The Graveyard: Postmortem

By: Derek Yu

On: November 2nd, 2008

The Graveyard

Tale of Tales has wrapped up an in-depth postmortem for their first commercial title, The Graveyard, in which you guide an old woman through a cemetary. It includes interviews with contributing artists and musicians, and an analysis of the public’s response to this unique game, which, by the way, has been nominated for the European Innovative Games Award this year… along with Crysis, Heavenly Sword, and Wii Fit?! Congratulations! I sincerely hope you guys win!

You can also track the development of their upcoming title, The Path, through this blog, where they “share the joys and miseries of independent game development.” Well put!

Posted in Community, Developers | Tags: TaleOfTales

Q

hm, not that interesting the demo
Skofo

Crysis? Innovative?

Ha ha.
Skofo

And yeah, this game isn’t too fun.

It’s too damn hard!! Are there any cheat codes or a strategy guide or something?
http://www.0xdeadc0de.org/ Eclipse

nice wireframe in the pic, even if some loop is a bit weird, expecially on the shoulders
Paul Eres

Welcome back Derek! Sorry I didn’t make more posts, I missed a few days (I planned to post one every day but a few things got in the way).
Derek

Thanks, man! And no, are you kidding? You did a fantastic job!
AdamB

The shoulders? The shoulders? That’s what you chose to pick as a fault?

You didn’t feel the need to comment on, oh, I dunno… the way the head just doesn’t connect to the body at all at the back?

Hrmm, I’ll never understand some people’s criticism.
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this game sucks
http://www.distractionware.com Terry

Wow, that’s very insightful ,mhadsfmhkasdf;l][pwm,nghf
pnutz

Here’s the actual short list for the award, since Derek’s link points to some indecipherable barbarian language page:
http://www.hessen-it.eu/mm/EIGA_20-10-08_E.pdf

The inclusion Crysis and Heavenly Sword is pretty silly, but there’s quite a few indies in the running. They’re not TIG regulars, but it would have been nice for them to get a bit of publicity with their own newspost. The nominees are:

Sharkworld
Blake White
The Graveyard
Swinxs
Remote Impact â€“ Shadowboxing over a Distance
Wii Fit
Heavenly Sword
Crysis
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
pnutz

OK, let me try that again, fuckall if it still does come out:
Sharkworld
Blake White
The Graveyard
Swinxs
Remote Impact – Shadowboxing over a Distance
Wii Fit
Heavenly Sword
Crysis
PEV 2008
pnutz

Fuckall then.
Trotim

Crysis and Heavenly Sword aren’t innovative. What the heck?
Paul Eres

Thanks Derek :D

I’d still like to post a few more! I had a list of a second round of Ohrrpgce games I wanted to recommend, for instance. Let me know if you take another vacation!
http://www.0xdeadc0de.org/ Eclipse

@AdamB: it’s clear that’s not a design fault but only a screenshot of a part or a WIP model so i skipped the head, the shoulders looks weird tho..
http://Tale-of-Tales.com Michael Samyn

Thank you, Derek. :)
DoctorAnus

Simply a great read, by smart people. Great plunge into the creative process for an ignorant like me.