Unofficial Tex Murphy

This is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about before! It's probably not too late to make some sort of port of the Three Cards games into a mobile app format, whether for iOS or Android.

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I'll wager they would sell significantly better than they are selling now, even if at a dramatically reduced price point. Something's better than nothing, no?

Just an idea. And a possibility for Tex's future, as well...?

Well you might be right there, I noticed on big fish games that they have all these titles being released ipad & iphone. This is where the money is now

The only problem with games for mobile devices is that they don't tend to be very deep. Mobile games are often mindless things you do to pass the time and don't have much of a story.

Are you suggesting that Angry Birds does not have a deep and compelling storyline?

Yes that is exactly what I'm saying. As far as I know except for a few exceptions such as penguins, ostriches, and platypuses most birds can fly.

The birds can simply drop bombs on the pigs if they wanted. There is no need for kamikaze missions especially with a ridiculous sling shot. The other side of the argument is why can't the pigs just build bomb shelters instead of those flimsy houses???

Did the pigs learn nothing from the story of the Three Little Pigs? Brick is the best way to go with family home construction.

The plot holes in the Angry Birds story are big enough to drive a truck through.

well I don't have any angry birds at my place, they seem to be quite happy chirping away....

You crack me up Sam

-Fred

sam10100 wrote:Yes that is exactly what I'm saying. As far as I know except for a few exceptions such as penguins, ostriches, and platypuses most birds can fly.

The birds can simply drop bombs on the pigs if they wanted. There is no need for kamikaze missions especially with a ridiculous sling shot. The other side of the argument is why can't the pigs just build bomb shelters instead of those flimsy houses???

Did the pigs learn nothing from the story of the Three Little Pigs? Brick is the best way to go with family home construction.

The plot holes in the Angry Birds story is big enough to drive a truck through.

Drop Bombs!?! Even assuming the angry birds had bomb technology, they don't have any talons with which to carry the bombs. Kamikaze tactics are all they have. Except for the white one, who somehow can lay an egg on command. And, I suppose the black one is a bomb, so maybe they do have some kind of explosives technology at their hands or wings or beaks.

As for the pigs, I don't think they're the brightest things out there. They continue to take the eggs event though they are constantly being defeated by the birds. And, once they take the eggs, they just sit around and wait for the birds. So, I don't think the pigs can be counted on for advanced engineering techniques.

I think there is room for deep story games.

Do they not have mobile version of scummvm now?

lestat666 wrote:I think there is room for deep story games.

Do they not have mobile version of scummvm now?

no app for scummvm unless you have a jailbraked iphone\pad

as for deap storrys ther's some out there with good storys.. drawn to life is one of them.. its a casual game with story.. its not deap in the sence that its a masterpeace but it works and is fun. there is allsow alot of other ported games though, like broken sword (1 and 2) telltale has some on there, simon the scorsorer 1,2,3. flight of the amason queen i think is there allsow. shivers, and a lot more. so you can have story driven games on the mobil platform as well as casual games like angry birds, tiny wings and robot unicorn attack

I find the ethics of Angry Birds a little troubling, as well. You ate our eggs, and so we'll smite you from one end of the globe to the other. I understand the weight of the grievance, but still...seems sorta...Bush-era, doesn't it? (But I still love slingin' them needlessly kamikaze birds and poppin' those unaccountably green pigs, just the same!)

There may or may not be deep story games in mobile yet. But 1) it's not because of a limitation of the platform, especially considered the tablet form factor and 2) we were talking the 3 Cards games. There's already stuff (including the app I linked to at the top) easily at that level.

i think, all the tex games could be ported to mobile\pad apps.. i dont see why not when the 7th guest was. make it so that you use a "analog stick" in the bottom left corner to move around and one in the bottom right to look around.. and a space key at the bottom to go into searching mode and there you have it. i know its a bit harder then that but hey it worked for other old games so why not whit the tex games.. could get a bigger fanbase too.