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Autumn Moon's new adventure game - revealed 26 Apr, 2009, 18:20 / 19 comments


German adventure site Adventure-Treff has got some info info on the long murmured-about graphic adventure game that Autumn Moon has been working on alongside the A Vampyre Story series. The title is Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, and the world exclusive first look is apparently in the form of a three page preview for it in the German PC Games magazine. (Scans please?)

There are some details to be found in the Adventure-Treff write-up, but the rough English translation is doing me few favors. German folk - leave comments telling us what it says!

Although it's hard not to think of Monkey Island when reading that title, the fact remains that Bill Tiller has said in interviews that he's always wanted to do his own pirate game, noting that there's plenty of room for different stories to be told in a Pirates of the Caribbean inspired universe. Stay tuned, as there's likely to be some more details emerging on this game soon!

Thanks to Igor Hardy for the tipoff

Update: The Pumpkin Post has a translated version of the news post. The game will apparently revolve around three ghostly pirate protagonists who are coping with their situation (a la Mona as a vampire) and there might be collaborative puzzles between the characters along the lines of Day of the Tentacle. The publisher is dtp entertainment of Germany. It's slated for early 2010, and interestingly will be released "at least six months" before A Bat's Tale, which puts the latter game in a mid-2010 timeframe at the latest.

Update 2: You can see the first piece of concept artwork from the game on the new PC Games cover.
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19 Comments

  • Izzy on 29 Apr, 2009, 21:17…
    Lookin badass man! When is it expected to come out?
  • PirateKingChris on 29 Apr, 2009, 20:40…
    Sweet.
  • Sven_Q45 on 29 Apr, 2009, 17:17…
    Did anyone see that yet?
    http://www.adventure-treff.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=322203#p322203
  • jp-30 on 29 Apr, 2009, 22:20…
    Mojo Newsed!
  • PirateKingChris on 29 Apr, 2009, 20:45…
    WOW! Thanks for posting this....In-game screens look beautiful!
  • fajerkaos on 27 Apr, 2009, 18:45…
    Now, this is something I can get exited about.
  • Lagomorph on 27 Apr, 2009, 09:31…
    When I first read the title, I thought it was an April Fools gag.
    Then, questioning the fact that it's almost May, I came to the conclusion that this is actually serious...
    Right...?
  • Thrik on 27 Apr, 2009, 13:40…
    Yes.
  • Thrik on 27 Apr, 2009, 09:18…
    I heartily approve of this development.
  • The Tingler on 27 Apr, 2009, 09:04…
    Um, well, great, I'm excited, but... did they HAVE to make it sound so much like Monkey Island? Part of the reason I love the LucasArts adventures (and all the great ex-LucasArts games like Psychonauts, Insecticide etc) is that their stories are so original.

    I can accept licences and sequels, but it's too easy to say "there are loads more stories to tell in a Pirates of the Caribbean-like universe", but when the title's Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island and your first piece of concept art looks very like LeChuck, well... I start questioning your creativity.
  • The Tingler on 27 Apr, 2009, 09:05…
    Half-LeChuck, Half-Bill Nighy as Davey Jones.
  • Udvarnoky on 27 Apr, 2009, 12:28…
    It'll probably be as much a ripoff of Monkey Island as Monkey Island was of Pirates of the Caribbean.
  • The Tingler on 27 Apr, 2009, 14:02…
    I know, but LucasArts hadn't already released a much-loved adventure game based on Pirates of the Caribbean had they?
  • jp-30 on 26 Apr, 2009, 22:00…
    From the PC Game magazine cover (linked in full in Update 2 above.

    Ghost Pirates
  • jp-30 on 26 Apr, 2009, 21:22…
    Time to unlock those old, boarded up Monkey Island hosted sites...
  • Udvarnoky on 26 Apr, 2009, 21:12…
    Remember that Bill Tiller mentioned that Autumn Moon was working on or at least kicking around two graphic adventure game ideas in addition to AVS. There's still that episodic robot assassin series.
  • jp-30 on 26 Apr, 2009, 20:00…
    Wow.

    No doubt it's gonna look gorgeous. I really hope the writing's absolutely top notch to deal with the obvious comparisons it's gonna draw with that other Pirate franchise.
  • Haggis on 26 Apr, 2009, 19:07…
    I just translated it as well as possible: http://pumpkinpost.mixnmojo.com/
  • neon_git on 26 Apr, 2009, 19:31…
    Nice one Haggis, it sounds pretty awesome. I can't wait to see the finished product.