Energia - The Star Wreck guys

During the entire history of the universe, only one Finnish movie has been turned into a computer game. That was back in 1986, when Uuno Turhapuro Muuttaa Maalle was released on the Computer 64. In the game the player took part in non-stop action of plowing the field and cutting the grass. Yet, compared to other licence games of the day it held it's own. Now with Iron Sky we decided very early on, that we don't want to do "just" a movie, we want to create a whole world - with history, future and unlimited posibilities. We want the world of Iron Sky to live and breath on it's own, not just for the movie. Maybe the movie will be only one of the stories told about nazis on the dark side of the moon. I'd take most of you can guess where we're going with this... The Energia gang has been raised playing video games and RPG's. Last year we released the Star Wreck Role Playing Game written by Mike Pohjola. Next, we want to make a computer game about Iron Sky. We realise we know very little about making computer games, but we know what we want to play. That's why we're looking for game makers who would be interested in the idea. As the first step Timo went to visit the local chapter of IGDA (International Game Developer's Association) and talked to the game industry people about the film. While the Finnish movie industry is generally very reserved about everything and pessimistic about anything new, the game industry is almost the complete opposite. To begin with, the are Finnish games competing head to head in the global market. The biggest difference is, that people really seemed to like the idea about making a game about nazis on the dark side of the moon and thought that the Iron Sky game could definetly be done, it's all a question of finding the right people. What kind of game are we making then? Well, it hasn't been decided yet. The world would find many kinds of games from real time strategy to moon buggy racing. However I have to say that the game type that interests us most are the good ol' adventure games. Because while shooting nazis is always fun it takes a great story to make a game really memorable. We've opened a forum for the Iron Sky game, so go check it out and tell us what you would like to play. p.s. Personally, even though I'm very fond of games like Monkey Island and Sam & Max, the best game ever made is UFO: Enemy Unknown. No sequel or re-make has ever come close to the original, because nothing can beat the atmosphere of the the desperate fight for Earth. I couldn't care less about the bottom of the ocean or some unknown planet. It's all in the story, even if there isn't that much of it.

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Orignal From: Iron Sky - The Game.