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Grim Fandango is a 1998 adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows.It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered static backgrounds.
Grim Fandango was created by Tim Schafer, his final work for LucasArts. The game follows the tale of Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the Land of the Dead, as he becomes embroiled in a web of crime and corruption. As well as drawing inspiration from Aztec concepts of the afterlife, Grim Fandango is strongly rooted in film noir tradition.
Tim Schafer was born on July 26, 1967, in Sonoma, California, the youngest of five children.His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. [5] While studying computer science at UC Berkeley, Schafer became interested in writing, and took inspiration from Kurt Vonnegut, who while a publicist at General Electric wrote short stories in the evenings.
The PC version won the "Best Adventure" award, tied with Grim Fandango, at Computer Gaming World ' s 1999 Premier Awards. The staff wrote that the game "came from out of nowhere to provide the creepiest, most compelling, and best-told story of the year, bar none". [26]
Double Fine Productions, Inc. is an American video game developer based in San Francisco, California.It is a first-party developer of Xbox Game Studios.Founded in July 2000 by Tim Schafer shortly after his departure from LucasArts, Double Fine's first two games – Psychonauts and Brütal Legend – underperformed publishers' expectations despite critical praise.
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As with the Grim Fandango remaster, the player can switch back and forth between the original graphics and the high-resolution version. [20] The game includes a more streamlined interaction menu, a command wheel akin to the approach used in Broken Age, but the player can opt to switch back to the original interface. [20]
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