Serenity mobile video game needs your help

POSTED BY: CABridges
UPDATED: Thursday, August 11, 2005 03:13
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CABRIDGES

Monday, August 8, 2005 8:59 PM

Posted at the movie site:

Fellow Browncoats.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

We are www.indiagames.com producers of the Official SERENITY mobile videogame.

We have a problem : We cannot get Verizon Wireless to launch the game in September. In fact, they have refused the game. They say they have too many similar titles.

I want to show them desire for the game from many Browncoat members. Please email me your desire to experience SERENITY on your mobile phone and I will forward to Verizon Wireless.

I will send a short video file of the game to anyone who emails me.

Thank you.

Sean Malatesta
sean@indiagames.com

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SOUTHERNSLAYER

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:18 AM

Done.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

SHINY

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 4:27 AM

Done and done.

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

KGAZETTE

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 6:26 AM

*salutes*

Aye aye, Cap'n! Email sent.

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ANACHRONITE

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 1:36 PM

done done and done!

OPTIMUS1998

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:16 PM

dane!

and done too!!!

...May have been the losing side, Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 3:12 PM

Done!

Can't wait to see what the game looks like.

Any chance of seeing a Serenity game on a major console like PS2?

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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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EBONEZER

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 3:42 PM

Bam! Done deal. Heck, I don't even have a Verizon cell phone.

*wants to see the video file.*

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XION47

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 4:29 PM

Doing

Harken: "Seems odd that you would name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of."
Mal: "May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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FORRESTWOLF

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 4:41 PM

Done!

FORRESTWOLF

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 4:41 PM

Done!

FORRESTWOLF

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 4:41 PM

Gorram triple post...grrr...

FORRESTWOLF

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 4:41 PM

More of the gorram triple post...apologies :)

WILLOWY

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 5:24 PM

Whoever these guys are, they ain't Browncoats. Have any of you read about this game? Serenity with guns? Alien ships?

Come on now...

"Once, in flight school, I was laconic..."

FORRESTWOLF

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 5:35 PM

Hey, to be honest, a top-down Serenity shooter doesn't sound like my cup of tea, but I think we'd better get used to it. Nathan's asked for an X-Box game, after all... Me, I'll take a CRPG anyday, but any video game of Serenity = more publicity. Just having these guys (and us!) asking Verizon to have the game brings the attention of non-Browncoats :)

I got my copy of the promo video - it IS a very top-down-shooter thing from what I saw, but there are some shiny movie clips in Verizon phone resolution - they look great! I'm hoping for a few cutscenes between shooting ships, from what I'm seeing. That'd be worth the download, even if I never play the rest of it.

FREMDFIRMA

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 5:35 PM

Quote:
Come on now...

Agreed.

This smacks of the same trick many companies use with crummy platformer engines.

"Gee, let's mod it up a bit, slap a movies name on it and push it out the door, we can sell mega copies before they realize what total CRAP it is!"

Sorry folks, crap won't cut it, and it'd be a disgrace to slap the serenity name on a turd as big as this one, let's not lower ourselves here - demand the quality the series deserves!

I know y'all wanna get the word out, but associating the name with garbage isn't the way to go.

-F

LETSBEBADGUYS

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 9:25 PM

But... If we support the however un-movie/tv series like game, it will make more money for the franchise

"We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so...very...pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die." Mal, Serenity part 1

BDJSB7

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:03 PM

Sorry, I would have to agree with the dissenters here. Exposure is great, but if done poorly, it can only turn people away.
I'm not sure how making a game completely unrelated to the movie other than the name and look of the ship could possibly help spread interest, and I don't know many fans who would enjoy it just for those two features.

SERENITYRISING

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BDJSB7:
Sorry, I would have to agree with the dissenters here. Exposure is great, but if done poorly, it can only turn people away.
I'm not sure how making a game completely unrelated to the movie other than the name and look of the ship could possibly help spread interest, and I don't know many fans who would enjoy it just for those two features.

I have to disagree with you here, BDJSB7. First, a basic point. Just because the Serenity in the videogame is different from the spaceship we all know and love, doesn't mean its going to be a bad game.

Secondly, there are a lot of people out there that love these sort of simplified shooters, including myself. They are fun to play on the run, and simple enough to entertain even those who do not consider themselves gamers, or who have never heard of Serenity. Given that videogaming is now a multi-billion dollar industry, this is not something to dismiss lightly.

The success of the BDM, for better or worse, rests on its ability to draw mass appeal. These are the sort of games that draw mass appeal, and will help get the name Serenity out there. So from my perspective, it's all good. Let's do what needs to be done to get people into the theaters September 30th.

MONTESA

Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:13 AM

Okay, I sent my email and got the clip back and I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but since when does Serenity have guns? This is a game where your ship sits and shoots at other ships and has to sneak past things and from what it looked like, wouldn't do a lot to bring support for the movie since they are totally different. Not sure if this would be a good thing. Just my opinion!

Montesa