About The LucasArts Challenge       Since the first time we played the early LucasArts adventure games, we've always loved the genre and the quality these games embodied. Disappointed with the lack of games that live up to the standards LucasArts set, we're attempting to create adventures on par with this level of excellence. The Team       The geniuses behind Herculean Effort Productions are Ian (design, concept art, 2D art, general janitorial services) and Greg "Gregor Samsa" Schlaepfer (scripting, music, 3D art, webmaster, janitorial assistance). Our Logo       To fully understand our logo, one must refer to the mythology of the ancient Greeks. According to these tales, Hercules needed to perform twelve tasks to regain his honor. For one of them, he temporarily took the job of the giant Atlas, and held up the world. This monumental feat parallels the difficulty involved in making an adventure game.       We put three holes in the top of the world for portability and bowling. Quotes       Summer 2003 : "I feel a song coming on, Gregor." : "When I rule the world, I'll make sure everybody has a lava lamp and at least two funk records." : "It's not like anyone will notice. Nobody will play this one anyways." : "The only way I could do that is by nesting functions. I have no idea what that means, I just overheard Eric say it once." : "We can transfer them by floppies. They're only uncompressed AVIs... How big can they be?" : "Hey, no fair. Eating dried apricots is against the Geneva Convention." : "Of course it's a good virus detector, Gregor. Hey, the webpage even has the Bulgarian flag right here! : "I laughed so hard my back hurts." : "Color-cycling is pimp." : "Wow, this latest version of AGS has so many new functions! That really sounded nerdy, didn't it?" : "Wow, that's a stupid looking chicken. Let's eat it." : "I don't think he has allergies. I think he has something we gave him by farting on his pillow." : "This is my motivational music. Wake me up when it's over." : "Come on in! Help yourself to anything you can find. We've got some leftover muffins from...uh...yeah, well, they're leftover." : "How come my pillow smells like feet?" : "Yeah, well I weigh 126 pounds... OF RAW MUSCLE!!" : "It looks like a good web hoster. No pop-ups, no banner ads, and 999 megs of web space. The only thing is, you have to sell your soul by Paypal." : "That's like writing 'God is always watching' on the wall in a public restroom." : "Rumpus Room rules are the bomb, man. Nobody can argue with Rumpus Room rules." : "Are you manipul... manipul... manipple... USING me?" : "I'm so tired, mon. But I have to go to the gym and LIFT A MILLION POUNDS!" : "Ah, you're doing the 'bubble toes' dance?"       Winter 2003 : "I can finish the art for the whole game tonight. Yeah, we set realistic goals." : "For Christmas, let's give him a compass with reversed directions and says 'get lost' on it." : "At the party, there'll be lights moving on the floor and people wearing roller skates and fake afros. Or real afros and fake roller skates." : "But it's the serious kind of silly, you see." : "We share the same braincell."       Summer 2004 : "Yes, that machinegun fire sounds good, but aren't you supposed to be working on footsteps?" : "Oh no, it's a demon cat! Quick, eat the rest of the graham crackers!" : "(talking in sleeps) Oh, Shbajickens." : "I think it's my destiny to eat much cold cereal." LucasArts is a registered trademark of LucasArts Entertainment Company. All material on this website is copyright (c) 2003-2004, Ian Schlaepfer. All rights reserved.