#action forms

why did I just now find out that the Ukrainian company Action Forms, that created Vivisector released a game-sequel to the movie Treasure Island back in 2005?! And the game is not just some point and click, but a bloody arcada-beat them up game with elements of parkour, stealth and puzzles?!?!? one problem tho, that in itself it is short, because it seems that they did not have enough budget for a full-fledged ending. but it's still interesting

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According to a couple different archived articles from the website 1C (which also has some screenshots), the plot would have featured a new regatta which the characters participate in that takes them to different locations, and interestingly, some of the locations listed such as Holland and Scandinavia were places which the characters visited in the book that were not adapted for the show, and so the game probably would have taken more inspiration from there as well. It was also said that at least some of the surviving voice actors would return as had been done for the Treasure Island game.

The game seems to have been cancelled anytime from 2009 to 2011, coinciding with the dormancy of Action Forms at that time, but since it was in development for a few years, it’s reasonable to assume some progress must have been made and something could be floating around out there, right?

There’s actually some video footage I found on this one channel here (game footage starts 1:57 seconds in), but unfortunately, the guy speaks over it, his link in the description seems to be dead, and I was unable to find the source of the game footage (which comes from gala.net), but I’m certain it belongs to a guy named Rostislav Garbar who says he worked prominently on the game on his LinkedIn page. 

If this game had been completed, I sure hope it would have been more developed than the Treasure Island game, which was just a nice-looking tech demo. It’s a little strange seeing the Vrungel characters in 3D, but it’s not a bad conversion, and the animations look fairly fluid, I suppose. If I find more information, I’ll update this post.

Have a low-res picture of Lom hugging Fuchs:

Chasm: The Rift

Ambiguous alien fiends known as the Time Strikers have begun an invasion of present-day earth (circa 1997) from across the space-time continuum. They’re changing the past, playing with our nukes, and making a general nuisance of themselves. The government figures maybe somebody ought to do something about these pests before they break the planet or something, so they call the guy from Quake to save the day.

He doesn’t pick up, though. So they call you instead.

New map pack for Chasm: The Rift!

Chasm: The Rift Review

While Chasm: The Rift might not be a household name, this is lovely remade version of the original due to the apparent loss of the original source code will get people talking. As a result of that, this takes on a unique form of video game preservation that we don’t see a lot of. Chasm: The Rift was originally developed by Action Forms, and this was the Ukranian developer’s answer to Quake.…