American McGee's Grimm
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The game was initially distributed online by GameTap starting July 31, 2008.[1] American McGee designed the 23-episode series "American McGee's Grimm", which was built by Spicy Horse and draws on Grimm's Fairy Tales.[1] Gameplay duration for each episode is roughly thirty minutes, though completion times vary based on whether players aim for "complete conversion" or "speed-runs".[2]
Making and release
In a May 2007 interview, American McGee stated that GameTap approached him to work on Grimm and he "jumped at the chance."[3] The game was originally scheduled for release on GameTap in spring of 2008.[3] McGee explained that the core team explored several engines before settling on Unreal Engine 3, finding it easier to integrate content and achieve desired visual results.[4] McGee noted that "rapid prototyping was essential to proving our new ideas" because Grimm was an experimental game concept.[4]
Following a television distribution model, each episode was free for 24 hours on release day, then available for purchase or to GameTap Gold subscribers.[5] PC Gamer's June 2007 issue carried the first public notice of the project.[6] Unreal Engine 3 was the technology chosen by Spicy Horse Games for developing the series.[7]
What the cited sources add
American McGee stated in a June 2007 interview that the goal was "to put the teeth back into the collection of tales commonly referred to as 'Grimm's'."[3] McGee noted that "South Park" was a major influence on the team's thinking about the Grimm project from the beginning.[3] The lead writer for Grimm was R.J. Berg, who also wrote for American McGee's Alice.[3] McGee described Grimm as featuring only a little of the "hack and slash" dynamic that Alice had.[3]
A Develop Magazine article highlighted the episodic development of Grimm using Unreal Engine 3 technology.[4] McGee mentioned that a Post Mortem on the Grimm project would be released later, providing more detail about development.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "American McGee's Grimm" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Grimm - Episodes", spicyhorse.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American McGee's Grimm" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Q&A: GameTap On Grimm Pushing Episodic Further", gamasutra.com, 2008-07-11; "Grimm Episodes Info And Trailer", rockpapershotgun.com, 2008-06-14 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Tale of Tales » Interview with American McGee", tale-of-tales.com, June 2007. facts only, no text reused. tale-of-tales.com
- "American McGee's Blog", americanmcgee.com, 15 January 2009. facts only, no text reused. americanmcgee.com
- Wikipedia, "American McGee's Grimm" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Q&A: GameTap On Grimm Pushing Episodic Further", gamasutra.com, 2008-07-11 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American McGee's Grimm" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Tale of Tales » Interview with American McGee", tale-of-tales.com, June 2007; Faylor, "American McGee Presents American McGee's Grimm Interview", shacknews.com, 2007-06-12 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American McGee's Grimm" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "American McGee's Blog", americanmcgee.com, 15 January 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: American McGee's Grimm (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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