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Old 08-04-2009, 06:56 PM   #1
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Default "Epic Mickey"...steampunk style video game

I found this via Stumble a couple days ago.

Searched for:
Epic Mickey
Steampunk Mickey

No results found...so maybe this isn't WTLW

http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/r...ey-effort.html

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What we heard: Deus Ex and Thief creator Warren Spector shocked many in 2007, when Disney Interactive Studios announced that it had purchased the famed game designer's Junction Point Studios. One year later, Spector gave the first real clue as to his current work, saying that he was collaborating with Disney Feature Animation and Pixar. And in late 2008, an online report surfaced that the game in question may be titled "Epic Mickey."

Today, more evidence has surfaced suggesting that Spector's current project is indeed titled Epic Mickey, as well as what may be concept art for the in-development game. The first of a pair of online resumes unearthed by data-mining blog Superannuation shows what appears to be concept art depicting a postapocalyptic, steampunk-esque Magic Kingdom.

The artist, whose LinkedIn profile indicates he previously served as a concept designer at Junction Point Studios, posted six concept shots in all. Notably, one shot, titled by the artist "goofy zombie," depicts the notoriously addled sentient canine as a cyborg of sorts, with sprocket-spun joints, a wooden leg haphazardly tied onto his femur, a missing arm, and a hollow eye socket.

A second shot, which the artist titled "sea transport," shows what appears to be the Disney Land's iconic Epcot Center and Mickey's water tower affixed to the back of the whale that swallows Pinocchio and his father. Yet one more shot, bearing the moniker "castle side," shows what appears to be Cinderella's Castle precariously perched atop a reaching pillar of rock, high above an industrialized wasteland.

According to a second resume dug up by Superannuation, Epic Mickey will, at the least, be coming to the Wii. Also a concept artist, the developer started at Junction Point Studios in June 2009, where he has been busy "designing and painting concept/inspirational artwork" and "painting 'boxouts' for locations"

The official story: Disney Interactive Studios had not responded to requests for comment on the resumes as of press time.

Bogus or not bogus?: Looks not bogus.
Concept art looks good, idea sounds fun-ish, seems rather dark and "scary" for a Disney game.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:02 PM   #2
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Let me know when they have a video of game play. To many words to read. :P
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:04 PM   #3
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Looks too good to be true. It'd be pretty cool if it was true, though.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:14 PM   #4
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Yeah, these are just concept art pictures so who knows what it will really look like. There is very little detail beyond that it is in the works and will be a Wii game.

But it was a fairly interesting Stumble to...er...stumble on.
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... whoa.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:21 PM   #6
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It's Howl's Moving Disneyland!
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:22 PM   #7
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It's Howl's Moving Disney World!
Spaceship Earth.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:28 PM   #8
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[IMG]Devastated Epcot on whale back[/IMG]

... whoa.
Totally.

But perhaps a bit too dark/destroyed/"sad" for a Disney game
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:30 PM   #9
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But perhaps a bit too dark/destroyed/"sad" for a Disney game
Screw that.

Example:

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Old 08-04-2009, 07:35 PM   #10
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... whoa.
I dunno, kinda disappointing. When I read steampunk and Disney, I was expecting something more like this.

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I'd love to see Disney do a game with H.G. Wells, Jules Verne-style technology.

I would also love to have that model.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:40 PM   #11
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I dunno, kinda disappointing. When I read steampunk and Disney, I was expecting something more like this.

[IMG]nautilus008.jpg[/IMG][/url]

I'd love to see Disney do a game with H.G. Wells, Jules Verne-style technology.

I would also love to have that model.
Ooo. That's a really cool call.
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Old 08-04-2009, 08:35 PM   #12
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There was some concept art a few years ago that showed an evil looking mickey.

I was interested, but now that it is a wii exclusive, not so much.
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I dunno, kinda disappointing. When I read steampunk and Disney, I was expecting something more like this.

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I'd love to see Disney do a game with H.G. Wells, Jules Verne-style technology.

I would also love to have that model.
You saw Atlantis, right? If the movie had done better in the theaters, they could also have done a game based on those scenes.

If you never saw it and don't mind some spoilerific pics:
http://www.digitalmediafx.com/Atlant...isgallery.html

A little later than true steampunk era, more like pre-WWI, post Spanish-American War. Great scenery in that movie.
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Old 08-04-2009, 08:50 PM   #14
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Old 08-04-2009, 08:58 PM   #15
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You saw Atlantis, right? If the movie had done better in the theaters, they could also have done a game based on those scenes.

If you never saw it and don't mind some spoilerific pics:
http://www.digitalmediafx.com/Atlant...isgallery.html

A little later than true steampunk era, more like pre-WWI, post Spanish-American War. Great scenery in that movie.
They did make an atlantis video game.
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They did make an atlantis video game.
Shows how much I know.
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warren spector's a good designer, lets hope he can make up for how much of a turd deus ex 2 was
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:29 PM   #18
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warren spector's a good designer, lets hope he can make up for how much of a turd deus ex 2 was
luckily, he had little to do with that one.
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