Hi Michael,
One problem though. E.T is a copyrighted work so the developer who does
this could technically be in violation of U.S. copyright law. I have no
idea if Universal Pictures would be willing to take it that far, but I
propose some flexibility in terms of storyline and/or game play.
Although, the Atari game itself was rather generic.
As I recall basically all the levels were pretty much all the same. E.T.
flew left, right, and up and down picking up chocolate candies and
retrieved pieces of his interstellar phone. there was an F.B.I agent who
attempted to steel his phone, and a scientist who would capture E.T. and
take him to a laboratory. Over all a pretty generic game concept that
wouldn't necessarily require the E.T. trademark and original music.
However, as a child of the 80's myself I do confess having the original
music and sound effects would be rather cool. So I suppose if a
developer wrote it as fan fiction, a retro remake of sorts, he might be
able to sidestep any copyright issues. After all, that movie is now 30
years old, and the original game turned out to be something of a
financial flop for Atari. Its not likely people are going to scream too
loudly about a retro remake at this late date. :D
On 5/21/2012 11:23 PM, michael barnes wrote:
Hello All game developers.
As you all know I am offering to pay someone if they are willing to
create a game for me!
Well I have been getting emails about the game and so I am going to
share what kind of game I want and the story and object to the game.
I am also willing to work some kind of payment to the one who decides
to do this for me.
I am asking for at least three months to six months and I am willing
to pay one hundred to two hundred dollars aswell.
Now here is the game inquirie.
The name of the game is E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and the story of
the game is base on the movie.
In the movie E.T. gets left behind on Earth and he befriends a boy
name Elliot, Elliot must help E.T. to phone home the spaceship.
To do this task E.T. must avoid government agents and scientists, if
he gets caught then that is the end of the line for him.
At the same time Elliot must help him and avoid the same people aswell
or it is the end of the line for him.
I been also doing some thinking aswell on the type of game play, the
gameplay can be a mixture of different forms.
Once someone has agree to create the game then I can talk with them on
the levels and controls sound effects and music.
So if someone wants to just do the Atari version or an actual level
game well that can be up to me and the developer.
I hope someone will be willing to do this project, and another thing
is that the developer can sale the game to make money for themselves
or just give the game out for free and ask for donations.
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