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A Vampyre Story
Developer(s)	Autumn Moon
Publisher(s)	Crimson Cow
Designer(s)	Bill Tiller Dave Harris
Release date(s)	2007
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Windows

A Vampyre Story is a point-and-click adventure game currently being developed by Autumn Moon Entertainment for Windows, and set to be published by Crimson Cow in late 2007. The game is set in Europe during the 1880s, and follows a young female opera singer turned vampire as she attempts to make the journey back home to Paris in search of fame and normality. The title's distinctive spelling of vampire with a y was derived from the seminal western vampire tale The Vampyre by John Polidori.^[1] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Multiplayer Video Games be merged into this article or section. ... Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_package_games. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of operating systems by Microsoft. ... Point and click describes the simple action of a computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen (point) and then clicking a mouse button, usually the left one (click), or other pointing device. ... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of operating systems by Microsoft. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 This article deals with vampires in folklore and legends. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... The Vampyre is a short novel written by John William Polidori and is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. ... John William Polidori (September 7, 1795 – August 24, 1821) is credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. ...

Synopsis

Mona de Laffite, the game's protagonist, is a young and talented Parisian opera student who becomes the object of obsession for a rather pathetic vampire. As a result, Mona is swiftly kidnapped and taken to his castle in Draxsylvania, where she is turned into an undead vampire. Mona must find a way to return home and fulfill her dream of becoming a famous opera singer, while also dealing with the unfamiliar problems inherent in her new condition.^[1] Mona is not alone throughout the adventure however, but is followed by her newly acquired and sarcastic sidekick, Froderick the bat. Don Quixote and Sancho Panza unsuccessfully confront windmills. ...

The game will be divided into three chapters, the first of which will take place in Castle Warg — the home of her kidnapper Shrowdy von Kieffer and his mother the Baroness Vasilia von Kieffer. The second chapter will largely take place in the town of Vlad's Landing, while the third will center about the castle of Dr. Riga Mortis. Little else is currently known about these latter two chapters of the game, other than that the player will be allowed to control Mona's companion Froderick during the final chapter, as at certain other points in the game.^[2]

Gameplay

A Vampyre Story is being created by a number of former LucasArts adventure game developers, and so is understandably similar to some of their previous classics (such as The Curse of Monkey Island (CMI) or The Dig) in presentaton and style.^[3][4] As such, the game will utilise a point-and-click interface with a context-sensitive radial cursor, much the same as CMI:^[5] upon clicking an interactive item, a graphic menu will appear around the object, displaying the available actions and abilities. As the game progresses, Mona will gradually learn how to use her new supernatural abilities. Consequently, her newfound powers (and weaknesses) will play a large role in the game's puzzles, requiring Mona to use her abilities to overcome certain challenges and progress through the game.^[4] Before concentrating almost exclusively on Star Wars titles, LucasArts was known for their point-and-click adventure games, nearly all of which received high scoring reviews at the time of their release. ... The Curse of Monkey Island (CMI) is the third game in the Monkey Island series of computer adventure games by LucasArts, following the successful games The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChucks Revenge. ... The Dig is a graphical adventure game developed by LucasArts, and released in 1995. ... Point and click describes the simple action of a computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen (point) and then clicking a mouse button, usually the left one (click), or other pointing device. ... A context-sensitive grammar is a formal grammar G = (N, Σ, P, S) such that all rules in P are of the form αAβ → αγβ with A in N (i. ... A pie menu. ...

Development history

A Vampyre Story was first announced in the June 2004 issue of The Inventory, an online adventure gaming magazine, as the winner of their "Most-Awaited Adventure Game" award.^[5] The game was originally given a tentative release date of Halloween 2006, but the loss of publisher backing in April 2005 left the game in unpaid preproduction for the following year.^[6] During this time Bill Tiller, Autumn Moon's founder and creative director, generally worked with no more than one or two other people on staff at any one time. This helped to reduce the cost of production while the project was still unfunded.^[1] In early July 2006 however, Autumn Moon announced that they had finally acquired a new publisher for A Vampyre Story, the Hamburg-based Crimson Cow, and that full production on the game would begin shortly thereafter, stating an expected 2007 release.^[7] While Autumn Moon has mentioned their interest in the Nintendo DS and Wii as potential release platforms,^[3] no official announcements have yet been made. Halloween or Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets, fruit, and other treats. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... The Nintendo DS, sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS, is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, and first released in 2004. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is Nintendos seventh-generation video game console. ...

Trivia

• Mona de Laffite takes her surname from Laffite's Landing, a loading dock in the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride at Disneyland. Froderick's name was similarly borrowed from the popular 1974 Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein.^[1]

• The game's art direction, while akin to The Curse of Monkey Island in style, was largely inspired by Edward Gorey illustrations. As such, the game was originally planned to be drawn in Gorey's black and white, pen and ink style.^[1]

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References

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External links

• A Vampyre Story's official website