Good afternoon all,
I have a question for the developpers about Penumbra : what was your first inspiration to create the game ?
I say that cause I recently watched the film The Hills Have Eyes 2 and I found it looked like Penumbra Overture : mines corridors and wood ladders to go to an upper or lower level...
What about ?
Regards, Gizmo.
I watched the movie "The Descent" and it have to following in common with Penumbra:
1. A dark mining complex
2. Flashlights (ok, that's normal, but...)
3. Green glowsticks! and...
4. Red flares!
5. Monsters look like the infected.
6. The only weapon in the film is a hammer.
7. The game after Penumbra even called similar to "The Descent"
Hi,
I'm not there to criticize anything : I'll never say that Penumbra's developpers are plagiarists : I respect them a lot for their work.
I just asked the question cause artists are often inspired by something or someone when they create.
For example Fred Astaire was a source of inspiration for Michael Jackson.
And it would be so nice to know what inspired the Penumbras ?
Regards, Gizmo.
i dunno, but at some point in black plague i couldn't help but think of "the thing".
(11-21-2011, 03:26 AM)Tanshaydar Wrote: [ -> ]Lovecraft.
The engine is even named after H.P.Lovecraft!
I got digital copies of all his books for free(or close to it) a while ago...I should really start reading them.
(10-15-2011, 03:57 PM)Googolplex Wrote: [ -> ]I watched the movie "The Descent" and it have to following in common with Penumbra:
1. A dark mining complex
2. Flashlights (ok, that's normal, but...)
3. Green glowsticks! and...
4. Red flares!
5. Monsters look like the infected.
6. The only weapon in the film is a hammer.
7. The game after Penumbra even called similar to "The Descent"
ok, both the descent and penumbra are great, but i really don't think they have too much in common
i think those are mainly just coincidences...
haha anyways, yes i think one of the main inspirations for penumbra was the thing. i mean they use a lot of the same horror techniques and the environment is very similar. i mean just look at the kennel in black plague, they practically took that right out of that scene from the thing!
(10-15-2011, 03:57 PM)Googolplex Wrote: [ -> ]I watched the movie "The Descent" and it have to following in common with Penumbra:
1. A dark mining complex
2. Flashlights (ok, that's normal, but...)
3. Green glowsticks! and...
4. Red flares!
5. Monsters look like the infected.
6. The only weapon in the film is a hammer.
7. The game after Penumbra even called similar to "The Descent"
I've seen that movie too.
Green infected in "Black Plague" and the monsters in "The Descent" --> big similarity
