Epic Donald was a cancelled game developed in collaboration with Junction Point Studios and Blitz Games Studios. It was based off the DuckTales and Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks. The only evidence of the game's existence is in social media posts and concept art created by artists and animators of the game. The only confirmed console that Epic Donald was said to be on was Xbox 360, although, an animator said it would have been for consoles, which might have meant the PlayStation 3 or more.
A quote from Warren Spector during the early developments of the game said this "I don't want to get too specific here because I really do want to do it. But I'm a huge fan of Carl Barks and I particularly like his longer-form adventures. He was a master at one and two-page little vignettes, but he was also pretty masterful at the 24-page -- or even longer -- epic adventure. And I think that's the quality of Barks that I would want to maintain; that sense of epic adventure, that sense that anything is possible in this world, that magic exists, that dinosaurs still exist somewhere... That a duck can be Indiana Jones, basically. That's what I'd want to keep." Interestingly, dinosaurs and Indiana Jones-like concept art were made for the game.
Gameplay[]
Donald Duck is the main character of this game. Certain concepts show a "Junk Yard Dog" level where Donald has to find scrap metal while dodging a gigantic dog. Other art shows levels where Donald's nephews help him. The game would probably be a platformer similar to the Epic Mickey series. A lot of the game revolves around travelling in time with a wristwatch to fix different problems and help people like Scrooge McDuck in the quest/level The Great Buffalo Hunter. The time machine is created by Gyro Gearloose who seems to be the Gus of the Epic Donald universe. In an interview Warren said it would be more then multiplayer and you would be able to control more than one character such as Donald, Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie although apparently this was not final and was still being decided.[1]
In a few levels Donald uses the wristwatch to visit different versions of McDuck Manor such as McDuck Castle or the Egyptian style McDuck Manor
Locations[]
- Duckburg
- The Jolly Bones Food and Drink
- McDuck Manor
- McDuck Manor Zoo
- McDuck Manor Museum
- Space Station 5
- Carnival Of Fear
- McDuck Castle
Levels[]
Epic Donald (Scrapped)/Levels
Epic Donald Level Descriptions
Characters[]
- Donald Duck
- Dread Pirate Minnie
- Gladstone Gander
- Huey
- Dewey
- Louie
- Scrooge Mcduck
- Gyro Gearloose
- Magica De Spell
- Goofy
- Mickey Mouse
- The Beagle Boys
- Soapy Slick
- Mayor Hogge
- Ghost Clown (unofficial name)
- General Gu
- Aliens (unofficial name)
- Tony Caperoni
- Launchpad McQuack
Trivia[]
- A prototype for the game was made using Blitztech engine.
- Epic Donald started development in July 2011 and was ceased in mid 2012.
- Slope's Game Room, a YouTube channel got sent a video of the game by an anonymous fan of his channel.
- For prototypes of the game, the team used archival recording of Clarence Nash providing the voice for Donald.
Gallery[]
Epic Donald (Scrapped) Gallery
A collection of images relating to Epic Donald (Scrapped)
Videos[]
Epic Donald
Video Gallery
Videos related to Epic Donald
External links[]
- New art reveals Epic Donald, scrapped follow-up to Epic Mickey
- Character art for someone in Epic Donald
- Epic Donald character art, npc art and cover art
- Epic Donald multiple plots found and more places, art and PARTS OF THE STORYLINE
- First footage emerges from cancelled Epic Donald