Proto:Gnomes

This page details one or more prototype versions of Gnomes.

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article?

  This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

A Preview Disc of Gnomes was found and dumped on April 17, 2021 as part of Hidden Palace's "Project Deluge". This build is dated March 7, 1994 (well over a year before the final's August 14, 1995 date) and is marked as v1.00 (the final build is v2.10).

General Differences

The message.txt credits include different contact info for both EagleVision and Paul Brand:

Proto	Final
Copyright by EagleVision interactive productions b.v. 's Gravelandseweg 86E 1217 EW Hilversum The Netherlands Phone +31-35-219746 Fax +31-35-236997 Programmed by Paul Brand Blauwe Druifjesstraat 14 1338 SZ Almere-Buiten The Netherlands Phone +31-36-5328981	Copyright by EagleVision interactive productions b.v. Noorderweg 68 1221 AB Hilversum The Netherlands Phone +31-35-833200 Fax +31-35-839930 Programmed by Paul Brand Room 2305 Block A, Lok Yeung Sun Chuen Tseun Wan, N.T. Hong Kong Phone +852-4983097

Abstract/Bibliographic Changes

The text in the abstract file is merely a brief statement. The final instead uses a generic description of the game. A tag with the game's language was also added to the version number.

Proto

Final

GNOMES V1.00 Gnomes, they do exist!

GNOMES V2.10 ENGLISH This programme invites you to the world of the gnome. See and hear about the life and work of gnomes: the gnome's relationship towards animals, their familiy life, their habits, their home, their enemies, their technical skills (e.g. for helping animals), and furthermore about the world of animals, how gnomes make use of nature's gifts, and meet the other mysterious creatures of the wood.

The bibliographic file has a much smaller credits list. Notably, it also lists someone named Mirjam as one of those responsible for graphics; no such name appears in the final version of the file:

Proto	Final
Gnomes Software Engineer Paul Brand Script Margreeth van Goor Graphics Rob, Mirjam, Karin, Martin	Gnomes Narrated by Tom Baker Script Writer Margreeth van Goor Graphic Design Rob Wickerhoff Character Animations Martin Melis 3D Animations Karin Blum Software Engineer Paul Brand Additional Software Ivo Mol Art Direction Ian Ginn Produced by Eaglevision