Timelapse 2: Homeworld!!!!!

[Doomsdayman]

So when can we expect the sequel. Been waiting 20 years for it. :P

[Antigolf]

Yeah me to !!

[Xeveniah Darkwind]

It's about time i have all of my old timelapse cd's in the original packaging/ retail box in like new condition.. on a side note not for sale...

[Xeveniah Darkwind]

god bless this download edition my personal copy the glue holding the cd layers together bubbled up looks like aluminium bubble wrap

[BloodMist]

That's why you gotta keep them in moderate temperatures. ;)

[CastilloRA]

Unfortunately the original game company behind TimeLapse (GTE Entertainment) ceased operations a few months after the game was released. A real pity -- the TimeLapse strategy guide had an interview with the game's creators and they said they were putting a proposal together for the sequel.

[BloodMist]

Yep, just another good company that was seriously underrated and overlooked, probably because they never published an FPS, bleh.

[Nada]

Yes back in like 98 i think the website had a whole bunch of concept art and stuff showcased for the sequel that showed one of the level which was going to be ancient babylon. but unfortunatly the creators & studio at the time according to report had creative differences and seperated and as a result the project was suspended and eventualy the staff were divided and the company went bust and as a result the sequel was never made or even surfaced again or mentioned 20yrs or so later and one hopes some geek out their with a gaming studio would revive it as never say never as we waited how long for duke nukem to return? 15 yrs? so........ anything is possible

[Hinahon]

I wonder if anyone tried to contact people that worked on the game. Maybe they still have notes about the sequel? I don't really want to accept the idea the sequel if forever lost. Maybe there's a way to find what was planned for the sequel and send it to a new developper?

[colonel0812]

In 2016, I contacted Lori Nichols, one of the developers. I was interested in the possibility of a remastered version of the game, so I was wondering if the original 3d files, hi-res images, and full-quality music still existed somewhere. She said GTE shut down a month after Timelapse was released. The original files were sent to Cyberflix to compress and complete the game. It's possible some former Cyberflix employee kept them, and maybe some of them had access to any Timelapse II concept material.

[youngprivateeye4u]

Seems to me like some developers would take original cd's break down coding and get on with a re construction project..this game is a masterpiece...GTE is out there somewhere. Developers move on...they don't die or disappear...there just "old"..

[Nada]

Originally posted by colonel0812:

In 2016, I contacted Lori Nichols, one of the developers. I was interested in the possibility of a remastered version of the game, so I was wondering if the original 3d files, hi-res images, and full-quality music still existed somewhere. She said GTE shut down a month after Timelapse was released. The original files were sent to Cyberflix to compress and complete the game. It's possible some former Cyberflix employee kept them, and maybe some of them had access to any Timelapse II concept material.

i think recently a few years ago they did say that the rights reverted to another studio from Barracuda & GTE & they discussed a possible revive but said that sadly myst which was the inspiration behind timelapse eventually took over the PNC adventure genre and became widely popular that they just couldn't agree on the timing of things and if it felt right to revive the PNC adventure genre given PNC is a genre that just doesn't sell anymore there's not a lot of PNC adventures on the market anymore people aren't buying into that

i'd love to see a remake with the gameplay & graphics rebuilt & expanded with new puzzles because this game does feel short with 4hrs completion time

i am even curious to know if a sequel or expanded version what others feel world wise could have been featured

rome?
greek?
Constantinople
Mongols
norse?
england during the crusade?

[FaeAlicia]

The original Timelapse covered cultures all across the world. Any sequel should, as well. There's still plenty to go on, too, and not just the European cultures mentioned in the previous post. Mesopotamia (Sumeria, Babylon), Shinto and Hindu myth from various Asian cultures...

They touched on the Navajo people in the first game, but Turtle Island's peoples are extremely diverse. They could easily have the Lakota, Iroquois, Chickasaw, Blackfoot, or any number of other indigenous peoples from the same land in the sequel.

An especially interesting idea would be the Croatan or Roanoke people, what with having direct ties to the Lost Colony. Imagine if the sequel had the player try to figure out what happened to a bunch of colonists from the late 16th century as part of the larger plot. That seems like it would fit right into the feel of the game, imo - as if the contact from the aliens of Atlantis had never really gone away completely.

Of course, there's another aspect to all this. We did get stuck over in Atlantis, right? The name Homeworld suggests we're likely going to be searching for the world that the Atlanteans went to, or otherwise trying to find our way back to our home on Earth.

I really would like to see a sequel to this. Having originally played it back in middle school, and having a huge impact on my desire to learn about various cultures throughout the world (and also being indigenous Cherokee myself), I always loved seeing what people could do with history and what new stories they could tell with it.

I hope, one day, the sequel does get some light shed on it. If not a direct sequel being made, a spiritual successor would be nice too.