In a small abandoned mining town, an old man and his dog live, spending their days sitting on the porch of their small house, playing harp and quietly enjoying each other's company. Then, out of the sudden, the ground starts rumbling and from the entrance to the old mine an ugsame skeleton appears. The skeleton and the old man stare each other down in the eyes and Snuff the loyal English Shepherd puppy growls as fearsomely as he can. Will he have the time to grab the baseball bat? Does Scotch, the old man, remember where he put his shotgun? Will Scotch & Snuff survive the skeleton attack? It is not yet known, but it seems they would surely need Your help! The game will be the debut for the new Puppet Master advanced cartoon animation system for Unity PhysX engine. It enables characters to physically interact with each other and the game enironment in a way that will result in cool toonish animations and a fighting gameplay exerience that will have you laughing yor head off :)
A gameplay demo video of the PuppetMaster cartoon animation system at work in Scotch & Snuff: Skeleton Attack. Please note that the game is still quite early in development so the demo includes lots of unfinished features and it takes place in a simple testing environment.