V_Ben
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The Creator Of ToeJam & Earl's Studio Is Making An Exclusive Game For Sony #1

All credit goes to the Superannuation twitter account for this stuff.

http://tech-artists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2113

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I'm Greg and I run a small friendly studio in the San Francisco Area called Humanature Studios (located in Albany). I've been making games as an independent games developer for 30 years (ack! has it been that long?) and have worked on and created many games including Toejam and Earl, Starflight. Star Control 2, Orly's Draw-A-Story, Spore, Sims 2, Kung Fu Panda World, etc.

As it happens, HumaNature Studios now has the good fortune of starting a new title directly for Sony that is cute and filled with quirky personality. It's also super innovative in the area of emotional AI and personality simulation. It designed for both male and female players, and will be marketed in the U.S. and in Japan.

Check out our website (humanaturestudios.com), and our existing Facebook apps (links from our website) to see the art-style. We are well funded, and offer good salaries and benefits, and we're small group where everyone gets a lot of creative input.
Ok, so, hmm. What sort of game are they working on?

http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx...ccountno=50738

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This is a mid to senior level designer position for a major console product, so you must have significant game development experience. If you have just an undergrad degree and no industry experience, please do not apply. Indie developers are welcome, but only if you have published a product. (Power to the people!) Your past work should demonstrate a wild imagination, a love of innovation, and some killer talents. You will need to have glowing references from people you’ve worked with or for, and plenty of evidence of how self-motivated you are. This is an on site, full-time position and we will not consider anyone who wants to work remotely or part-time.

• You should love games that create charming and believable, emotionally compelling simulated worlds; games like ICO, Beyond Good and Evil, Animal Crossing, Scribblenauts, Little Big Planet, and others.
That's only part of the description, more at the link of course.

Pretty cool name to have crafting an exclusive game for you.
darkwing
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#2

hopefully this is for the Vita
LiK
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#3

US and Japan only?
sixteen-bit
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#4

Wasn't his last work a relatively no-buzz DS game?

This is an upgrade.
Combichristoffersen
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(04-18-2012, 03:43 PM)

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will be marketed in the U.S. and in Japan.
And the only region where the PS3 still sells is shafted once again :(
V_Ben
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Originally Posted by LiK: View Post
US and Japan only?
That sure is a weird thing to say. Perhaps he means "The West and Japan"
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#7

What's the creator of Rocket Knight Adventures up to?
Criminal Upper
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#8

Not to be outdone, the creator of Aero The Acro-Bat is making an exclusive new game at Microsoft.
theBishop
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Goddamn, they're certainly citing a good pool of influences. Can't wait to see some footage.
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Originally Posted by Criminal Upper: View Post
Not to be outdone, the creator of Aero The Acro-Bat is making an exclusive new game at Microsoft.
Nintendo hires Awesome Possum creator to make an exclusive game
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Another secret PS3 game? Still waiting for Agent...
Loudninja
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Food for thought.
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Hmm that post was made in 2011, anything more recent?
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Am i the only one that instantly thinks of the "boogie boogie boogie" dude when anyone mentions the game?
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Little Big Planet MMO.
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Originally Posted by ElectricBlanketFire: View Post
What's the creator of Rocket Knight Adventures up to?
I'm thinking about this too.
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Originally Posted by Frankfurt: View Post
Am i the only one that instantly thinks of the "boogie boogie boogie" dude when anyone mentions the game?
*BELCH*
YEOWCH!
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Originally Posted by Combichristoffersen: View Post
Nintendo hires Awesome Possum creator to make an exclusive game
EA hires Spike McFang creator to make exclusive new adventure FPS game.
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ToeJam & Earl was awesome, and I love that list of games aside from Animal Crossing (though even that game did have some charming characters). Looking forward to it.
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I never was a fan of ToeJam & Earl back in the day...

Star Control 2 on the other hand...loved it
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EA hires Spike McFang creator to make exclusive new adventure FPS game.


The brains behind Rocky Rodent is poised to take the industry by storm, in a new RTS from Capcpom
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Originally Posted by Criminal Upper: View Post
Not to be outdone, the creator of Aero The Acro-Bat is making an exclusive new game at Microsoft.
Best joke on GAF in a long time.
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Was Toe Jam & Earl III any good?
Combichristoffersen
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Originally Posted by Seraphinianus: View Post
The brains behind Rocky Rodent is poised to take the industry by storm, in a new RTS from Capcpom
Konami announces Captain Novolin creator is making a flight sim for them
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Originally Posted by Criminal Upper: View Post
Not to be outdone, the creator of Aero The Acro-Bat is making an exclusive new game at Microsoft.
Oh gosh. That's excellent.
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Originally Posted by Seraphinianus: View Post
The brains behind Rocky Rodent is poised to take the industry by storm, in a new RTS from Capcpom
Smelling the winds of change, Activision hires the creative minds behind Gex to spearhead the Call of Duty franchise.

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Was Toe Jam & Earl III any good?
No it was not, sir.
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With no where else to turn, Majesco hired the creative mind behind Rolo the Elephant.
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No it was not, sir.
Might go without saying.
Following up Panic on Funkotron is a tough pitch.
I really liked Panic on Funkotron. Stop laughing at me :(