Recently, Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade posted a clip of their upcoming video game, “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.” Apparently some fans didn’t care much for the 3-D potions of the preview, leading Gabe to offer this defense:
We were worried though that people might think this was going to be a 2D game if that’s all they saw. So we decided at the last minute to attach some of the 3D work we’ve got. It’s extremely early and it’s missing some effects like cell shading and a few others.In retrospect we probably should have held of showing it but we were excited and we jumped the gun a bit. We still have a lot of work to do in order to really define the look of the game.
He’s also posted some character sheets and information about how the 2-D animation is done. In addition, they’ve set up a forum for folks to discuss the game, so have at you!
