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American McGee shares the script for Alice 3He’s still trying to get it made
He’s still trying to get it made
A decade afterAlice: Madness Returns, American McGee is still trying to make a third game in his edgy fantasy platformer series. He’s been running a Patreon so goths can support this dream, and on Friday he shared a 147-page script and ‘narrative outline’ with the bones of what he wantsAlice: Asylumto be. If you’re curious, it’s free to download and learn about the horrors potentially waiting if he gets to continue the Alice In Wonderland fanfic: more murder, more child abuse, and more platforming.
Alice: Madness Returns - Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Alice: Madness Returns - Launch Trailer
Alice: Asylum, if it gets made, would see Alice once again exploring and fighting manifestations of her trauma. A spooky circus. An asylum. Familiar folks and critters. Clockwork. Meat. Black goop. Broken dolls. Pedophilia. Places representing stages in the Kübler-Ross model of grief. You know the stuff.
Version 1.0 of the ‘potential game script & narrative outline’ for Alice: Alysum is available nowfrom Patreonin PDF format. It briefly explains different levels and boss battles, has the dialogue, and yeah, lets you know what the plan is. It’s not final, of course.
“The narrative contained within is still very much a Work In Progress,” McGee says. “Some elements (dialog for example) may seem downright clunky. The polishing phase for those things will come next as part of the Crowd Design process. After that, this content will be used to drive the production of the Design Bible. And keep in mind that this content is not an exhaustive collection of everything we imagine will be in the game - but the minimum amount required to convey the main story. Once this document is locked, there will be a need to craft additional dialog, locations, and scenarios in greater detail.”
I don’t remember much about either of American McGee’s Alices, but looking at screenshots of Madness Returns now, cor that was a pretty one at times, wasn’t it. And then I remember why I don’t remember much.
No Alice jokes for me, please and thank you. I’ll only accept the one which Other Alice and I want printed on official RPS mugs: “You don’t have to be Alice to work here, but it helps!”
