http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/22107

This game began with an idea that Matt, his brother Sebastian, and I were kicking around at a lake cottage in Ireland back in the fall of 2009. After finishing Stitch, Matt hired on with Daedalic Entertainment in Hamburg, Germany, pitched TRA, and has since been acting as team lead and background artist to develop the concept. This is a huge opportunity for Matt, and promises to be a new treasure for adventure game fans. I have great confidence in Matt’s ability to produce another spectacular game that lives up to standards set by the WMYT series.

The Rabbit’s Apprentice is slated to ship this November as a German language title ONLY, we’ll just have to wait a bit longer for the English localization. In the meantime, check out the teaser site at http://www.rabbitsapprentice.de, or see some higher-res art with an intriguing teaser (in German) here.

Matt’s status is a lot more interesting than mine, so let’s start there. Matt is currently working at Daedalic Entertainment, a company in Hamburg, Germany who has built several adventure games in recent years including A New Beginning, Deponia, and Harvey’s New Eyes. While Matt’s current project is still undisclosed, it’s safe to say that he’s taken a leading roll in the game’s original concept; and rumor has it that he’s drawing all the game art. I can’t offer much more insight than that because, honestly, he’s not even telling me! We’ll have to watch the Daedalic website this year for a public announcement. I will, of course, post any updates on his new project as information becomes available. As for me, I’ve just been building lots of HTML5 web data visualization (exciting, right?), and managing localization production on Stitch. Unfortunately, there’s still no news on the Stitch Russian version as we continue waiting on final translations.

As for another Tick game… Matt and I are both extremely busy with long-term engagements on other projects. Therefore, there are no immediate plans for a new game; neither now nor in the foreseeable future. However, never say never. We’ll see what happens in a year as we wind down on our current project cycles.

Friends and fans, Matt and I are thrilled to announce the re-release of the original “What Makes You Tick?“, now modernized as an online-playable Flash game!! This re-release stays true to the original game’s story while incorporating a new soundtrack and interface enhancements, and finally makes the game playable in fullscreen mode! Rediscover the rustic charm of the original “What Makes You Tick?” at the game’s new website:

http://www.lassiegames.com/games/wmyt/

This re-release has been a year in the making as we’ve slowly ported the original game’s graphics and dialogue over into the Stitch engine. It’s been a labor of love keeping the original game intact while cleaning up its behaviors and story flow using features of the new engine. All around, we think the game looks clean, runs smoothly, and sounds great! There are also free downloadable versions of the game available here.

Enjoy, and as always – happy adventuring!

Friday, August 19th @ Sandburg
Hafenstr. 10
51063 Cologne
Germany

Hope to see you there!

Also, we’d encourage our German visitors to check out this recent interview with the German game site Adventure Corner.