OK - now that the game has been announced at E3 - I can at last say We're in about to go into Beta on VP PA. People are running about all of a sudden and tech, which has worked and been proved etc has suddenly broken. All the usual technical aspects of any projects then.
I've been trawling through the VP art handbook, worked on the VP logo and the company one in the style of a P inata. It might not make it in though - so we will see...
Visually the game is in keeping with the previous effort at R. But there the game relationship ends. This is a FAMILY game for mummies and daddies and little Jane and billy. Its an attempt to broaden the demographic and actually quite a sensible one for the 360 platform. VP1 was a great little game - but actually quite a complex one for 6 year old Billy and Jane (unless you raise their IQ levels).
VP.PA is a kids racer - with the main characters from the cartoon series. Slotted in are a pile of mini games - which can hardly be called deep - though heck that's what a party game is right?
It does what is says on the tin.
What is nice is that the team at K. has a lot of respect for the original and R. and have tried within some serious time constraints to be true to the art direction of the original. I mean 9 months for a game??? But MSG have been really understanding and very helpful by the sounds of things. I'd really like to stay on MSG games.
Fitting in here has been easier because of this dedication from people on the team, but I do REALLY miss various technologies from R. which has made production so much less painful.
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The game is looking good fun ! It's good to see these characters getting another outing,can't help thinking it's on the wrong platform though.
Hope it all comes together on time.
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