Thu, Jan 21, 2010 | 12:19 GMT
Arkedo shows off canned Natal game
Arkedo has revealed it was working on a finger-based Natal game known as 2 Finger Heroes.
It’s since been canned, the studio’s CEO Camile Guermonprez confirmed.
The developer detailed how the game would potentially work, and provided some concept art and bullshots.
Yours fingers were to act as protagonists, with power-ups awarded if you did a hand gesture. But flip the screen and you’d get a penalty [Nope, me either - Ed]. That’s the future, kids.
But why was it canned? The studio said as well as Natal needing a “very precise pattern recognition”, it’d also be “HELL to localize.”
Oh well.
11 comments
#1
Psychotext
21/01/10, 12:21 pm
I was discussing this on GAF… you’d need a crazy resolution camera to be able to handle picking up individual finger movements whilst also tracking body movements (apparently you had to headbutt one of the bosses
).
Shame though, it looked pretty cool.
#2
mington
21/01/10, 12:22 pm
joining the ranks of lost masterpieces along with shen mue 3 and duke nukem
#3
SniperWolf
21/01/10, 12:56 pm
god the thing is not out yet and games is being canned
#4
Psychotext
21/01/10, 1:02 pm
What a strange thing to say. It’s simply a games pitch that didn’t work out with a potential publisher… the same thing happens about a hundred times a day.
#5
NiceFellow
21/01/10, 1:09 pm
1 – I believe Natal resolution is cube 4cm – that’s not going to work for fingers
2 – marketing something as ‘finger fun for all the family’ may be tricky
#6
SniperWolf
21/01/10, 1:10 pm
still it is something
#7
Psychotext
21/01/10, 1:14 pm
“finger fun for all the family”
:O
#8
SniperWolf
21/01/10, 1:17 pm
hahahaaaa
#9
Blerk
21/01/10, 1:21 pm
Arkedo are great. I really must get around to buying some of their Xbox Live Indie games.
#10
Psychotext
21/01/10, 1:25 pm
Yeah, #1 and #3 are really good. I didn’t rate #2 so much.
#11
NoxNoctisUmbra
21/01/10, 2:46 pm
do pe doooo pi de du