Story excerpt provided by The Plain Dealer
Written by Janet H. Cho
Say you're a fan of the "Sentinels of the Multiverse" comic book card game, but you can't always rustle up three or four of your best mates to come over and play a round or two. Lucky for you, Cleveland entrepreneur Jeremy Handel has created a digital version of the game you can play on your own, with friends, or while traveling.
Sentinels of the Multiverse, the video game, features the same muscled superheroes, the same dastardly villains, and the same ominous environments as the original Greater Than Games LLC story, all rendered in vivid comic-book graphics and sound effects for Android tablets or iPads. A desktop version for Macs and PCs is coming out within weeks.
"Our digital game is an exact adaptation of the game," fully faithful to Greater Than Games' original back story, including the longstanding grudges and rivalries among the protagonists, Handel said.
For example, Legacy, Tachyon and Absolute Zero might be pooling their powers against the Plague Rat at the robotics factory. Depending on what cards the players draw, the heroes and villains might be locked in mortal combat, or be forced to contend with an environmental disaster.
But instead of three to five players banding together to fight the bad guys, drawing cards to see what super-powers they possess or what obstacles they face next, the video game lets a single player inhabit all the superheroes at once. The software keeps track of the cards drawn and the players' points, so gamers can focus on what's happening on screen.
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