Bill Tiller at LEC's disposal for CMI: Special Edition

22 Jun, 2010, 19:43 | Posted by: Jason | Source: Bill Tiller's twitter feed

With the special edition of Monkey Island 2 only two weeks away (Woo!), some of us have already begun to ponder the possibility of LEC taking on The Curse of Monkey Island next. The question seems to be on the mind of the game's original lead background artist as well. Earlier today, Bill Tiller tweeted:

I put in a request to redo the art for a special edition of CMI to the producer in charge a few days ago. No reply yet. I'll keep you posted

Although any enhanced edition of the third Monkey Island game wouldn't require an entirely new re-imagining of the original backgrounds since they were pencil-drawn on paper, Bill's follow-up tweet suggests that converting it to high definition wouldn't be a snap either, as the actual painting was done in Photoshop at a resolution of 640x480 and would therefore have to be re-done. Clearly, if such a project was ever planned by LEC, they'd be fools not to take up Tiller on his offer. I wonder how busy Ahern and Eaken are?

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Comment by: Marley | Posted 24 Jun, 2010, 19:42 | Quote
xChri5x
Skip CMI. We want Point n Click EMI!

Completely agree. Well, if they want to do CMI I'm not fussed (as long as the graphics are just updated, an entirely different style is not needed) but an EMI special edition would be awesome. I was a fan of the fourth though playing a 2D version of it would certainly interest me. Doubt it will happen though.
Comment by: GodzillaX8 | Posted 23 Jun, 2010, 16:25 | Quote
Whee Bill Tiller
Comment by: Scurvyliver | Posted 23 Jun, 2010, 10:06 | Quote
I would pay whatever they are asking for a Curse S.E - by simply extending the ending :) Imagine if they were to animate that end sequence where Elaine is fighting the skeleton horde, and closing scenes, it would be the perfect touch to a perfect game.

Make it happen
Comment by: Logic | Posted 23 Jun, 2010, 08:17 | Quote
black_sheep
Bill, stop bugging LucasArts and putting them on the spot.

When they want you, they'll call you, instead of making this a public matter.

Can't say I agree. Assuming a CMI:SE is on the table, they may have simply gone ahead with it without looking outside their own staff. This way they will at least need to consider whether or not they want to work with Tiller.. and you can be sure the project is better off with his involvement.
Comment by: black_sheep | Posted 23 Jun, 2010, 01:52 | Quote
Bill, stop bugging LucasArts and putting them on the spot.

When they want you, they'll call you, instead of making this a public matter.
Comment by: xChri5x | Posted 23 Jun, 2010, 01:33 | Quote
Skip CMI. We want Point n Click EMI!
Comment by: Logic | Posted 22 Jun, 2010, 23:36 | Quote
It would be crazy of LEC to try to "improve" Tiller's work without him when he is offering to jump in. The CMI art-style was so distinctive.. You can get away with a certain amount of re-interpretation going from a 320x200 game to HD, but imbuing CMI with different character (when the original conveyed its style and character so clearly) would be a bad move.. and it would inevitably happen with different artist.

Since the music and voice acting is already top-notch in CMI, they could certainly divert some resources to the visuals. It'd be lovely to see those cut-scenes animated in HD, and the ending extended to what the developers had originally hoped to achieve.
Comment by: The Tingler | Posted 22 Jun, 2010, 22:35 | Quote
I'd buy an EMI Special Edition with Tiller-only graphics...

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