Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness

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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
Teaser poster
Developer(s) Hothead Games
Designer(s) Jerry Holkins
Mike Krahulik
Series Penny Arcade Adventures
Engine Torque Game Engine[1]
Platform(s) Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox 360 (XBLA) [2]
Release date May 21, 2008
Genre(s) Adventure, RPG
Mode(s) Single player
Media Download

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is a video game based on the webcomic Penny Arcade.

Announced on August 25, 2006,[3] the opening day of that year's Penny Arcade Expo, it is set to be a 3D action-adventure game that will be distributed episodically across four games.[4][5]

The teaser shows what appears to be the glowing eyes of the Fruit Fucker character from the comic strip, in steampunk Fruit Fucker Prime form. In the first trailer, Gabe and Tycho are seen in their office at the Startling Developments detective agency. The game will feature elements inspired by the stories of H. P. Lovecraft.

A teaser trailer is available at GameTrailers. It features an action segment with the characters Tycho and Gabe fighting with attacks including punching, kicking, and tommy-guns. A legion of Fruit Fuckers also appear, automatic guns in their "chutes".

A second, more recent trailer was announced and shown in a news post by Gabe on May 25, 2007. The YouTube video that was embedded in the post offered a preview of the game's Cel-shaded graphics. This new trailer also gives a preview of the enemies in the game, including zombies, clowns, and mimes, as well as the game's party play and character creation systems. A "developer diary" video reveals that the main character's home was destroyed by Fruit Fucker Prime while he was raking his lawn, and at least part of the story concerns his search for a new apartment.[6]

At PAX 2007 on August 25, 2007, it was announced that the game would be released on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade.[2]

Episode 1 was released on May 21st, 2008 on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1,600 Image:Microsoftpoint.gif (USD$19.99), and on Windows, Mac or Linux for $19.95. There is a demo available which can be upgraded to the full game.

Contents

[edit] Plot

[edit] Episode One

The game begins with the player designing a character of their choosing; with an introduction in the 1920s suburban neighborhood of the Player. A mysterious voice instructs the Player, whose home is quickly destroyed by a giant robot (a steampunk version of Fruit Fucker Prime), while smaller steampunk Fruit Fuckers attack. After a brief tutorial, the player teams up with Tycho Brahe, a professor of Apocalyptic studies turned detective, and his exceedingly violent partner, Gabe in search of information on Fruit Fucker Prime.

The three meet with Tycho's mechanically gifted niece, Anne-Claire, who suggests they search New Arcadia for evidence of Fruit Fucker Prime and parts of it. Tycho, Gabe, and the player begin collecting evidence of the giant robot, while also searching for a new home for the player and running afoul of a cult of mimes. They discover the smaller Fruit Fuckers are built in a factory underneath the Shithole, an apartment building the player briefly considered renting from, and that the mimes are devotees of Yog Sethis, also known as the "Silent One". The Necrowombicon, which supposedly lists the eight ancient Gods that are enemies of man describe the Silent One as "a horrible deity of undending quiet" (in fact, a giant mime with Cthulhu's head).

Tycho is horrified that he allowed himself to miss the signs previously, and despairs that all hope is lost. The player asks Anne-Claire for her input, upon which she reveals a device that can endow Tycho, Gabe, and the player's weapons with metaphysical properties capable of harming the Silent One's physical form. They gather the required components of the device (a vacuum tube, urine, and the soul of the mime cult's leader), transform their weapons, and defeat the Silent One.

After the final battle, Tycho, Gabe, and the player watch the Silent One's form explode as Fruit Fucker Prime watches from afar...

[edit] Episode Two

Episode Two will show Charles as the new possessor of the Necrowombicon and feature Div in some context.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rainer (March 2, 2007). Penny Arcade Game to Use Torque Engine. WorthPlaying. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
  2. ^ a b Grant, Christopher (August 25, 2007). PAX 07: Penny Arcade Adventures coming to XBLA. Joystiq. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  3. ^ Hothead Games (August 25, 2006). "Penny Arcade and Hothead Games Join Forces to Create Video Games". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
  4. ^ Boyer, Brandon (August 25, 2006). Hothead, Penny Arcade Visit The Precipice of Darkness. Gamasutra. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
  5. ^ Tycho Brahe weighs in On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness. Joystiq (2008-05-21). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  6. ^ Gametrailers.com - Penny Arcade Game - PAX 2007 Developer Walkthrough Pt. 2

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