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5th Cell's new game? Scribblenauts! photo

Earlier in the week, 5th Cell teased that a new game was in the works. As a huge fan of Lock's Quest, I was certainly intrigued, and now I bring you word that, via an IGN interview, the company has made its revelation -- Scribblenauts!

Wait, what? Let 5th Cell explain the concept of this DS title to you:

What Scribblenauts is about in a nutshell is basically "Anything you write, you can use." That's where the concept really came from. It's the idea of "What if you had all these puzzles, and in order to solve them you can write anything; the limit is your imagination." How you do that is through this character Maxwell. As Maxwell you have to grab in-level objects called Starites, and to do that you can write anything you want, and it'll spawn that object. So if there's a Starite in the tree, you could write "ladder" and then a ladder would spawn. Climb up the ladder, and you grab the Starite.

There're more ways of doing it though obviously. You could write "axe", and then cut the tree down using the object you spawned. You could write "shuriken" and throw that at the Starite in the tree and knock it down. It's all based on real physics and interaction, so there's nothing pre-canned.

The game is using what's called an "Objectnaut" system to help create items based on what you write, including AI properties, weight, size and even flammability. If you want to replay a level though, you can't use the same object, making you think outside the box. This is going to be 5th Cell's biggest DS game to date and I have to confess, it sounds rather awesome, if a little crazy. Check out the full interview and the trailer for more details.

Does this sound great to you? If not, what's wrong with your head?


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18 comments | showing # 1 to 18

SnakeDude4Life's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 08:17
SnakeDude4Life
C-o-m-p-a-n-i-o-n C-u-b-e

"You have been stabed in your sleep."

Dammit.
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 08:34
garison
This game looks awesome.

C-o-o-k-i-e

"You have just ate the cookie."

YUMMY!
crxs's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 08:40
crxs
Whooo, the text adventure is back!
Jesus H Christ's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 09:28
Jesus H Christ
Be sure to keep us up to date on this, Jim!
Timdabrat's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 09:56
Timdabrat
Oh, this is going to be good.

s-u-p-e-r-m-e-g-a-d-e-a-t-h-c-h-r-i-s-t

FUCKERS!!!!!!! *annihilates tree*
KMCC's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 10:04
KMCC
Anything huh? I wonder what the ESRB rating will be...

Sounds kind of awesome.
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 10:06
Gen Eric Gui
Sounds pretty cool, although I have no idea how that would really work. Can't wait to see more info.
paznos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 10:33
paznos
*writes "6ft sword+spiky hair"* damn right, nows its epic
Conan-san's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 10:48
Conan-san
I'll wait untill this actualizes into a game before I give my dues.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 11:38
ace of knaves
If there's as much stuff in here as he says, this will be the most amazing thing ever.

C-A-N-C-E-R

"You have died of cancer."
perri's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 12:06
perri
Yum.

DS is pushing the ps2 down to the third best console of all time I think...
Slique's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 13:36
Slique
Only a matter of time before someone tries to spawn a butt plug.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 15:34
Wedge
Could be either the coolest or most frustrating game ever. We shall see...
InfraredChimera's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 21:56
InfraredChimera
If you misread the title (like i did), I thought it the name of the game was "scribblenuts".
infinity's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 22:07
infinity
reminds me of phantom hourglass, sort of.
frezned's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/07/2008 16:07
frezned
what's the bet that on release we discover that "anything" translates to "ladder, axe, or shuriken"
Slatox's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/07/2008 19:27
Slatox
And BOOMERANG will let you pass every level!
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2008 16:00
Dexter345
Am I the only person skeptical about this? I mean, how many separate objects are they going to have to program into the game to make it a seamless experience? And not just their existence, but the artwork and physical properties too. This sounds awesome, but entirely too ambitious to turn out how it ought to be.
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