Colossal Cave Adventure Remake Coming from Ken and Roberta Williams
Ken and Roberta Williams are true living legends of game design. The husband-and-wife team founded what would become Sierra On-Line in 1979, which was responsible for many legendary adventure game franchises like King’s Quest and Leisure Suit Larry.
The original incarnation of Sierra On-Line, renamed Sierra Entertainment, dissolved in 2008, and Ken and Roberta Williams haven’t developed a game in over twenty years. However, that’s set to change as the pair are remaking Colossal Cave Adventure in VR under the name Colossal Cave 3D Adventure.
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The Sierra On-Line founders announced their return to game development last year. Previously referred to as The Secret, Colossal Cave 3D Adventure is a first-person adventure game designed in the Unity Engine. The Williams plan to release it this Summer for Mac, Windows, and the standalone Oculus Quest 2 VR headset. They are also open to the possibility of releasing it on additional platforms somewhere down the road.
Colossal Cave 3D Adventure will have much more to offer than its predecessor, with the Williams describing it as a “reimagining” rather than a remake. The game purportedly boasts complex and highly varied puzzles, interesting characters, and an immersive 3D world containing over 143 locations. Ken is highly enthusiastic about the project, saying of Colossal Cave 3D Adventure, “This is truly a game that will delight a new generation, and 100% different than anything I’ve seen in the market today.”
He went on to describe the unexpected challenges of working with VR for the first time, with the game going through radical changes since it started development. However, Ken and Roberta are
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