Maniac Mansion
The gold standard for point-and-click adventures. Replayability was the hallmark of Maniac Mansion thanks to a range of characters with unique quirks and skills. Oh, it was insanely funny too.
March 5, 2010
Temporarily sidetracked with a different Silverlight project but it's all goodness. It'll be featured on this site within a few days, then attention shifts back to RAGE.
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Buddy Knavery Episode 1: The Killer Riffs
An old-school mini-adventure written exclusively for the Silverlight platform.
He's undercover and over the line.

Things have gotten a little crazy in Lazarus Falls, Oregon. Waves of violence have swept across the town and now the Mayor's gone missing. The police department has enlisted the help of Buddy Knavery, one of the best undercover cops in the Northwest. Well, if not the best then certainly one of the cheapest.

This is where you come in.

Buddy Knavery is an old-school mini-adventure game built on new technology. If you enjoyed "point-and-click" classics like Maniac Mansion or King's Quest, you'll probably dig this game.

Credits

Programming, Art, Storyline
Darren Mart

Sound Effects
www.soundsnap.com

Beta Testers
Avi Pilosof
Jason Ward
Troy Mart
David Foster
Music
City Map: "Undertow" by Daniel Rudd
Electric Den: "Off the Wagon" by Daniel Rudd
Music Box: "Marrowbane Intro" by Darren Mart
McClanahan Melody: "Bard's Tale Intro" by Lawrence Holland

Developer Blog

December 2, 2009: What's next?   12/2/2009
Nothing but good news this time. There will be an Episode 2 released in 2010, most likely by the end of the summer. It will be built exclusively using the upcoming RAGE engine (expected to be released in early 2010). But that d...

December 5, 2008: Good News, Bad News   12/5/2008
First, the bad news: even though I plan to eventually release a follow-up episode to "The Killer Riffs", it won't happen in the timeframe I originally hoped for. The overall storyline arc is in place but I haven't even s...

June 15, 2008: Lessons Learned   6/15/2008
Now that I've had time to review the source code I can reflect on some lessons learned throughout Episode 1. This will undoubtedly result in more streamlined code for projects ahead as well as a more fluid development cycl...

June 12, 2008: An exciting first week!   6/12/2008
Buddy Knavery got a boost right out of the gate last week when he landed on several blogs in the developer community. Just when the first wave of momentum reached a plateau, he appeared on the Silverlight Showcase at www.silverlight.net! ...

June 5, 2008: Counting down the hours   6/5/2008
Only a few hours before Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is publicly released... and here I am scrambling to tie loose ends together so that Buddy Knavery is ready for primetime. What an amazing experience this has ...

 
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