All Articles: Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 + 2’s player character is dead

Posted on April 10, 2012 by John Scalzo

Or possibly only mostly dead, no one’s too sure.

We talked to Robert Boyd at PAX East this past weekend and he confirmed that the rake-wielding player character of Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 and Episode 2 will not be making an appearance in Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3. Officially, the character’s location is unknown, so maybe if we bug the boys at Zeboyd enough, he (or she) will make a return engagement.

Boyd revealed that he wanted to kill off the character in the opening moments of Penny Arcade 3, but the idea was nixed by Jerry “Tycho” Holkins himself. Considering the fact that we were standing in a giant convention center dedicated to his greatness and talking about a game bearing his pixelated likeness, I guess he had some pull.

As a compromise, Boyd assured us that one of the character classes players will be able to choose is “Gardener,” so as to “satisfy the need for rake-based attacks.”

Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 will be out this Summer on the Xbox Live Indie Games Channel, PC, and mobile devices.

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Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 to be revealed at PAX East 2012

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

Zeboyd Games, the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII, recently took up development of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness – Episode 3. Original developer Hothead Games left the project to work on other projects, but Penny Arcade’s artist Mike “Gabe” Krahulik and writer Jerry “Tycho” Holkins are ready to show off the redone game at this year’s PAX East. Zeboyd has also signed on to develop a fourth installment in 2013.

Con-goers can get a first look at the game in Zeboyd’s booth on the Expo floor, and can also attend a panel with Jerry Holkins, game producer Jeff Kalles, and game leads Robert Boyd and Bill Stiernberg at 9:00 on Friday, April 6th to get some details on the game’s development.

The game, now rechristened Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 is slated for a Summer release on the PC, Mac, the Xbox Live Indie Games channel, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android, so if you own any kind of gaming technology, odds are you can find a way to play this one.

If you can’t make it to Boston this weekend, check out the official website or an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the game’s genesis at Joystiq.

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Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 announced – FOR REAL

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Nicole Kline

No, this is not a drill, or a joke, or a test of any sort. The third episode of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED. If you knew me very well, you would know that I do not joke about these things, and that this is a thing that I have been wishing for. The Penny Arcade team will be joining forces with Zeboyd Games to make this happen. Episode 3 will launch in 2012 on “as many systems [as possible].”

Robert Khoo – who mentioned on Facebook that they had quite a few new projects coming out – said, “We originally had the idea of an NES-style RPG last year, but we couldn’t find the right people to do it. After we saw Zeboyd’s Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the World, we knew we didn’t have to look around anymore. Zeboyd was a perfect match.”

Now please pardon me whilst I faint. *vapors*

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