Dinosaur Movie Maker

Dinosaur Movie Maker, also known as Talking with Dinosaurs, is a cancelled PC game by Legba and Kuju. It was a movie-making game by Jon Hare of Sensible Soccer fame.

Gameplay
This game allowed you to create your own nature documentary. You control the camera and the presenter accompanies you wherever you place him. The goal is to film the best footage of the dinosaurs without getting killed by them.

Different TV companies use different presenters, each with their own personality. You have various props like meat or fire crackers to attract or distract the dinosaurs. You even get the vehicles, such as jeeps and hang gliders to help you get footage.

Different dinosaurs have different personalities and different routines. With time you will learn their habits and what interests them and what spooks them. You only have a limited number of in-game days to film the dinosaurs.

On the last day of work you're in the editing studio. Now you must make a one-minute film that has as much of the presenter's script as possible. If you impress your TV company you get money and new commissions.

Development
The game started off as Dinosaur Hunting Xtreme (aka DHX). That in itself is another cancelled game. The ruins of that were built into this game.

Virtual TV was this shiny fancy new technology Legba was offering. It involved live 3D rendered environment that can be filmed and is memory efficient. Dinosaur Movie Maker is a game project based on this cutting-edge technology.

Cancellation
Dinosaur Movie Maker got cancelled because Legba couldn't find a publisher for the game. Because the game was so unique, accountants couldn't evaluate it, so they didn't take the risk. The game, along with the Virtual TV idea, went defunct by late 2004.