DAY 57 / GAME 57
Costume Quest
After they finished Brutal Legend, Double Fine pitched Brutal Legend 2 which didn't get picked up by any publishers and so they fell back on their other 8 pitches for smaller games. 4 of them got picked up almost immediately; Stacking, Once Upon a Monster, Iron Brigade and Costume Quest.
Costume Quest was this super smart little RPG with simple mechanics and great writing. It was like a bite-sized RPG. Costume Quest takes place during Hallowe'en as you find yourself trick-or-treating in a town taken over by monsters. Monsters who want to steal all the candy and in doing so, accidentally capture your twin brother (or sister, depending on who you choose to play as). The whole thing has that whole Double Fine charm where the focus is on great dialogue and likable characters.
Pitched and directed by Pixar animator Tasha Harris; in Costume Quest you scour your suburban block, a mall and the outskirts of town during Hallowe'en looking for costume parts. You can switch different costumes between your characters providing you with different powers during battle and some in between. The neat thing about this game is that it's small enough to enjoy multiple times. Which is nice because being a holiday themed game, it's nice to pick up when October show up and you want to roll around in the virtual leaves.
This is another great game I love to play with Leia. She calls it the "Hallowe'en game". And since she knows all about the holiday already the whole theme rings true with her. She loves that you can pick between a boy and a girl to play and that you get to go rescue the other. The other thing I love about this game is how Tasha snuck in a bunch of Double Fine employees and friends into the game as characters. Stuff like that really humanizes the project. So next time you go through it, keep your eyes out for Tim, Nathan, Scott and more.
Costume Quest
After they finished Brutal Legend, Double Fine pitched Brutal Legend 2 which didn't get picked up by any publishers and so they fell back on their other 8 pitches for smaller games. 4 of them got picked up almost immediately; Stacking, Once Upon a Monster, Iron Brigade and Costume Quest.Costume Quest was this super smart little RPG with simple mechanics and great writing. It was like a bite-sized RPG. Costume Quest takes place during Hallowe'en as you find yourself trick-or-treating in a town taken over by monsters. Monsters who want to steal all the candy and in doing so, accidentally capture your twin brother (or sister, depending on who you choose to play as). The whole thing has that whole Double Fine charm where the focus is on great dialogue and likable characters.
Pitched and directed by Pixar animator Tasha Harris; in Costume Quest you scour your suburban block, a mall and the outskirts of town during Hallowe'en looking for costume parts. You can switch different costumes between your characters providing you with different powers during battle and some in between. The neat thing about this game is that it's small enough to enjoy multiple times. Which is nice because being a holiday themed game, it's nice to pick up when October show up and you want to roll around in the virtual leaves.
This is another great game I love to play with Leia. She calls it the "Hallowe'en game". And since she knows all about the holiday already the whole theme rings true with her. She loves that you can pick between a boy and a girl to play and that you get to go rescue the other. The other thing I love about this game is how Tasha snuck in a bunch of Double Fine employees and friends into the game as characters. Stuff like that really humanizes the project. So next time you go through it, keep your eyes out for Tim, Nathan, Scott and more.
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