Dark Star

Scheduled publishing date Dec. 2005, the Internet Movie Database says, Dec. 31, 2006, though in June 2008 it's still in post production. DarkStar (see also Flash web site Dark Star [Flash]). DVD-ROM game for both PC and Macintosh. Live action photography combined with CG-animations and special effects. [wdarkstar]

"Dark Star"
Animation: Parallax Studios in tandem with Fantagor Studios Richard Corben with assistance from Trinity Animation. Script/Producer-Jeff Allen Williams at Parallax Studios.

Richard Corben's task is to create all of the horror related elements, such as dead bodies, gore, a monster, and the alien temple design.

What is Darkstar?

Darkstar is a multimedia CD-ROM game. The resolution will be ultra-hirez with special effects that better most film projects or other computer games. The environment is completely interactive as the player encounters strange rooms, and a few time-hole generated ghosts, remnants of the past. It's an explorable world with a complex story. It's like Myst or Riven, but less puzzle, more story. And more action.

The story

The tale tells the story of four crewmembers on board a flying dutchman of sorts, a starship called the Westwick. The earth has been destroyed in an apocolyptic war, and the ship floats aimlessly in space. One of the crew has been murdered, his hand has been chopped off. The player wakes up from suspended animation with no memory, and must explore the ship in order to accomplish a mission that involves solving the murder, piloting a shuttle to a nearby planet, repairing the ship, and defeating a traitorous foe. There are several dead bodies lying about, and a plethora of questions that go with each. Darkstar is a black hole in time of sorts, and the player soon learns that the mission is to take a message into the past, a warning that can alter Earth's imminent destruction.

The cast

The Westwick Crew: Trace Beaulieu is Ross Perryman, Westwick First Officer. Beez McKeever is Paige Palmer, Westwick Pilot. Frank Conniff is Alan Burk, Westwick Science Officer and Navigator. He also provides the voice of the robot, SIMON. John O'Neil, Captain of the Westwick, the player, who will be seen in mirrors and video logs.
Other Starship Folk: Joel Hodgson is the intruder from Mars (Name TBD). Mary Jo Pehl is Captain Beth Ingram of the Starship Bridgebuilder.
She also provides the voice of the Westwick's main computer. Josh Weinstein is Captain Cedrick Stone of the Darkstar Explorer Valli Florez is Zoe Palmer, Pilot of the Northstar (Westwick's twin ship) and Paige's big sister. Narrated by Peter Graves.