MediEvil (1998): Difference between revisions

<p style="line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">Development of ''MediEvil'' started in 1995 at independent developer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Interactive Millennium Interactive]. Chris Sorrell, previously known for the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pond James Pond]'' series, created the original concept for ''MediEvil'' and served as the game's creative director. Prior to the development of ''MediEvil'', Sorrell had endured a rather torrid time working on some edutainment products that Millennium Interactive had signed up to create. "Once these products were finally complete, I think management took pity on me and rewarded me with the chance of making my dream game" he recalls. According to Sorrell, the first design proposal for the game had the working title ‘''Dead Man Dan''’ and described a game that was a fusion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom Capcom]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost%27n_Goblins Ghost'n Goblins] with the art style of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton Tim Burton]– especially the look and feel of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas], both of which were things that he was a huge fan of back in the mid ’90s. Lead artist and designer Jason Wilson shared his interest in dark, Gothic influenced artwork and they worked together to define the look and feel of the game. As development progressed, Wilson pushed the game into more of a ''Zelda''-like direction as opposed to the original arcade-style concept. Sorrell approved of the new direction and said that he would liked to have expanded more on it.</p>