Update #10 Sam Suede Kickstarter Cancellation Notice

First and foremost, to all of the committed backers and supporters of Sam Suede in Undercover Exposure, we are truly thankful for your valuable support of this project!

After much deliberation, we have decided to take a step back, regroup and brainstorm as to the best approach to re-launching this project.

Within an hour of the Kickstarter launch, erroneous and misleading information was posted and declared to the media about Wisecrack Games, attempting to derail any progress of this Kickstarter campaign. It was the leg work and research of the gaming community that revealed the foul play. Eventually, the truth prevailed, albeit too late.

For that, we embrace your integrity and commitment!

We would also like to thank and recognize our partners. Steve Ince has been a great champion of Sam Suede and worked tirelessly to help with this Kickstarter effort.

And to Wizarbox. Thank you for your time, effort and support of Sam Suede.

We will continue working with Steve and the Wizarbox team as we re-group and press forward despite this unfortunate setback.

We are very confident in the direction we are headed to bring this game to fruition.
...we have the experience!
...we have the creative talent!
...we have the motivation!
...and we have the resources!

We now only need funding and support to make this a reality!

We would love to hear from you, the gaming and Kickstarter communities, to express what you would like to see, moving forward.

Don't hesitate to contact us through our website at: http://www.wisecrackgames.com/contact.htm

Thank you again!

Ken Wegrzyn and the team at Wisecrack Games

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Update #9: New Sam Suede incremental goals!

Update #8: Tour Wizarbox Development Studio

Update #7: New REWARD TIERS!

Update #6: Sam Suede Exposed

Update #5: Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Support Sam Suede

Update #4: Wizarbox - A brief overview

Update #3: Meet Julien Millet of Wizarbox

Update #2: Steve Ince - He Knows Sam So Well

Update #1: Major Announcement

 

Wisecrack Games presents

Sam Suede™ in Undercover Exposure

A hilarious NEW  game that’s just… hard enough!

Based upon an original game design by Al Lowe and Ken Wegrzyn

Developed to completion by Steve Ince, Ken Wegrzyn, and Wizarbox

A Comic Adventure for the 21st Century!
Coming in 2013

Who is Sam Suede?

Sam Suede is a wannabe detective. Operating undercover, he navigates the law, investigating suspects, criminals, and the ladies (or are they checking him out?), until he can reveal the real source of the crime before he is exposed.

Sam Suede™ in Undercover Exposure is a comedy-adventure game that combines puzzle-solving, stealth, incapacitating & escaping enemies, obtaining photographic evidence, infiltrating exotic locations using various disguises, and finding our hero entwined in hilarious and titillating predicaments, while all along discovering that the murderous plot he unravels is a seductive game… that’s just hard enough!

Sam Suede Game Play

You are Sam Suede, attending Mystery Week Fantasy Camp for wannabe detectives. But you get more than expected when your fun vacation in the sun turns into a week of real mystery, murder, and dangerous romance. Explore the island resort, interview beautiful women (and odd men) and follow a unique path to a hilarious ending that will have you lusting for more.              

Set in current times on a secluded, lush green island edged with beautiful, white beaches and surrounded by clear blue waters, Sam Suede™ in Undercover Exposure is a comedy adventure game with a detective crime-solving plot. A game that will have the stealth of Beyond Good & Evil mixed with the puzzles and immersive story of Broken Sword and the exploration of a Tomb Raider-esque island environment. The whole is then injected with 21st century humor and years of writing and design experience. 

During your adventure you’ll obtain evidence and complete missions, navigating the environment using sophisticated, James Bond-type gadgetry, capture pictures of unusual items and titillating situations, and scan objects to reveal critical information.

Sub-missions, offered by other in-game characters, will feature strongly in this rich game. But don’t be distracted - your goal is to find the true murderer through hilarious confrontations with unusual suspects while avoiding dangerous enemy operatives to finally expose the villain.

Teaming With Experience

The mission of Wisecrack Games is to create games for multiple, digital download platforms by the creative and humorous forces you’ve grown up with and enjoyed.

Wisecrack Games is excited to bring Sam Suede™ in Undercover Exposure to all of you who’ve been asking about it. Past and present team contributors include award-winning and –nominated writers, designers and developers with decades of combined experience within the gaming industry.

Steve Ince

In demand for his story and dialogue skills, Steve has worked on a wide range of projects from children’s titles to casual games to the dark fantasy on both installments of The Witcher.

But it is Steve’s dual love of humor and adventure games, refined over the course of 19 years in game development, that has led to two separate writing award nominations.

The first, while working for the highly acclaimed Revolution Software, was achieved for his work on the third in the Broken Sword series – Excellence in Writing at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2004.

So Blonde, written for the French company, Wizarbox, gave Steve his second major nomination in 2008, this time from the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain in the category of Best Video Game Script.

His love of game writing has taken him beyond the games themselves – Steve has written a book, Writing for Video Games, and often sits on panels, gives talks and writes articles about the ever-developing field of game narrative and dialogue.

AL Lowe

Al Lowe is gaming’s best-known humorist. He is the creator of the Leisure Suit Larry® series, Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist, as well as many other games published by Sierra On-Line over a 16-year period. Al’s talent and experience with dozens of published games brings a great level of commitment to creating high-quality, innovative, and successful games.

Al’s Leisure Suit Larry® character remains well known today. His nine Larry products sold millions of copies, and in a pre-console, PC-only world!  He continues to deliver humor from his humor web site, www.allowe.com, and from his daily free joke email, CyberJoke 3000™.

Ken Wegrzyn

Ken Wegrzyn, an avid gamer who may be all too familiar with the Leisure Suit Larry™ games, has over twenty-five years of experience writing, directing, and producing film and interactive entertainment.

At The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA, Ken served as Executive Producer for Disney Interactive Studios, focusing on franchise titles, original IP, licensed titles, and game development.

Prior to Disney, Ken formed iBase™ Entertainment with Al Lowe to create Sam Suede™ and other original titles.

After serving as director, designer and producer on numerous Mindscape® (formerly The Software Toolworks) titles, Ken formed iBase™ Media Corporation, where he developed interactive entertainment, educational, and reference software for VtechKids® and McGraw-Hill®. 

Why Kickstarter?

Some time ago, Al Lowe and Ken Wegrzyn set out to create an action-comedy game for all Al Lowe/Sierra On-Line adventure game fans as well as a new generation of gaming enthusiasts…and Sam Suede™ in Undercover Exposure was born.

To this day we continue to receive countless emails asking if the game will be completed. And, with a successful Kickstarter campaign, we will be able to say absolutely yes!

Here’s Where You Come In!

Kickstarter is now demonstrating that the demand for adventures is much greater than publishers have previously believed.  We want to bring our original game vision directly to you players through this innovative community.

We want your creative input and support. We also want to make sure that we’re developing the game that you’ve been waiting for. We will review, discuss, and integrate your best ideas, while we maintain the overall design and direction, making Sam Suede’s adventure, YOUR ADVENTURE.

By pledging to this project, you will help us retain complete ownership of the property.  

This means there will be no strings attached, no licensing restraints, obligations, or having to obtain intellectual property rights from anyone. This means new games moving forward. We are not accountable to anybody but YOU. And upon achieving our goal, we will begin development immediately, without interruption, TO DELIVER THE GAME YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!

With the game design and prototyping completed, we can hit the ground running. All the key elements are aligned: the comedic writing talent, development team, and proven technology.

The start of a brand new comedy-adventure franchise is entirely down to you!

Starting with a small budget and focused design, we seek funding to develop a Sam Suede comedy adventure game, based on the original comedic game design, for PC, Mac, iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone.

We need to raise $500,000 so that Sam Suede can finally set out on his Adventure in 2013.

If we surpass the pledged goal, we will add depth to the gameplay...more characters, more locations, more disguises, as well as more provocative exploration and titillating predicaments for Sam to expose.

Coupling our talent and years of experience with your financial help, we will be able to create the game that you want to play. Also, we will release the game on all your favorite platforms without external involvement or executive committees.

The Sam Suede Rewards

We are offering the entire game plus exclusive items and benefits for pledges of $15 or more. We hope that beyond the exclusive rewards, participating in helping us complete the game makes this a unique opportunity for you.

Our hope is that this new game will uncover fans, such as you, who are willing to contribute to the cause, when institutional entities do not have the vision or passion to back a creative, humor-driven project.

 

It’s Up To You!

Everyone at Wisecrack Games is incredibly excited about the opportunity Kickstarter is offering through fans and supporters. Just like you, we love great games and our dream is to create this game.

If you share that dream, why not take this opportunity to help make it happen!

Please join us and together we’ll see Sam Suede™ in Undercover Exposure become a new comic adventure reality!

When we reach our goal, we start development immediately. Check out the rewards and prepare yourself for a brand new comedy-adventure.