Category:Sherwood Forest Software
The Pennsylvanian pairing of Rob Sherwood and Dan Whalen latched onto Game-Maker early, quickly pumped out game after game, and then quickly vanished. Generally their concern lay more in high concept scenarios than in exploring Game-Maker’s capabilities. The result is that most games stay well within the limits of Game-Maker’s back-of-the-box feature set.
There is a curious duality to Sherwood's games. Often the basic concepts are unusual and full of potential; instead of ice and lava worlds and sassy rodents, we have waitresses and British imperialists. As time goes on, Sherwood's sprite design and background work grow bold and highly detailed. Yet in many games, the actual design is curiously slapdash. Levels are built with little regard for the player, and often repeated with only minor changes.
Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented The Adventures of Melvin Freebush, is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the Rascal the Raccoon series.
In the new millennium the politically and socially conservative Sherwood expressed displeasure for the industry's trend toward violent games, and ended his relationship with a videogame store that he had been managing. He then applied for a loan and opened a successful HO-scale train store, Rob's Hobby Shop, in downtown Sharon.
Contents
Registration information
- Sherwood Forest Software
- 371 Ohio Street
- Sharon PA 16146
Links
Sites
Social Media
Interviews / Articles
- Clickteam interview with "Disney Rob" (Follow-up interview) (archive.org)
- Sharon Herald interview
- Cut-and-Paste Opportunism (DIYGamer)
- Trees in the Forest (DIYGamer)
Listings
- MobyGames entry (Sherwood Forest Software)
- MobyGames entry (Rob Sherwood)
- MobyGames entry (Dan Whalen)
Misc. Links
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Sherwood Forest Software"
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