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[chubigans]

Oh man, I have got to get my hands on this game somehow. Looks amazing!

 

[xKilltheMx]

Please bring this to PC D:

 

[BorkBork]

Please bring this to PC D:

I wouldn't count on that. Buy a DS.

 

[Blizzard]

I wouldn't count on that. Buy a DS.

Just wait for a drop in price on the DSi! I'm sure it'll happen! :lol :lol :lol

Spoiler

I <3 my DS Lite, though I don't like straining my eyes on small screens and prefer PCs. But man, they never DID drop the price on those things, did they.

 

[Fredescu]

This reminds me of the "Everyone's Dead, Dave" Red Dwarf exchange. Modified:

Hah perfect. People should watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wxutZJQG84 from about 3:10.

 

[Coverly]

*Reads the previews and watches some videos*

..I want this game now.

 

[xKilltheMx]

I wouldn't count on that. Buy a DS.

DS = Non PS3 game...for a couple of months
D:

 

[Hazaro]

Please bring this to PC D:

+ Steam + User made approved / rated content to continually expand the database + new user levels.

 

[jrricky]

+ Steam + User made approved / rated content to continually expand the database + new user levels.

Well the game already allows user generated content to be transported over wifi.

OMG Jackson, respond if you want to be bombarded with questions please.

 

[GDGF]

Maybe they'll be nice and give you PC only gamers a barebones application you can play with (like what they did with Drawn to Life)

It'd make for a nice bit of advertisement.

 

[Hazaro]

Well the game already allows user generated content to be transported over wifi.

OMG Jackson, respond if you want to be bombarded with questions please.

Yeah but everything for creativity is so much better on PC, plus it would be so much easier.

Like putting Gang Garrison 2 things in

 

[Dacvak]

Everything about this game looks phenomenal. I just want the demo so badly. MUST TEST WORDS.

I want to test simple words, like "game" and "bill" and "calculator." I also want to test words that are probably 100% useless, like "wallpaper" and "sock" and "rhombus"

JACKSON SEND ME A COPY PLEASE.

 

[ha1f]

With this and Golden Sun on the way, I've got to get a DS. This game looks pretty incredible.

 

[Slavik81]

"1009. Kick his ass, Nappa... Wait, it was upside down, it's over 9000!!"

God I want the new DBZ Abridged to come out

1009 upsidedown is 6001...

 

[evilromero]

Pre-ordered.

 

[firehawk12]

This was on today's episode of Co-op. Looks so awesome.

 

[batbeg]

1009 upsidedown is 6001...

Haha, I meant 1006 obviously

Spoiler

you asshole! Catching me out :O

I still can't believe this fucking game.

I want it now. NOW DAMMIT!

 

[GDGF]

Glad this thread is finally picking up. Tell your friends about this one.

 

[Plinko]

This could seriously be my GOTY. It looks absolutely amazing.

 

[jts]

what the

i don't

Did they went through a whole dictionary and created every object there is or are there things that are generated by the game somehow? What kind of sorcery is this?

 

[BorkBork]

what the

i don't

Did they went through a whole dictionary and created every object there is or are there things that are generated by the game somehow? What kind of sorcery is this?

Eurogamer preview explains most of it.


1up Impressions, really short though.

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3174637&p=39

What's the game about? Simple enough: Your character needs to reclaim a star object called a Starite to clear the given level. By panning around the level and checking it out (including any obstacles and hints) you can then bring up a keypad and start entering words for objects that might help you out. Is a rope blocking your path? Input "scissors," attach the item to your character, and use them to cut the rope -- easy!

But you can be much more creative than that: maybe you'd rather use a chainsaw to cut the rope, or a flamethrower, or maybe a rabid cat? (OK, not that last one; there's no room for adjectives.) Developer 5th Cell went through every word in the dictionary and then some, attached some art and hierarchal properties (think "rock-paper-scissors"), and bam, a game that pretty much gives you whatever you think of -- minus trademarked entities, of course.

What's new for E3? Scribblenauts was finally playable at E3, and though there weren't a lot of stages to try, the game was naturally flexible enough to get a lot of play out of it. Not only were the developers suggesting easy items for solutions, but oftentimes, bystanders looking at the game on the big screens would just yell out ideas. The title screen even served as a "stump the Scribblenauts" mode; a sandbox where you could just input words freely and see what pops out.

What's our take? Scribblenauts is the real deal. This could have been yet another action-puzzle game, but one "little" addition makes a world of difference. There's little doubt that some people will just want to get through the game as fast as possible, but others will go nuts experimenting with the game's nearly endless dictionary of objects.

 

[The Hermit]

I can´t believe there is a game that have this:

While listening to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ

 

[Colocho]

Aside from the awesome "summoning" capabilities, I don't know if this will be as good as they say, I'll need more impressions from the core gameplay first.

 

[Fredescu]

Did they went through a whole dictionary and created every object there is or are there things that are generated by the game somehow? What kind of sorcery is this?

From the Eurogamer preview above:

"The way it works is we've started with the qualities rather than the objects," explains Cox. "We've started with categories and sub-categories, like flammable, electrical, heavy, organic, and then we place each object within this framework. That means an object already inherits loads of qualities as soon as it's put into the system: we don't have to say fire would burn this wooden ladder or this boat. We simply say fire would burn everything that's flammable, and anything made of wood will already be marked up in the database as flammable. And when someone slots in a bird, we know from the start that it's organic and it flies, and it has AI properties and that sort of stuff, right from the word go. We don't have to go through thousands of objects one by one, assigning properties."

For example:

Just the other day, in the tree level, somebody wrote 'anvil', which doesn't seem like much help. But then they wrote 'glue', and stuck the glue to the anvil, and then stuck the anvil to the Starite, and it pulled it down out of the tree. I would've never thought to do that before, and we didn't program it, but because the objects all have physical qualities that make sense, the game can decide whether a solution's going to work.

 

[nyprimus2]

Read on another forum.

Corpse, wire, battery.
Guy connected them and brought the corpse to life.

 

[Phthisis]

In all honesty, this is my game of the show. Even over things like Darksiders, Bayonetta, and Mass Effect 2. Just an absolutely impressive game.

I summoned a cop for fun, just to test out what I could do. Then I spawned a jail. Using the jail produced a criminal. The cop shot the criminal on site. Then I spawned a goat. Then I spawned a bear; the bear started to attack the goat. As soon as that happened, the cop started shooting the bear.

Mind = blown.

I also saw the dude in front of me type in "god". Sure enough, there is he is. Then he summoned "death"

They fought. Death won. Amazing.

 

[jts]

Thanks for the heads up, guys. Great read. Simple concept, but genius! Gotta love 5th Cell.

 

[Pseudo_Sam]

Read on another forum.

The real question, is that walking corpse the same model as a "zombie"?

If not, who wins in a fight?

 

[Clever Pun]

Just watched the co-op bit on scribblenauts - they summoned a vampire hunter and it looked like van helsing. I wonder, if you write in vampire slayer, will it be Buffy?

 

[Haunted]

The amazing part is going through the dictionary and creating all those individual art assets, imo.

Blows my mind.

 

[Throwaway123456789]

Read on another forum.

Come on guys, it's from this thread. Read it!

I seriously can't wait for Scribblenauts. It could very well be a GOTY contestant!

 

[Unison]

Absolutely GOTS, and a definitely a GOTY contender.

Shame on the gaming press if they don't see the potential here, especially after giving Spore GOTS multiple times.

 

[dallow_bg]

Release date?

I need this badly.

 

[Unison]

Release date?

I need this badly.

Comes out this fall. 9/1/2009 says EBGames, but that might just be a placeholder.

 

[jman2050]

As a programmer I want to look at this dictionary framework so badly.

 

[BorkBork]

Just saw the Co-op bit. :lol @ Cthulhu

 

[Father_Brain]

Aside from the awesome "summoning" capabilities, I don't know if this will be as good as they say, I'll need more impressions from the core gameplay first.

I agree. The dictionary mechanic sounds amazing, but I'm not yet convinced that the game aspects of this are nearly as compelling or fun as the toy/sandbox aspects. (Not saying they aren't, just that the levels I've seen or read about haven't convinced me yet.)

 

[Jackson]

:lol I'm on the plane right now flying back to Seattle reading these comments.

Great stuff!

 

[Htown]

:lol I'm on the plane right now flying back to Seattle reading these comments.

Great stuff!

Question.

If you summon a witch.

Spoiler

Is it made of wood?

Spoiler

Does it weigh as much as a duck?

 

[GDGF]

:lol I'm on the plane right now flying back to Seattle reading these comments.

Great stuff!

Dude you guys are creating a game that is going to go down in history. This is not hyperbole.

 

[GDGF]

Question.

If you summon a witch.

Spoiler

Is it made of wood?

Spoiler

Does it weigh as much as a duck?

Good question. What happens if you throw a bucket of water on said witch? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Dacvak]

Just saw the Co-op bit. :lol @ Cthulhu

Where's the video?

 

[Phthisis]

:lol I'm on the plane right now flying back to Seattle reading these comments.

Great stuff!

I can only imagine how much fun conceptualizing this game must have been. I seriously had a blast playing it at the show; I didn't want to leave the machine, but even watching someone else playing the game is entertaining as fuck.

 

[Dacvak]

Actually, post ALL videos of Scribblenauts in this thread, please.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Actually, post ALL videos of Scribblenauts in this thread, please.

Seriously. Why are there so few show floor videos?

 

[BorkBork]

Where's the video?

http://www.revision3.com/coop

Episode 115 Show Floor tour. After the PSP Go demo and the commercial.

 

[Dacvak]

There's got to be more. They all need posted, and OP need updated. Why don't we just make this an official "before-release" thread?

 

[Speevy]

These guys need to team up with Media Molecule for the next LittleBigPlanet.

 

[Dacvak]

http://www.revision3.com/coop

Episode 115 Show Floor tour. After the PSP Go demo and the commercial.

Oh my freaking God. Vampire afraid of Garlic! DUDE.

GOTY? OH MAYBE.

 

[RumblingRosco]

These guys need to team up with Media Molecule for the next LittleBigPlanet.

You mean Media Molecule needs to team up with these guys for the next Scribblenauts.