Nice to have you back, guys
After pioneering the graphic adventure video game genre, Sierra On-Line founders Ken and Roberta Williams are finally back. more than twenty years after their last release. Project titled Colossal Cave 3D Adventureand not a reboot of any older release of Sierra, as fans think it might be after Ken Williams provocative a new attempt passed Facebook post last year. The team is looking to bring Will Crowther and Don Woods’ classic for a new generation of gamers.
As Ken said PC Gamers“It takes place in fully immersive 3D and VR environments for a realistic caving experience for the whole family.”
According to Roberta Williams, the couple ended up working on a new project after becoming “bored” during the pandemic. “Ken got bored and I asked him to write a book about Sierra,” she said. “The process of writing the book evoked long-forgotten memories, which led to Ken deciding to learn Unity and deciding to make a game. We have no interest in starting another company. We were just looking for something fun to build on, and I had the idea to pay homage to the game that inspired the company and changed our lives.”
Adventures in the Colossal is considered one of the most influential games of all time, not only because of its form but also its content. It was one of the first “dungeon crawl” games, as well as one of the first in the adventure game genre.
Books by Matt Baron Dungeons and Desktops: A History of PC Role Playing Games says that the game has facilitated “creating a virtual world and the means to explore it,” which is a pretty big deal since that’s all games now. Kentucky Route Zero went as far as to get the whole plot point and set it up as an homage to the classic game.
Aside from the success of the developers’ initial release, they went on to put out classics like King’s Quest, Appropriate entertainment for Larryand Phantasmagoriaand even worked with Valve publish original Half-life game.
Colossal Cave 3D Adventure being displayed at Game Developers Conference this week, so here’s hoping that we can get some more update about the project soon. While the game still doesn’t have an off-target release date of the fall 2022 window, we do know that it will be available to play on PC and VR platforms like Quest 2.
