Police Quest creator crowdfunding Precinct

The folks behind Space Quest have crowdfunded a rebirth of their adventure game series, and here comes another Sierra 'Quest' classic. Police Quest creator Jim Walls is looking for $500,000 to fund his new first-person police procedural, named Precinct.

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The folks behind Space Quest have crowdfunded a rebirth of their adventure game series, and here comes another Sierra 'Quest' classic. Police Quest creator Jim Walls is looking for $500,000 to fund his new first-person police procedural, named Precinct.

Players will start of as a rookie cop, doing the usual police things, then advancing up the ranks. Expect puzzles, driving, combat, and hopefully a heavy dose of correct procedure.

"Like the original Police Quest series, Precinct lets people see what it's really like to be a police officer," Jim Walls said in today's announcement. "With today's development tools and technology, I can finally deliver the type of experience that I've always wanted to. I want Precinct to rekindle the feeling of classic adventure games while delivering a cutting edge police adventure to a whole new generation of gamers."

The Kickstarter campaign is looking for $500k to bring Precinct to PC and Mac in Q3 2014. It'll be fleshed out and expanded if it passes that, and has an $800k stretch goal to make versions for iOS, Android, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 too. Pledging at least $30 will get you a copy of the finished game.

Former cop Walls designed the first three Police Quest games. The series stayed as adventure games for a while, spinning off into the SWAT series, but that ultimately became FPSs.

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    July 16, 2013 9:15 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Police Quest creator crowdfunding Precinct.

    The folks behind Space Quest have crowdfunded a rebirth of their adventure game series, and here comes another Sierra 'Quest' classic. Police Quest creator Jim Walls is looking for $500,000 to fund his new first-person police procedural, named Precinct.

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      July 16, 2013 9:40 AM

      I wonder if it will be as insane about police procedure as the first Police Quest was

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      July 16, 2013 10:01 AM

      Great atmosphere in the demo bit.

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      July 16, 2013 11:27 AM

      Already put money down. Also I already got my key for Shadowrun Returns, just have to wait until the 25th. :(

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      July 16, 2013 11:47 AM

      Isn't Daryl F. Gates who people think of when you say "police quest?"

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        July 16, 2013 11:55 AM

        The only Police Quest he did was Police Quest 4 though. After that, it quickly became SWAT, which would rather be the thing he is remembered for.

        While one series spawned the other, it seems no one wants to really link them...

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        July 16, 2013 6:49 PM

        Nope, Jim Walls for PQ 1-3. PQ2 was the best.

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      July 16, 2013 12:00 PM

      $60 to get my name in some vidya game credits!

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