Telltale Games

**Jake** · 03/19/2007, 09:33 am

There was a Penny Arcade spinoff where Tycho was some sort of hard boiled PI. It was only a couple pages long, black and white or sepia tone I think... but they abandoned it. It started with him in his detective office, solemnly loading bullets into a clip (though I think they were Nerf bullets), with a seedy monologue running along in square narration bubbles.

I don't know what happened to that project. I tried googling for it and looking through the PA news archives, but I can't remember when they were doing that, and there's little to no record of it anywhere else online.

LuigiHann · 03/19/2007, 10:46 am

Reminded me of these strips.

The Game Detective Part two Part three

numble · 03/19/2007, 11:58 am

There's a forum Q&A going on right now for those interested.

Sam and Max related bit:

Quote:

Question: You said this game was an rpg/adventure and I was wondering what the adventure elements would be like. Is it similar to the new Sam and Max games where you have an inventory and you combine and pick up objects and such?
Answer: I really hate to compare it to other games. Those specific comparisons would not be unfair though I don't think.

AdamG · 03/19/2007, 12:10 pm

That's a silly question. It wouldn't be much of a adventure game without an inventory, haw!

numble · 03/19/2007, 12:17 pm

Eh, plenty of adventure games have no inventory (Loom, Myst, Samorost, etc.) and you just have to go to any game site and look at games classified as action/adventure or adventure/rpg to see that you get a lot of games that are very different from what we know as adventure games.

AdamG · 03/19/2007, 12:36 pm

I thought Samorost was a neat little game, but I haven't played Myst yet. I did briefly play Loom, but it seemed a bit bizzare. Uh, then again Samorost is pretty darn bizzare too.

03/19/2007, 12:10 pm	#24
AdamG The Maybe Friend for Life Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,054	That's a silly question. It wouldn't be much of a adventure game without an inventory, haw! __________________ "Stay frosty America!" - Max

03/19/2007, 12:17 pm	#25
numble Glottal stop Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Super Happy Farmland Posts: 524	Eh, plenty of adventure games have no inventory (Loom, Myst, Samorost, etc.) and you just have to go to any game site and look at games classified as action/adventure or adventure/rpg to see that you get a lot of games that are very different from what we know as adventure games. Last edited by numble; 03/19/2007 at 12:20 pm.

03/19/2007, 12:36 pm	#26
AdamG The Maybe Friend for Life Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,054	I thought Samorost was a neat little game, but I haven't played Myst yet. I did briefly play Loom, but it seemed a bit bizzare. Uh, then again Samorost is pretty darn bizzare too. __________________ "Stay frosty America!" - Max

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03/19/2007, 09:33 am	#21
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,873	There was a Penny Arcade spinoff where Tycho was some sort of hard boiled PI. It was only a couple pages long, black and white or sepia tone I think... but they abandoned it. It started with him in his detective office, solemnly loading bullets into a clip (though I think they were Nerf bullets), with a seedy monologue running along in square narration bubbles. I don't know what happened to that project. I tried googling for it and looking through the PA news archives, but I can't remember when they were doing that, and there's little to no record of it anywhere else online.

03/19/2007, 10:46 am	#22
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,686	Reminded me of these strips. The Game Detective Part two Part three