Help wanted to construct the SPHINX
It's a common sight to see requests for help making a game popping up throughout the Underground community, but occasionally a request comes along that's especially notable. One such example is SPHINX, an Ancient Egypt-inspired adventure that anyone and everyone is encouraged to help make through the use of a Wiki web page.
The game is being pitched by the project leaders, well-known members of the AGS community, as "an ambitious, modern adventure game in the classic style". In SPHINX, players take the role of a travelling puppeteer and charlatan called Ravi, who arrives in the big city seeking to strike it rich. Instead, Ravi soon finds himself caught up with a group of revolutionaries attempting to overthrow the government. Meanwhile, "someone is digging up an ancient, enormous sphinx, and the statue is causing political and religious tensions to boil over. Nothing you can't deal with... until the sphinx wakes up."
Community-produced adventure games aren't themselves a new idea. The Reality-on-the-Norm games have demonstrated how successful they can be using shared resources. However, rather than creating a series of personal, shorter games that are loosely linked to an overall plot, SPHINX sets itself apart by making use of collaboration for a jointly-produced individual project. Interested parties can contribute as much or as little as time (and ability) allows to help bring the game to fruition.
Anyone wanting to know more should take a look at the Wiki set up to gather together the different aspects of production.
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