Cecropia Developing Romantic Comedy Game Called The Act

Posted on March 31, 2005

Cecropia is introducing a preview of its first game, called The Act. The Act is an interactive comedy about relationships, deception, and the pursuit of romance. Cecropia says The Act gives players the unique experience of playing a game that feels more like a movie.

Players control the characters' emotions while they experience the interactive story. The characters' feelings are apparent through personality-centric animation, which is being animated by Cecropia's animators: alumni of Disney Feature Film Animation Studios.

The main characters in The Act are Edgar and Sylvia. Edgar is a shy window-washer, who has always been unlucky in love. Throughout the filmgame Edgar tries a variety of tactics to win Sylvia. Players have to correctly read and control the visual personality cues in the animated characters in order to move to the next level of the game. The Act becomes increasingly challenging, making it more and more difficult for Edgar to woo and win Sylvia over.

Cecropia was established in 2001 by gaming entrepreneur Omar Khudari, co- founder of the game developer Papyrus Design Group. The Cecropia team is comprised of creative and operations visionaries from Walt Disney Feature Film Animation, Pixar, DreamWorks and Blue Sky as well as video gaming industry veterans from Papyrus Design Group, Sierra On-line, Hasbro Interactive and Atari.

Here's a review of the game from Arcade Heroes.

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