BrainJunk Studios will be developing an MMOG based on the Twilight novel series. The game will allow players to play either a Human, Werewolf, or Vampire and explore an "open non-linear" world set around Forks, Washington. The game will also feature a journal that allows players to teleport to different periods of time in order to experience the events found within. The Examiner has interviewed head of software development on the project, Brandon Gardner, on the game, who described it as:
an open non-linear world set around Forks. I like the idea of letting players explore the world, and discover new amazing things that are not even covered in the book or the movie. One really extremely crucial feature in the game engine that was licensed for the game is unlimited world streaming, and this feature allows for the game to go in an open, non-linear direction. The game will be closely based to both Twilight and Midnight Sun allowing the player to play, and experience the story from either Bella’s or Edward’s perspective. I’m thinking of including New Moon into the project as well. I really think it’s important to allow players to experience being human, vampire, or phasing into a werewolf.
From what I gathered its not even a company - just the idea of two students right now and nothing official. I think it falls into that "It sounds cool so we thought we would do it" category. I would really like to know if the author has given her okay for this as well as Summit Entertainment. EDIT: Read the article linked in the MMORPG.com story...its a real eye-opener! EDIT 2: The link in the article within the article to the studio (Brainjunk Studios) is.......wait for it........a link to MySpace!!
Well... considering the auther of the series thinks vampires should be metrosexual pretty boys who sparkle in daylight instead of erupting in violent fits of seizures and fire, what do you expect? The author just wants money, so they'll only care if they don't get royalties or the like.
And so? I'm sure the author of Twilight has a myspace... for every character in the book, that they constantly post on each one, then after several months, copy-and-pastes it all into Word Perfect, prints, then staples together to sell off to publishers.
And nice pic, I'd kill to be Blade in that one, just for the chance to kill them (chick too, I'll claim it that she's a mesmerized slave and killed her only in self-defense).
The sheer amount of internet elitism this thread reeks is more woeful than this game. An attempt to expand the playerbase of the genre hardly that pathetic. I'd say that an "emo" game is way-more innovative than your generic medieval fantasy game with OMGWTF PvP. And, in the end, you really aren't forced to follow the process nor play the game.
Originally posted by Teala Exactly...Vampires, like zombies, are meant to be killed. Did everyone suddenly forget one day that Vampires are bad?
oh sure....next you're going to tell me strippers don't have hearts of gold either!
Still though, doesn't CCP developing World of Darkness Online already cover the whole werewolf/vampire thing? How much room is there in that niche really?
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"Do something right, no one remembers. Do something wrong, no one forgets" -from No One Remembers by In Strict Confidence
Originally posted by templarga You missed my point. There is no mention of the author's okay, no mention that Summit Entertainment is okay with it or signed on to the project. And the "studio" website for the development company is Myspace. That is the ONLY website for the "company". So in other words, it doesn't matter how you feel about Twilight or the author......the point is this can hardly be called a game at this point and I am not sure why it is "announced" and why its main story worthy on MMORPG.com. There is little indication this game will be an MMORPG at all. EDIT: let me add, I think its great that there are plenty of IP's out there that will bring in more players. There are tons that would make great MMO's. I even think its great that some students are talking about doing a Twilight game (I won't call it an MMO). However, I see little indication that this is a REAL project and has the licensing and authority granted by the author and Summit. Until then, its a school project in my eyes and I honestly am not sure why its even worth announcing at this point.
Despite what you think, I didn't miss the point. You though seemed to have miss the bit of sarcasm in mine. I KNOW there's no mention of the author or S.E. giving them the go-ahead, but considering they have covered 2 of 3 major media with the series, books and movies, there's a bloody good chance of them trying to get into the Game portion, whether its single or multi-player.
While we are at the discussion of whats and what-nots, they don't have anything about a Subscription Model on the site, or anything at all really. They do have that interview, which adds to the possibility of this occurring, with a limited amount of info about gameplay. Most likely they don't even have anything coded, and again, most likely, they probably just recently thought of it.
Any of this obvious? Most likely.
Hell, I bet if anything its just a browser-based game, which MMORPG seems to have gotten into showcasing anyways, and I doubt anyone really cares about browser-based games in the first place so its just one big "Oh well" to me.
Interesting. They're going to have to write a crapload of lore in, because it's just not there. Meyer's stuff is just Harlequin storytelling with a lot of so-called "insight" and dialogue that just rambles on. I'm not trying to say that she's a bad writer (which she surely is), but just that her work does not have the meat, the rich world that would fill an MMO. I'd say any game based on the Twilight series should purely capitalize on the characters - and beats me how they're going to do that in an MMO!
Harry Potter, on the other hand, has a load of lore to go with it, not to mention a writer who was on top of her game when it came to the history of the genre she worked on.
I think it will be totally awesome because when I think of a fantastic world to explore in all my spare time, there's absolutely nothing better than Forks, Washington.
/sigh
You know, after this, the idea of a Buffy MMO doesn't look nearly as bad..........
I read this on Massively earlier today. Seems kinda crazy that you would release the story today, not link to your source, but instead link to a story from 3 weeks ago. What a coincidence.
Also, a Twilight MMO is the stupidest idea ever. That movie's 15 minutes are already up, let alone 6 years down the road when an MMO about it will be finished.
I just read the article where this information comes from
THIS IS NO MMO
I don't know why the mods here pinned the tittle as a MMO, it planly says in the article that it will be for "platforms" and will be multiplayer, Nothing in regards to being a PC game. Think mulitplayer on your xbox and that is what you have here.
Much to my chagrin, this will probably be the "James Cameron's Titanic" of MMOs. Millions of angst-oozing tween girls just squeed with glee... I can't stop rolling my eyes.
------------------------- "Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places..." ~ H.P.Lovecraft, "From Beyond"
It will suffer the end of most games based on movies, and die faster than a Uwe Boll movie can go to video.
Yeah, they wouldn't make an MMO of this game. Most gamers don't want to play Vampires by Hollister. It doesn't go with the Halo 3 commemorative helmet and the "Don't make me go Zelda on you!" t-shirt.
BrainJunk Studios will be developing an MMOG based on the Twilight novel series. The game will allow players to play either a Human, Werewolf, or Vampire and explore an "open non-linear" world set around Forks, Washington. The game will also feature a journal that allows players to teleport to different periods of time in order to experience the events found within. The Examiner has interviewed head of software development on the project, Brandon Gardner, on the game, who described it as:
an open non-linear world set around Forks. I like the idea of letting players explore the world, and discover new amazing things that are not even covered in the book or the movie. One really extremely crucial feature in the game engine that was licensed for the game is unlimited world streaming, and this feature allows for the game to go in an open, non-linear direction. The game will be closely based to both Twilight and Midnight Sun allowing the player to play, and experience the story from either Bella’s or Edward’s perspective. I’m thinking of including New Moon into the project as well. I really think it’s important to allow players to experience being human, vampire, or phasing into a werewolf.
It's bad enough that The Examiner is composed entirely of bad bloggers trying to be "journalists" ( and yes, i include Sanya in that assessment ), but the fact that you've presented their badly researched ( they interviewed a "lead software developer" of a non-officially supported game who is actually one of two "kids" who have a snowball's chance in hell of making anything of this that doesn't involve RPGmaker or Realmcrafter ) non-news as "news" disturbs me even more.
How are they the "developers" of a Twilight mmo when they don't have the actual permission or license to make one to begin with and their entire company exist of two kids and a Myspace page?
Just after reading this announcement, I got the sudden urge to decapitate myself, do a little victory dance Final Fantasy style, and throw my head to the nearest person I could hit.
Seriously, what the hell are they thinking!? I very much like Twilight, but this... This is like spitting in Stephenie Meyer's face!
Honestly, they couldn't be thinking that there will be any good coming out of this? They might as well make a TV series about Twilight with pokéballs or super saiyans, and tell me, how it would be marvelous to live the stories trough the eyes of a man who's name reffers to vegetables, and who can turn into a giant pissed off monkey.
Way to go, another great story ruined, because there are people on this planet who think they can make an MMO out of everything.
That reminds me, I myself got a terrific idea for an MMO! It's called Duckhunt Online.
Boy ever since mmos went mainstream they have been producing super awesome games. Now that twilight is coming out we will never have to buy another MMO ever again.
BrainJunk Studios will be developing an MMOG based on the Twilight novel series. The game will allow players to play either a Human, Werewolf, or Vampire and explore an "open non-linear" world set around Forks, Washington. The game will also feature a journal that allows players to teleport to different periods of time in order to experience the events found within. The Examiner has interviewed head of software development on the project, Brandon Gardner, on the game, who described it as:
an open non-linear world set around Forks. I like the idea of letting players explore the world, and discover new amazing things that are not even covered in the book or the movie. One really extremely crucial feature in the game engine that was licensed for the game is unlimited world streaming, and this feature allows for the game to go in an open, non-linear direction. The game will be closely based to both Twilight and Midnight Sun allowing the player to play, and experience the story from either Bella’s or Edward’s perspective. I’m thinking of including New Moon into the project as well. I really think it’s important to allow players to experience being human, vampire, or phasing into a werewolf.
It's bad enough that The Examiner is composed entirely of bad bloggers trying to be "journalists" ( and yes, i include Sanya in that assessment ), but the fact that you've presented their badly researched ( they interviewed a "lead software developer" of a non-officially supported game who is actually one of two "kids" who have a snowball's chance in hell of making anything of this that doesn't involve RPGmaker or Realmcrafter ) non-news as "news" disturbs me even more.
How are they the "developers" of a Twilight mmo when they don't have the actual permission or license to make one to begin with and their entire company exist of two kids and a Myspace page?
I notice in the past few weeks that MikeB is not very good at judging what should be posted as news, remember the article comparing WoW to Mario Bros.
Get a life you freaking Gamer.....no no, you don't understand, I'm a Gamer, I have many lives!!
BrainJunk Studios will be developing an MMOG based on the Twilight novel series. The game will allow players to play either a Human, Werewolf, or Vampire and explore an "open non-linear" world set around Forks, Washington. The game will also feature a journal that allows players to teleport to different periods of time in order to experience the events found within. The Examiner has interviewed head of software development on the project, Brandon Gardner, on the game, who described it as:
an open non-linear world set around Forks. I like the idea of letting players explore the world, and discover new amazing things that are not even covered in the book or the movie. One really extremely crucial feature in the game engine that was licensed for the game is unlimited world streaming, and this feature allows for the game to go in an open, non-linear direction. The game will be closely based to both Twilight and Midnight Sun allowing the player to play, and experience the story from either Bella’s or Edward’s perspective. I’m thinking of including New Moon into the project as well. I really think it’s important to allow players to experience being human, vampire, or phasing into a werewolf.
Honestly this game will attract the homosexuals.. and then will fail.
Actually you fail for your homophobia.
Secondly, Ive never read the books although Ive worked at Borders for years. The majority of people who bought this book were your average looking human being. The whole goth/emo/mall punk crowd become associated with this series because they are the only ones who stand out and are easy enough to make fun of. When a Lord of the Rings MMO was announced nobody here was saying "OMG ALL OF THE FAT BASEMENT NERDS ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS GAME" as much of the non MMO gaming community probably did....becuase to whatever extent we here at mmorpg.com ARE that stereotype, although we also recoginze that we are not the only ones who love LOTR. So step outside of the box for a moment.
That being said, I do think that this game will just be a poor attempt to milk the franchise. No heart.
Originally posted by Scagweed22 is it the graphics? the repetativenesses? i mean what is the point? you could be so much more productive in real life Real life brings repetition and pointlessness too. The only thing real life offers is Great graphics. Its kinda expensive too and way to dependent on the cash shop. Totally pay to win as well. No thank you. Ill stick to my games.
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Go here for the game's official website.
OMG HELLO KITTY ONLINE 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly this game will attract the homosexuals.. and then will fail.
Ok we get it....Nobody in this thread is a 12-14 year old girl.
How dare somebody be looking for a new audience to bring to MMO's? Who has this crazy idea of expanding the inter-nets anyway?
After realizing today wasn't April 1st, I silently wept to myself.
Exactly...Vampires, like zombies, are meant to be killed. Did everyone suddenly forget one day that Vampires are bad?
Well... considering the auther of the series thinks vampires should be metrosexual pretty boys who sparkle in daylight instead of erupting in violent fits of seizures and fire, what do you expect? The author just wants money, so they'll only care if they don't get royalties or the like.
And so? I'm sure the author of Twilight has a myspace... for every character in the book, that they constantly post on each one, then after several months, copy-and-pastes it all into Word Perfect, prints, then staples together to sell off to publishers.
And nice pic, I'd kill to be Blade in that one, just for the chance to kill them (chick too, I'll claim it that she's a mesmerized slave and killed her only in self-defense).
The sheer amount of internet elitism this thread reeks is more woeful than this game. An attempt to expand the playerbase of the genre hardly that pathetic. I'd say that an "emo" game is way-more innovative than your generic medieval fantasy game with OMGWTF PvP. And, in the end, you really aren't forced to follow the process nor play the game.
oh sure....next you're going to tell me strippers don't have hearts of gold either!
Still though, doesn't CCP developing World of Darkness Online already cover the whole werewolf/vampire thing? How much room is there in that niche really?
-mklinic
"Do something right, no one remembers.
Do something wrong, no one forgets"
-from No One Remembers by In Strict Confidence
But ... but ... vampires in world of darkness don't sparkle!!!111!!
Despite what you think, I didn't miss the point. You though seemed to have miss the bit of sarcasm in mine. I KNOW there's no mention of the author or S.E. giving them the go-ahead, but considering they have covered 2 of 3 major media with the series, books and movies, there's a bloody good chance of them trying to get into the Game portion, whether its single or multi-player.
While we are at the discussion of whats and what-nots, they don't have anything about a Subscription Model on the site, or anything at all really. They do have that interview, which adds to the possibility of this occurring, with a limited amount of info about gameplay. Most likely they don't even have anything coded, and again, most likely, they probably just recently thought of it.
Any of this obvious? Most likely.
Hell, I bet if anything its just a browser-based game, which MMORPG seems to have gotten into showcasing anyways, and I doubt anyone really cares about browser-based games in the first place so its just one big "Oh well" to me.
Interesting. They're going to have to write a crapload of lore in, because it's just not there. Meyer's stuff is just Harlequin storytelling with a lot of so-called "insight" and dialogue that just rambles on. I'm not trying to say that she's a bad writer (which she surely is), but just that her work does not have the meat, the rich world that would fill an MMO. I'd say any game based on the Twilight series should purely capitalize on the characters - and beats me how they're going to do that in an MMO!
Harry Potter, on the other hand, has a load of lore to go with it, not to mention a writer who was on top of her game when it came to the history of the genre she worked on.
I think it will be totally awesome because when I think of a fantastic world to explore in all my spare time, there's absolutely nothing better than Forks, Washington.
/sigh
You know, after this, the idea of a Buffy MMO doesn't look nearly as bad..........
I read this on Massively earlier today. Seems kinda crazy that you would release the story today, not link to your source, but instead link to a story from 3 weeks ago. What a coincidence.
Also, a Twilight MMO is the stupidest idea ever. That movie's 15 minutes are already up, let alone 6 years down the road when an MMO about it will be finished.
Calm Down!
I just read the article where this information comes from
THIS IS NO MMO
I don't know why the mods here pinned the tittle as a MMO, it planly says in the article that it will be for "platforms" and will be multiplayer, Nothing in regards to being a PC game. Think mulitplayer on your xbox and that is what you have here.
Well I certainly didn't see that one coming.
Much to my chagrin, this will probably be the "James Cameron's Titanic" of MMOs. Millions of angst-oozing tween girls just squeed with glee... I can't stop rolling my eyes.
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It will suffer the end of most games based on movies, and die faster than a Uwe Boll movie can go to video.
Yeah, they wouldn't make an MMO of this game. Most gamers don't want to play Vampires by Hollister. It doesn't go with the Halo 3 commemorative helmet and the "Don't make me go Zelda on you!" t-shirt.
Go here for the game's official website.
It's bad enough that The Examiner is composed entirely of bad bloggers trying to be "journalists" ( and yes, i include Sanya in that assessment ), but the fact that you've presented their badly researched ( they interviewed a "lead software developer" of a non-officially supported game who is actually one of two "kids" who have a snowball's chance in hell of making anything of this that doesn't involve RPGmaker or Realmcrafter ) non-news as "news" disturbs me even more.
How are they the "developers" of a Twilight mmo when they don't have the actual permission or license to make one to begin with and their entire company exist of two kids and a Myspace page?
I thought April first was still 9 months away.
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Just after reading this announcement, I got the sudden urge to decapitate myself, do a little victory dance Final Fantasy style, and throw my head to the nearest person I could hit.
Seriously, what the hell are they thinking!? I very much like Twilight, but this... This is like spitting in Stephenie Meyer's face!
Honestly, they couldn't be thinking that there will be any good coming out of this? They might as well make a TV series about Twilight with pokéballs or super saiyans, and tell me, how it would be marvelous to live the stories trough the eyes of a man who's name reffers to vegetables, and who can turn into a giant pissed off monkey.
Way to go, another great story ruined, because there are people on this planet who think they can make an MMO out of everything.
That reminds me, I myself got a terrific idea for an MMO! It's called Duckhunt Online.
Dumbasses.
Boy ever since mmos went mainstream they have been producing super awesome games. Now that twilight is coming out we will never have to buy another MMO ever again.
Go here for the game's official website.
It's bad enough that The Examiner is composed entirely of bad bloggers trying to be "journalists" ( and yes, i include Sanya in that assessment ), but the fact that you've presented their badly researched ( they interviewed a "lead software developer" of a non-officially supported game who is actually one of two "kids" who have a snowball's chance in hell of making anything of this that doesn't involve RPGmaker or Realmcrafter ) non-news as "news" disturbs me even more.
How are they the "developers" of a Twilight mmo when they don't have the actual permission or license to make one to begin with and their entire company exist of two kids and a Myspace page?
I notice in the past few weeks that MikeB is not very good at judging what should be posted as news, remember the article comparing WoW to Mario Bros.
Get a life you freaking Gamer.....no no, you don't understand, I'm a Gamer, I have many lives!!
Go here for the game's official website.
OMG HELLO KITTY ONLINE 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly this game will attract the homosexuals.. and then will fail.
Actually you fail for your homophobia.
Secondly, Ive never read the books although Ive worked at Borders for years. The majority of people who bought this book were your average looking human being. The whole goth/emo/mall punk crowd become associated with this series because they are the only ones who stand out and are easy enough to make fun of. When a Lord of the Rings MMO was announced nobody here was saying "OMG ALL OF THE FAT BASEMENT NERDS ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS GAME" as much of the non MMO gaming community probably did....becuase to whatever extent we here at mmorpg.com ARE that stereotype, although we also recoginze that we are not the only ones who love LOTR. So step outside of the box for a moment.
That being said, I do think that this game will just be a poor attempt to milk the franchise. No heart.
Originally posted by Scagweed22
is it the graphics? the repetativenesses? i mean what is the point? you could be so much more productive in real life
Real life brings repetition and pointlessness too. The only thing real life offers is Great graphics. Its kinda expensive too and way to dependent on the cash shop. Totally pay to win as well. No thank you. Ill stick to my games.