PAWS
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PAWS is a cancelled fighting video game developed by The Indie Stone for Xbox 360 and Windows.
Gameplay
WIP
Playable Characters
- Furbert the Squirrel
- Boris the Badger
- Moley the Mole
- Pancake the Hedgehog
- Fluffyfoot the Fluffy Bunny
- Spiffo the Raccoon
Single-player
WIP
Multi-player
WIP
Development
Hiatus
Development was put on-hold while leading developers, Lemmy and Binky, assisted developing a new game alongside Dan Marshall from Size Five Games (Zombie Cow Studios at the time). The game was being developed for Channel 4, which was a free sex educational game called Privates. Privates was also being made in XNA, therefore they could cross develop a Xbox Live Indie Games version which could provide some revenue to assist in development of future projects, such as PAWS. However, Microsoft denied the release on Xbox Live Indie Games due to the sexually explicity nature of Privates and the target audience (teenagers 14+).
Cancellation
PAWS was officially cancelled March 11th, 2011 for a number of reasons. Fristly, Lemmy grew to dislike XNA and the direction it was heading. Although it was a lot easier and quicker to work with than what Lemmy had worked with previously, most notably C++, DirectX and Sony hardware. XNA was also limiting in its cross-compatibility, specifically, on Linux and even a variety of PC hardware.
The biggest cause of PAWS being shelved indefinitely, was the lack of revenue and notoriety after the release of Privates, and their development funds had begun to dry up. For a couple of months prior to the cancellation of PAWS, the team of 3 (alongside Nick Cowen) had begun development of a secret project dubbed "Secret Project Alpha Romero" and took guidance from the success of Minecraft. Their new game, after doing a lot of research in programming languages and tools, was being developed with lwjgl, and was later released as Project Zomboid.
Project Zomboid references
- PAWS: The Movie
- Posters can be found advertising the movie at the Star-E-Plex and Onyx Drive-In Theater.
- Posters
- Posters of 2 of the characters (Pancake and Badger).
- PAWS Pinball machine
- A pinball machine set in the PAWS universe.
- Spiffo and Spiffo's
- Spiffo became Project Zomboid's mascot and can be seen throughout the game world, most notably as Spiffo's restaurant and related advertising material.
- PawsTV
- A television channel with shows such as Moderators, Hug Bunnies and Magical Woodland.
- Magical Woodland
- A television show about the characters from PAWS and the activities they get up to in the Magical Woodland.
Gallery
In-game screenshot with Boris.
Character portrait for Pancake.
- PAWS R.png
Character portrait for Mr. Spiffo (prior to playing with orange hair dye).
Pinball machine found in Project Zomboid.
Poster of Pancake found in Project Zomboid.
Poster of Boris found in Project Zomboid.
