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Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive then perhaps?

Is this going to be one of those SEGA-CD games?

Extreme Dentist Simulator?

And honestly, guess I could have continued in all eternity trying to figure out a "popular game, with black background and a white corner"...

Glad I'm not the only one!

Still no idea.  But I'm sure someone will put all the clues together.

Nope...not 2012, but I was guessing either that or The Day After Tomorrow would be guessed next...

I was actually going to guess The Day After Tomorrow

It's always good to keep this one handy when you get too depressed about your day job.

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I honestly thought this would be pretty easy, especially with the hints...

We'll have to see if people are kicking themselves for not knowing it once all is revealed

Also, surely you can still do a cropped image without it being quite as small as the ones posted?

what about posting an actual screenshot as some kind of hint in the look at the screenshot game?! *scratches head*

Radical concept

Toejam and eArl?

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Seriously dude?  This is all you're giving us?!?

Oh yes, well that's obviously... er... so obvious really that I can't bring myself to say it.

So... Mandle was right, more or less... but then he thought I was right when I was wrong... so... where does this leave us??!? 

No, this game is part of a series.

One of the Blackwell games?

A lot of these sort of posts tend to be made by people who just registered, or have no proof of their abilities.

Ah, I see... should have realised that's what you were targeting.  I think sometimes it's more that people don't actually understand just how much work and talent goes into making a good game than deliberately "taking advantage" (although not always), but I see your point.

Ah I see (I cheated so I'm not going to say the name) - I didn't recognise the Speccy screenshots but I do remember playing the demo of this game on the ST.

Yup don't really disagree with any of that.  Some of the crowd-funding campaign pages you see are laughably bad.

It seems that you're talking about an individual who gathers people to do his / her bidding instead of someone who forms a genuine team.  If that's the case then I agree with you.  However most indie game teams are formed to pool various talents - if one person can do a good job at every single element of creating a game, they often go ahead and do it as a solo dev.  Not many people can do that.

That bothers me too! I think if you're going to make an indie game you either need to be the artist or programmer yourself. If you're not one of those then you best have the funds.

My programming and artistic skills are pathetic, I concentrate on the bits I can actually be good at ie story, game design, voice acting, have also become handy at SFX.  What you say only applies if you are determined to be a solo dev.  Different skill sets are what teams are for!

Although... after reading CaesarCub's post maybe you're talking about something different altogether, someone who kind of dumps a very basic concept on you as if that was "designing" a game, which it clearly isn't. 

Treasure Island?

I was going to guess that but remembered the background to everywhere being yellow (being sand and all) - will be disappointed with myself for convincing myself it wasn't if you turn out to be right!