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Bill Tiller Interview

by Amber on April 23rd, 2007

It’s been a while sine we’ve heard anything from the creators of the up and coming undead epic, A Vampyre Story. And by creators, I mean the boys and girls who run the company Autumn Moon. The International House of Mojo recently did an interview with the CEO of Autumn Moon, Bill Tiller.

Bill has quite the repertoires of games under his belt… check it out:

Bill is a fourteen year game industry veteran, who has worked on such hit games as Steven Spielberg’s The Dig, Rebel Assault, Super Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures, The Curse of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Full Throttle 2: Payback, Guild Wars, EA’s The Two Towers, The Suffering, Spy Hunter 3: No Where to Run, Ed, Edd, and Eddie, Rise and Fall, and the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

In this interview, we learn things better left unlearned. I mean, we learn things like Bill stole a cut out figure of Guybrush Threepwood when he left LucasArts. Now, that’s ballsy. We also learn that you don’t need to have a fancy office to make an awesome game. I mean, just look at the crap hole they are working in:

Alright… It’s probably not a crap hole. I mean, it’s a whole step above a shack and if it’s a step above a shack, it’s definitely some sweet digs. I know, because I used to live in a shack. I bet you didn’t know that about me, did you? Oh, alright… I never lived in a shack.

Here are some tidbits about A Vampyre Story:

• It’ll be about 15 hours long, which Bill pointed out as being half as long as The Curse of Monkey Island
• The game will be very colorful, because Bill likes a lot of color in the games he creates. It adds ambiance. Or something.
• A Vampyre Story will hopefully be out in the fall. You know, just in time for Thanksgiving.
• Bill is a huge fan of vampires. He sleeps with them at night. Okay, I just made that up.
• Autumn Moon is spending most of their budget on voicing the characters in German. Those Germans sure do know how to have fun.
• The controls in A Vampyre Story will be a lot like the controls of Monkey Island. Mmm, simplicity.
• Bill would love to fit Max into A Vampyre Story, but is saddened that they probably won’t let him. I say we riot to allow Max into the game! Who is with me?

I know your curious to read this interview now, aren’t you? If you are, click this link and read… READ TO YOUR HEART IS FILLED WITH GLEE!

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