Double Fine Productions and SEGA announce The Cave!

24 May, 2012, 11:29 | Posted by: Jason | Source: Grumpy Gamer

Ron Gilbert's much-anticipated new game is The Cave, a puzzle platformer an adventure game coming to PC and consoles in early 2013. Check out the announcement trailer below:

Looks awesome! You can read some first-look previews by Rock, Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, Kotaku, Giant Bomb, Ars Technica, Joystiq, PC World, Destructoid, and The Verge, who describe the game as Maniac Mansion meets The Lost Vikings.

Comments: 10

Twitter this

What does everyone else think about this?

Reply in this discussion | Not registered?

Comment by: Rum Rogers | Posted 25 May, 2012, 05:43 | Quote
You know what, I think you're right. I guess Ronzo doesn't want pure adventurers to snub the game (how could we? it's a game from Ronzo!). I'm also pretty sure it's gonna have lots of riddles (not proper "puzzles") and strong narrative. Who cares what genre it is? That's just a label for marketing reasons. I'm excited.
Comment by: Shmargin | Posted 25 May, 2012, 00:21 | Quote
How can you watch the trailer and think its not a puzzle platformer at all?

Is it played in a platformer perspective? Sure looks like it.

Are there puzzles? I hope so.

Pretty sure that counts as being a little bit of a puzzle platformer, no?

I think Ron just wants people to be aware that there will be an actual story line, and probably wont be level based. Other than that, I think its absolutely a puzzle platformer.
Comment by: Melancholick | Posted 24 May, 2012, 18:50 | Quote
Yeah, I was thinking "The Lost Vikings" the second that it fired up, which... is actually pretty damn good. The world's been pining for a genuine spiritual successor to that game for the better part of fifteen years, and you this looks like it's half-past legit.
Comment by: Jason | Posted 24 May, 2012, 14:05 | Quote
Rum Rogers
According to Ron's comment "Yes, The Cave is an adventure game. It is not a puzzle platformer." this won't be a puzzle platformer at all! SWEET.

Edited the news post in deference to the creator's take on the genre. I was going off of what the preview authors were saying, since they've actually seen the game in action and I haven't. Maybe Ron could avoid this type of misunderstanding in the future by inviting Mojo out to these little press shindigs. ¬¬
Comment by: Jason | Posted 24 May, 2012, 13:58 | Quote
Jon N/A
Jake
Or I guess another way you could look at it is Limbo + Multiple Characters?

Yeah, that's how I saw it, He talked about Limbo a lot so one could assume he's too lot's of inspiration from that. King's Quest helped Ron to figure out Maniac Mansion's design, so maybe LIMBO had the same effect on him with The Cave?

As a lifelong Maniac Mansion fanatic, one of the few new details I learned about the game's conception from when Ron was making the rounds with that retrospective keynote was that he basically started designing the game (as a board game, apparently?) before he even knew what genre it was going to be. And then King's Quest made the light bulb go off, I guess. Kind of amazing, to me!
Comment by: Jon N/A | Posted 24 May, 2012, 13:54 | Quote
Jake
Or I guess another way you could look at it is Limbo + Multiple Characters?

Yeah, that's how I saw it, He talked about Limbo a lot so one could assume he's too lot's of inspiration from that. King's Quest helped Ron to figure out Maniac Mansion's design, so maybe LIMBO had the same effect on him with The Cave?
Comment by: MrManager | Posted 24 May, 2012, 13:27 | Quote
Looks great. Reminds me a bit of "Another World".
Comment by: Jake | Posted 24 May, 2012, 13:02 | Quote
Kroms
Nifty. I like the "Trine" inspiration.
Yeah, it looks like Trine + adventure game, which is an interesting combo. Or I guess another way you could look at it is Limbo + Multiple Characters? The The Cave website is really nice. Simple but evocative.
Comment by: Rum Rogers | Posted 24 May, 2012, 12:59 | Quote
According to Ron's comment "Yes, The Cave is an adventure game. It is not a puzzle platformer." this won't be a puzzle platformer at all! SWEET.
Comment by: Kroms | Posted 24 May, 2012, 12:12 | Quote
Nifty. I like the "Trine" inspiration.

Add a comment

What!? You're not registered?

Allowed bbcodes:

[i] - Italized text
[b] - Bolded text
[url=http://example.com]Name[/url] - Creates a hyperlink
[quote=author]Quote[/quote] - Creates a quote box
[del] - Strikethrough