude, can anyone spill some info? :((

This is the best place to start;

http://www.boneville.com

[Diduz]

Wow!
I had already bought & read the "Bone One Volume Edition" I found on www.amazon.com.
I think it's perfect for an epic and humorous adventure game: great characters, complex and dramatic plot, tenderness, intrigue, funny one-liners and a LOTR-like wonderland. :D
The perfect way to kick off a company. ;)
Keep up the good work, TellTale!
Dom

[littleguybrush]

I can't wait, although I wonder if it's going to follow the storyline of the comic (which has the distinction of being the only comic book I've ever read) or if it will do it's own prequel/sequel/alternite story thing? Hopefully it isn't too close to the book, wouldn't want to be stuck knowing the whole story from the get-go.

[misanthrope]

I've seen the character before, just never read any of his stuff. I'm sure that Telltale will do a great job with the game. Good luck guys.

[HieroHero]

well i dont know anythin about bone..so should be interesting

[gryphius]

where is teH demoooooo?

:D :D :D :D :D


(UT2k3 /2k4 players might know what I'm talking about B-) )

[Captain_Le_Chimp]

looks great

to bad it isnt s&m2 :))

This game is based on the book Bone: Out From Boneville ® 2005 Jeff Smith, and used under license from Cartoon Books, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bone ® and © Jeff Smith. All Rights Reserved.

[GoldenYoshi]

There goes my hope out the window... :(

Although this looks decent, I wish it was something I was familiar with. Oh well...

[Alucard]

yes hopefully we don't have to wait forever for this thing to come out. The only bad thing about knowing about a game is waiting for it to come out. Take GT4... I've been waiting forever for that game but thankfully I'll run out and buy it tomorrow. How far along in production is this game?

[tarasis]

Looks like it might be interesting. I'd never heard of bone till I saw the news but reading the pages from volume 1 (available in the library section of boneville) and it looks like a good comic. So I'm looking forward to this.

Just need to talk my wife into letting me buy the one volume comic book. (I know it doesn't cost a lot, but I'm not allowed to spend money at the moment :()

[joebot33]

... sounds of a whip cracking in the distance....

[BarfHappy]

Hmm... i liked sam and max, monkey islands , maniac mansions etc because they were over crazy.

bone does not look crazy (only judging from covert and few pages i ve seen) ... it s cute (reminds me casper), but that s not my kind of thing :(

we shall see...

[jp-30]

Hmm... i liked sam and max, monkey islands , maniac mansions etc because they were over crazy.

bone does not look crazy (only judging from covert and few pages i ve seen) ... it s cute (reminds me casper), but that s not my kind of thing :(

we shall see...

Maybe you should read the comic books to get a better idea than one screen shot.

Anyway, not everyone has to like every game. And hopefully DANK the caveman will be appearing in a Telltale game sometime. Does he appear crazy enough and non-cute enough for you?

8-|

[oldbushie]

WOOHOO! :D

I love Bone, got the One Volume thing as soon as it came out. I first read it in the library a long time ago and finally got to read the rest recently. :)

Go TellTale Games!!!!

"Can we have it in a quiche?!? *drool*"

[Alucard]

I sure hope dank isn't in a game. that comic pisses me off

[jp-30]

I sure hope dank isn't in a game. that comic pisses me off

Uhh. The guy's all over the site, so it's a pretty safe bet he'll be in a game at some time. But you certainly don't have to buy it / play it / like it.

http://web.green.ch/pauer/moab/telltaled/images/groupshot_dank.jpg

I think it could be a wonderful premise for a game, personally.

What pisses you off about the comic anyway?

[artwking]

What pisses you off about the comic anyway?

I can't speak for Alucard, but I think it might be because, unfortunately, the Dank comic strip is not funny at all. Plus, the panels for the comic were the same as the previous one.

However, I'm sure if Dank were a character in a game made by Telltale, it would be more humorous, and I'd love to play that game. Maybe there is a reason why the comic strip is unfunny at the moment (there's only been two so far), such as they prefer the "philosophical" approach. But I can't think of a good reason that they would use the same panels for both strips. It's kind of disappointing.

Of course, by "they", I guess I just mean the artist/writer. I just don't see the strip as being a company effort.

[YMH]

Yay! I'm really excited about this -- the the point that I've actually had two nightmares in the past few months in which Telltale announced the game and it *wasn't* Bone. (Yes, I know, I'm crazy. Or at least my subconscious is. I'm not responsible for the strange images it flashes at me in my sleep, right? Right?)

I'm also proud to have been the first person on the internet (as far as I could find) to guess what the game was going to be.

Anyway, Telltale, expectations are high, at least from this corner. Good luck!

[Steve2000]

nice job on that YMH.

I am so excited. I think I wet myself.

[Alucard]

well the comic wasn't even remotely funny. not only was it not funny it made no apparent sense and then to reuse the first one again and change around the text was lame.

[WorldDominationX]

Damn it!! I sooooo thought that the big secret was going to be Sam & Max 2!!!

...it's just a little dissapointing...

[misanthrope]

I know everyone had high hopes, but I don't understand why some people thought it would be Sam & Max. Obviously the license and junk hasn't been straightend out yet. Remember the whole Bird Brain episode?

And on the Dank comic : Clearly these arent the same panels. The newer comic is about 3 pixels narrower than the first comic. And don't be hatin' on Dank. Inventor cavemen are a minority you know. He could easily call anything a hate crime.

[-X

[artwking]

Oh, I don't HATE Dank :) . I just had slightly higher expectations. I'm sure it'll get better.

[Captain_Le_Chimp]

i hope that the second Dank comic will be better

[jp-30]

Damn it!! I sooooo thought that the big secret was going to be Sam & Max 2!!!

...it's just a little dissapointing...

Telltale revealed quite a while back in an interview that their first licensed game would NOT be Sam & Max, but that they will be attempting to get the rights in the future (when they revert from LucasArts back to Steve Purcell) - so there is stil hope...

[Burn]

I think the Dank Comic needs a bit of insensitive, no boundary voice of the people kind of humor pasted all over it. How about some Political disobedience , or a bad ass attitude.

[artwking]

Yeah, or fart jokes! Don't forget those.

[apignarb]

well the comic wasn't even remotely funny. not only was it not funny it made no apparent sense and then to reuse the first one again and change around the text was lame.

I don't really get people who say it had no sense.

It took me a good minute to figure out the first one, but the way I read it, it was witty. I read it as "ever feel like evolution passed you by?" is a double meaning thingie. meaning that evolution obviously has come longer for us than for him, plus that the mouse pointer just passed him by for you to translate what he says, thus evolution in the image of a mouse pointer passed him by. i thought that was great.

i'll agree that the new one didn't make much sense for me, but i'm sure everything will be explained. you can't judge a comic from two panels. well, i guess you can, but i don't think that's fair.

[artwking]

I'd say they actually did make sense to me in some ways. Personally, I was only judging those two, not any future ones. As far as the second one, "Sporadic thought is trickier than it looks", well, I can agree, if he's talking about coming up with something funny or interesting to say. It still hasn't made me laugh, though. But if it's not supposed to be funny, then that's fine, too (but in a way, it kind of is, that a caveman would be having intelligent thoughts like that). So you're right. Two strips is not enough to get a good idea as to what Dank is all about.

I still wish it were funny, though.

[Alucard]

"Sporadic thought is trickier than it looks" ?

where is that quote from?

[artwking]

"Sporadic thought is trickier than it looks" ?

where is that quote from?


Hmmm... I think you may have missed a key feature about the online Dank comic. I didn't notice it myself until someone commented on the first one about "mouse over humor." If you put your mouse curser over the text bubble that Dank says, it translates "hon hon pook", into "Sporadic thought istricker than it looks". And in the first comic, he says, "ponn ponn hok", which it translates to "You ever get the sense that evolution passed you by?"

[jp-30]

The 3rd Dank comic is now up, and you'll all be pleased to learn has all-new panels (and no rollover feature).

;)

[Alucard]

ah I see that mouse over thing doesn't work for me probably cause I've got pretty much everything disabled on my browser for security reasons

[Alucard]

I don't know if that mouse over thing is in the third comic too but even without it I still like this one

[artwking]

hahahaha! the third comic... That's more like it. :D
That's great stuff. It's probably funnier because of the previous ones that were "deep thought"-ish, and now showing Dank's caveman side.

Yeah, this has great potential for an adventure game.

[littleguybrush]

The 3rd Dank comic is now up, and you'll all be pleased to learn has all-new panels (and no rollover feature).

;)

Actually, the panel does rollover...

[tarasis]

well the comic wasn't even remotely funny. not only was it not funny it made no apparent sense and then to reuse the first one again and change around the text was lame.

They might have been taking the mick out of movies given the special edition treatment (like SW:ESB where the scences are the same but some characters now say different things ...)

[tarasis]

I sure hope dank isn't in a game. that comic pisses me off

*lol* Hey give it time I'm sure it will find its feet. They've nearly cancelled good shows because of viewer reaction like that!

[tarasis]

... sounds of a whip cracking in the distance....

Nah, more a punishment thing for quitting my job to get a new career without having a new job to goto first.

[pennstat]

too bad it wasn't dott2 I personally was hoping that the teaser shadow was Max, but without the ears to add to the mystery.
And personally I love the idea of a 'fresh' adventure game, rather than rehashing pre-used characters from older games.BITE YOUR TONGUE! I want Sam and Max 2! Not to diminish Bone, but I have to confess that I'm actually quite disappointed that Tell Tale isn't doing Sam and Max 2. Everything seemed to come to that ... legal issues ... can't tell us (since LucasArts owns the rights until May) ... a vague shadow that could have been mistaken for Max minus the ears ... the fact that many who worked on the original formed TTG ...

*sigh* Crushed like someone who was stood up on his first date.

[Burn]

i think it would been bad for me to get my hopes up for Sam and Max. Now I'm not the least bit disappointed.

[littleguybrush]

They announced a long time ago that it wasn't Sam and Max. It was pretty obvious that they weren't going to be able get one of Lucas Arts licenses. Has that ever happened before, where a game company sells some of it's IP to another company? I can't even think of a precedent. Lets just be happy were getting anything, and that what we're getting is fresh and new and not yet another sequel.

[pennstat]

They announced a long time ago that it wasn't Sam and Max. It was pretty obvious that they weren't going to be able get one of Lucas Arts licenses. The license to LucasArts expires in May from what I understand. It would not necessarily have been illegal for TTG to develop Sam and Max 2 behind the scenes ("skunkworks" project) with permission from Steve Purcell, wait until LucasArts' license expired, then make the big announcement that TTG and Purcell have forged a new license. That's what I was hoping would happen. So much for that.

At the *very* least, I was hoping that TTG and SP were already in negotiations so that TTG would get the rights the day after LucasArts' contract expired. Dashed hopes against the jagged rocks.

My big question to LucasArts is why are they not selling what they've done and the remainder of their license to TTG? At least they would have been able to recoup some of their development costs. As it stands now, everything that was done was a wasted expense in LucasArts' budget. It makes no (or very little) sense for them to hold onto the license like they are doing.

[littleguybrush]

I don't think that they're holding on to the license, I just don't think that they want to sell their code (it probably contains bits and pieces of other LA games). Remember that TT is hoping to snatch up the Sam and Max rights once they become available. If all goes well a new and improves freelance police will be telltales second game.

[pennstat]

I don't think that they're holding on to the license, I just don't think that they want to sell their code (it probably contains bits and pieces of other LA games).That's certainly a viable possibility, but the only parts of code that would be a part of other games is the engine. They could still sell off the graphical data (I'm guessing 3DStudio Max or Maya, but that's just a guess), wireframe information, sounds, music, etc. Since that data would be of copyrighted characters, I would think that Steve Purcell actually has more say about that data than LucasArts. As to the underlying engine ... well, yes, LA isn't about to sell that off ... but they *could* license it. Since the game was already 85-90% done when they pulled the plug...

Remember that TT is hoping to snatch up the Sam and Max rights once they become available. If all goes well a new and improves freelance police will be telltales second game.*drooling* That would be so appropos. An ex-LA team takes an abandoned LA project and makes it better than LA could have done. Cosmic justice, at the very least, especially if it sells as well as the gaming community was expecting it to do.

*waving hand furiously in the air to do voice acting if needed* :D