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I wrote an iPhone game that's extremely like Leisure Suit Larry, about a year or two ago. Same spirit and game mechanics. Called "The Adventures of Khaki Pants
by mkramlich 15y ago
I wrote an iPhone game that's extremely like Leisure Suit Larry, about a year or two ago. Same spirit and game mechanics. Called "The Adventures of Khaki Pants Pete". Pretty much a nod to LSL, even the name was a tongue-in-cheek reference to it's name. I did it under contract for a dev shop that in turn did it for the company that owns the Klondike Bar. A lot of people said it was pretty fun. I thought it was fun. And I'm old enough to have played LSL version 1.
From the LSL Kickstarter project goals:
* The freedom to play on mobile devices
* A modern point-and-click/touchscreen interface
* Updated, ultra-high res graphics
* Fully voiced characters
* Even more of the humor that’s made Al Lowe a household name…like “Borders” and “Enron”!
Khaki Pants Pete did/does all of that, except the voiced characters. Has music and audio feedback effects, but only on-screen text dialogue bubbles. Though pretty funny.
I'm not sure if I like or dislike the fact that their KS project has set a goal of raising $500k to fund developing it. I know our/my budget for making Khaki Pants Pete was much much less than that. My slice was much smaller anyway. :)
clarification: I did not design the game play or script, but I did design and code the entire game engine from scratch, solo.
- pjeide 15y agoAll of what you have said certainly sounds great for your game. It sounds as though the only thing missing from KPP may have been fully voiced characters. Tough to tell -- but, presuming that were the case, would alone be a drastic difference. Pile on top of that the nostalgia, association with the character and franchise, and every other intrinsic benefit of a genuine over imitation and it becomes a different conversation. *edit to correct acronym
- pellias 15y agoThe KS project is a PC version which i assume will take more to develop than the iPhone game right ? I do not know how much it takes to develop such a game but other games in KS is also asking for similar range (Wasteland 2 got twice the $900k they asked for).
- paines 15y agoWow, sound like my dream job. Hope you had fun and learnt a lot. Any chance for an Android version ?