BEHOLD!

[Mockery]

This is happening at the I-Mockery booth during the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con:

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/abobo-i-mockery-comic-con-2010.jpg

[Sam]

I'M DOIN THIS FOR SURE

[Pentegarn]

I hope he has to fight Karnov in a "Big bald guy match"

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

FIRSTIES

[darkvare]

noooooooo i wanna play it too

[executioneer]

I WILL WIN THIS GAME

[MarioRPG]

That is bound to be awesome. Wish I could make it down. Cool art too! :D

[timrpgland]

:jealous

[Sam]

ME, BILL, AND WILLIE ARE GOING TO GET IN LINE AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE COOLEST LINE AT COMIC-CON.

[stevetothepast]

GAWD DAMMIT. I want to go to comic con and play this.

[Dimnos]

Please tell me this will be on the site to play after comic-con.

[Mockery]

ME, BILL, AND WILLIE ARE GOING TO GET IN LINE AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE COOLEST LINE AT COMIC-CON.
Since we have the game on an arcade cabinet, we made an exclusive two-player battle mode that you guys will get to play against each other in. It's separate from the main game, but you'll definitely wanna give that a try as well for some good ol' button mashing action.

Please tell me this will be on the site to play after comic-con.
The game is eventually going to be released on the web for all to play for free. We don't release the demos online though, so you'll have to wait for the finished product to come out. We're shooting to have it done by the end o' the year. It's seriously one of the largest web game projects ever made and it's really pushing the limits of what Flash is even capable of.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

OH MAN. SAM, KAHL AND WILLIE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES.

ITS GOIN DOWN

:rapsong

[Mockery]

Reminder: We're located in ROW 300 towards the back, near the lounge area. Table #A10.

It's been a blast so far!

http://www.i-mockery.com/blabber/pics/abobos-big-adventure-cabinet.jpg

[Chojin]

Where'd you get that joystick?

also info on the machine and whether it was bought or built, design schemas, etc., prz

[MLE]

I'm not surprised at all that you got the first post in after seeing how nice that was.

[darkvare]

is the track ball used in the game?

[Fathom Zero]

Where'd you get that joystick?

http://www.xgaming.com/

[Sam]

Willie and I broke this game multiple times, but it was a blast!

[kahljorn]

Sam was getting raped in a corner by willie next to a chain link fence and it broke. TWICE

[Shadowdancer21b]

Gentlemen...
In all seriousness, wish I was there. Any chance of downloadable version once it's complete?

[stevetothepast]

0ryh9fHvDwU

[Dimnos]

Damn. Whoever that is sucks. :lol

[stevetothepast]

It's probably Sam, he fucking sucks at everything he does. HAHAHAHAHA fucking hell.

[Nick]

FUCKING HELL



Sam

[Sam]

NO, I KILLED THAT SKATEBOARDER GUY SUPER FAST.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

THEN YOU KILLED THAT LITTLE KID WHO I THOUGHT WAS A GIRL.

[Dimnos]

Where do we get to play this on the web?

[timrpgland]

Sounds like it was pretty awesome.

[kahljorn]

THEN YOU KILLED THAT LITTLE KID WHO I THOUGHT WAS A GIRL.

YOU MEAN MICROSHOCK

[Pentegarn]

:lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I was actually thinking about Microshock last night because Octopussy was on tv.

[Mockery]

Where'd you get that joystick?

also info on the machine and whether it was bought or built, design schemas, etc., prz
X-Arcade is the joystick, but the joystick itself was customized to look like a NES controller. In addition to removing all the original graphics, painting it, and putting on a custom NES label, two of the buttons were replaced with red ones as well to further push the NES theme.

The cabinet itself it completely custom and was built entirely from scratch. There's a space under the joystick where a laptop running our game goes. If there's a glitch in the game demo, it just slides out like a little drawer and we reset it quickly (the trackball acts as a mouse on it). The base is also completely separate so it can function as a stand-up arcade cabinet or a tabletop one.

Here are some shots of the cabinet construction in process:

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction1.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction2.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction0.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction3.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction4.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction5.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction6.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction7.jpg

http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/cabinet/abobo-cabinet-construction8.jpg

Where do we get to play this on the web?
The demo isn't available on the web. Reason being, the game isn't finished yet and people steal flash game files all the time from our site and put them up on their own sites. It's really easy to do, so we'd rather wait until the game is actually done before we put it up online.

[Dimnos]

Any sort of ETA? Because Im about to pee my pants.

[Mockery]

Shooting for a December release, but not making any promises. We're working hard on it, but still have much to do. The entire game was planned out in advance, but we often add in additional things when inspiration strikes. What we showed at Comic-Con was only half of the game, so there's still another 4 levels or so for us to finish. Making good headway on them currently and we will have it automatically save your progress in the game so you can come back and select any level to start on. I'll keep posting screenshots from the game on the homepage every now 'n then too.

Bottom line is, we really wanna make the game as perfect as we can before releasing it. With each level being a completely different game, there's a lot of room for glitches when you put it all together, so even when we've finished all the levels, it's gonna take a LOT of beta testing before we actually release it. And even then, I'm sure there will be bugs we didn't catch haha.

It'll all be well worth the wait though, I promise. :picklehat

Speaking of which, if there are any NES games/characters you guys would like to see referenced in the Abobo game, please post them here and we'll see what we can do to fit 'em in somewhere. The game already has a bajillion references, but there's always room for more.

[Dimnos]

Man I cant wait! :)

[Nick]

Castlevania characters please. :3

[Fathom Zero]

This should be an app on an iDevice. :O

But I guess that's a lot to ask for something you guys're doing just for the fun of it.

[Pentegarn]

Speaking of which, if there are any NES games/characters you guys would like to see referenced in the Abobo game, please post them here and we'll see what we can do to fit 'em in somewhere. The game already has a bajillion references, but there's always room for more.

I mentioned it once before, but if you don't have Karnov in your game you need to put him in there. Preferably both the one from his namesake game and the one from Bad Dudes

[Sam]

THE GUY FROM TOTALLY RAD

[Dimnos]

Little Nemo in his bee suite.

[executioneer]

SEPHIROTH

[Mockery]

Photos from the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con have finally been posted live! You'll see lots of characters playing on our Abobo's Big Adventure arcade cabinet in addition to all the usual Comic-Con madness. Check it out:
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/comic-con2010

[spookware]

What size monitor did you use for the excellent cabinet?

[Mockery]

It was a 19" monitor.

Also, here's a belated interview I did during Comic-Con and you'll get to see some more footage of Abobo's Big Adventure in action during the interview... plus a secret about one of our other games:

-BFdZHRdIf8

[Mockery]

Just posted a new teaser screenshot from the game:
http://www.i-mockery.com/blabber/2011/01/26/oh-the-dangers-to-come/

[LordSappington]

This is so awesome, I'm going to show up, play the game, and be that awkward guy introducing himself to other members and giving too much physical contact.