Announcing the Future of Adventure Games Week

[Marek]

Frequent visitors of AG should know by now that we usually get a little crazy around December. This year is no different. I've been quietly making preparations for this year's December feature for some time, and it's with great pleasure that I can announce it now.

The Future of Adventure Games Week will kick off on December 19. Yours truly, along with three of the staff writers, will provide perspectives on this issue from many different angles. We've prepared a truly magnificent series of articles that you can't afford to miss.

Further information, including a day-by-day schedule, will be posted here next week!

[Garyos]

Yippee! Stuff like this is always a treat!


And I can't wait for the civil discourse wel'll be having on the Forums about it.... ;)

[Intrepid Homoludens]

http://smilies.crowd9.com/contrib/Bizkit/peoples.gif NOT if emma and I have anything to do with it, buster.*

Looking forward to the future with you and my fellow gamers, Marek.




*I've decided to become more vigilant about members being nasty to each other, if emma's gonna be the mother hen, I'm the guardian rooster.

[mycroft]

Hmm..

I'll be looking forward to this as well.

Especially since this is my first time experiencing an AdventureGamers Special Event.And also because it'll be interesting to see what professional Adventure Gaming journalists think of this issue.Just be sure to include an Open-Ended point of view too... :D

[BacardiJim]

I just hope there won't be an exposé of my "small prick." :rolleyes:

[Erkki]

I'll be looking forward to this.

[Jake]

If the other articles are anything like Marek's (which I might have seen some of already) there will definitely be some discussion in the forums about it. Hopefully it's more discussion and just a little less bitch slapping :shifty:

[D.C.]

Is this article related to The Longest Journey 2? :) Maybe this is the hint. :) I'm looking forward to seeing what you have got.

[Stinger]

TLJ2 will somehow be involved in our Future of Adventure Games week...and I think everyone will be fairly excited when that time comes. :)

We've scheduled a total of five articles, one of which is a very substantial essay that has been broken into four component, plus a little surprise or two. More will be leaked as the days pass. :)

- Evan

[Bard09]

I'm excited, too. :)

[ragnar]

Looking forward to this!

[Mattsius]

Can hardly wait, partly because this is my first christmas at AG, partly because I love surprises! :)

[syntheticgerbil]

There are so many smileys in this thread.

[Martin Gantefoehr]

That indeed sounds interesting.

Martin/HoT

[Wajus]

Delightful! Can't wait. Is this going to be more prophetic or previewing... or both... or none for that matter? Ok, ok I stop. Looking forward to it.

[Marek]

Here's the official schedule. I'm still working on solidifying a few things, most importantly the article that's going to be posted on Dec 24. However, this tentative schedule should show you the scope of the Future of Adventure Games Week (which is technically a 12-day feature, but we'll call it a week for the sake of simplicity :shifty: )

The whole thing starts off with my main article. It will be posted in four parts because it's really quite big. After that we'll present five more articles that zoom in on various related issues.

[edit: the full schedule has now been posted here (/display.php?id=318)]

To answer Wajus' question: while the meat of FoaG is the editorials you see outlined above, there will definitely be some preview/interview material as well. Stay tuned.

So, does this whet your appetite? ;) I really can't hype this enough. It's going to be great!

[Ninja Dodo]

Sounds excellent!

[mycroft]

Very exciting indeed.

Do I take it that Mr.Ernest Adams will be talking about Adventure Game design and not just Game Design in general ?

Anyways,do you plan to advertise this feature on other gaming sites ? From the looks of things...this is going to be big.

[Stinger]

For those wondering what our Christmas gift will be, there is a clue elsewhere on the Internet...won't say anymore than that, although the word "blog" comes to mind....

- Evan

[tabacco]

For those wondering what our Christmas gift will be, there is a clue elsewhere on the Internet...won't say anymore than that, although the word "blog" comes to mind....

- Evan

And no, we won't be launching AdventureBlogger on Christmas day. Or ever ;)

[amishler]

AdventureGamers.com - which just happens to be, in my honest opinion, the best pure adventure gaming site out there. There's a nice plug, and well deserved too. Can't wait to read the articles (as long as they're not direct-control 3D :shifty: ) and open the presents!

[DomStLeger]

Well he calls it a Journal on his site stinger...

[Stinger]

Well, I call my guitar amplifier a 'thumperdinck', but it's still a guitar amp, now isn't it? :7

[remixor]

I've been looking forward to this for a while :) I hope you guys are ready, cause Marek's article is excellent, and is definitely going to blow you away...

[Marek]

Do I take it that Mr.Ernest Adams will be talking about Adventure Game design and not just Game Design in general ?
Correct. I think people will find the interview quite interesting. Ernest Adams does not design adventure games himself, so he's not promoting a specific game he's making. He just talks about a genre he personally likes a lot.

[redhotray]

All of this sounds great!

It's refreshing to see how much effort this community puts into trying to revitalize this genre and how much you guys truly care about these games.

Although, I've got to ask. Is there any chance of a top 20 this year? Just a mini one ;).

[Stinger]

All of this sounds great!

It's refreshing to see how much effort this community puts into trying to revitalize this genre and how much you guys truly care about these games.

Although, I've got to ask. Is there any chance of a top 20 this year? Just a mini one ;).

No. :) There's hopefully a chance of the Top 20 from last year actually returning to the site, though...

I expect to do a new Top 20 in 2005. If I wrote a new one every year, there wouldn't be that much change in the rankings and it wouldn't be as interesting. Given three years, and the chance to play all the games again and consider games released in that timeframe, the Top 20 will almost certainly be very different and interesting even to those who read the first one.

- Evan

[D.C.]

I'm looking forward to reading the Top 20 Adventure Games Of All-Time again. :)

[doughy white]

So, does this whet your appetite? ;) I really can't hype this enough. It's going to be great!

It definitely wets MY appetite! :9~ PLUS I am in the happy position of having a little more spare time at hands next week to be able to read AND get into discussion. A great idea at a perfect time of the year. Thanks (in advance), Marek and Co. :kiss:

[Intrepid Homoludens]

...I am in the happy position of having a little more spare time at hands next week to be able to read AND get into discussion. A great idea at a perfect time of the year. Thanks (in advance), Marek and Co. :kiss:

Me too, doughy meg! My work shuts down for a week encompassing Xmas and NY's, so I'll be here the whole time arguing with everyone (as usual).

[Curt]

I won't. I'll be far too busy rushing backwards and forwards between Germany and England visiting family, which is why I guess Doughy Megs (nice name :D) will be in the happy ( :confused: :sad: ) position of having more spare time.

I'll still try to read it and keep up though on the incredibly slow internet connection at my parents'. Otherwise I'll have to do so when I get back to Germany.

If I'm wanted back in Germany...........

[kambha]

For some reason, there is a whole field of AI called believable agents that does not seem to be explored in mainstream games (with the exception of Outcast). This deals with the application of AI for interactive story telling.

If you want to learn more check out:

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/oz/web/papers/CMU-CS-97-156.html

There are more papers/theses to read if anyone is interested.