Sierra has released a new developer diary trailer today, featuring how The Odd Gentlemen is creating the re-imagined version of the adventure game King’s Quest.
The developer studio’s Art Director Evan Cagle and Producer Lindsey Rostal pull back the curtain to show us how the artwork of King’s Quest is transferred to digital media and brings the world to life.
In 1990 during the development of King’s Quest V, publisher Sierra created a way for their artists to draw, scan them to a PC and then create the King’s Quest world. Now a quarter of a century later, The Odd Gentlemen is now using a similar technique to bring King’s Quest to current platforms.
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King’s Quest was created by Ken and Roberta Williams and was released in May 1984. The beginning of what would become a a thirst for adventure games, along with other titles like Space Quest, Police Quest and Leisure Suit Larry put Sierra on the forefront of PC adventure gaming. As many times within the industry, tastes changed and eventually Sierra clout faded. Fast forward thirty years, Activision purchased the company this past August and King’s Quest will be once again be Sierra’s flag-bearer.
The new King’s Quest will be release in a series of episodes and will begin where the series ended. King Graham, now aged is narrating his past adventures to his granddaughter Gwendolyn.
Earlier this month, the vocal cast was revealed and Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future, Addams Family) will be voicing the elderly King Graham while Josh Keaton (The Spectacular Spider-Man) will be portraying the younger King Graham. Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate, We Bought A Zoo) will be voicing Gwendolyn. Though roles were not revealed, the game has many others joining the cast including Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, Toy Story), Tom Kenny (Adventure Time, SpongeBob SquarePants) and Zelda Williams (The Legend of Korra) along with Michael Benyaer, Loretta Devine, Gideon Emery, Jean Gilpin, Michael Gough, Andy Pessoa, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kath Soucie, Fred Tatasciore, Richard White and Michael-Leon Wooley. This cast can only enhance the game.
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One piece of information that we are still missing is the release date. The first chapter of King’s Quest is currently on schedule to be released later this year. The game is under development for the PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360.