PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE: THE SCUMM STORY
NEW DOCUMENTARY COMING YOUR WAY IN 2026!
From CREATORVC, the producers of FPS: First Person Shooter and TerrorBytes: the Evolution of Horror Gaming.
Join the waitlist at scummdoc.com
(Posts by writer/director @mossrc.bsky.social)
- Another of our initial batch of confirmed cast members is Tami Borowick, a co-writer on Monkey Island 2 and a key figure from Humongous Entertainment's "Junior Adventures" series. Her favourite HE character is Freddi Fish. "I lived in her fins for her first three games," Tami told me over email.
- Some of you will have already heard, but I'm delighted to share that @davidbfox.com will be in our cast of interviewees for the SCUMM documentary. He was there right at the beginning of SCUMM and helped out on all the early LucasArts adventures, as well as leading the design of Zak McKracken.
- David was the first person to say yes to being in the film, and he's been super supportive of the project, but I'd also like to give a shout-out to the SCUMM-related contributions of his wife @anniefox.com, who was inspiration for a Zak character and worked on two delightful Putt-Putt adventures.
- I'll be posting about more of our confirmed cast in the coming days, but in the meantime please head to scummdoc.com to learn more about the project and sign up to our waitlist — we're aiming for 1000 signups to prove there's demand for the doc and help get this thing made.
- Thank you to @aghotspot.bsky.social for the excellent write-up on the documentary and our plans and progress so far. adventuregamehotspot.com/announcement...
- A short message from me about the documentary, why I want to make it, and how you can help it get made.
- Zak McKracken designer David Fox popping in with a bit of trivia about the FM Towns box cover.
- This was the "tamed down" version of the cover. The original had Annie Larris wearing a micro-mini skirt. My wife @anniefox.com, who the character was named for, was not having it, and I agreed. We got them to put more clothes on her (still hated the out-of-character damsel in distress pose).
- Just got my hands on a (small) boxed SCUMM adventure from Humongous Entertainment: Putt-Putt Joins the Circus.
- He's Maaaad Marty, and he's mad about getting your clothes the cleanest they can be. He doesn’t hear or see so well, though.
- There's a secret animation hidden in the data files for Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds where Freddi lets Eddie eat Luther. Artist Tom Verre drew this one day to let off steam. You can enable it by modifying the game's HEINI file.
- We're loving the detail and craft of this hand-made Guybrush figurine from Etsy creator Nikonsart. You can buy it at www.etsy.com/au/listing/4...
