Haven: City of Violence
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Haven: City of Violence is a role-playing game
created by Louis Porter Jr. Design. The game is a neo-noir
"role playing game of hyperkinetic action" and was released for sale in 2003. Haven: City of Violence is the first role-playing game ever to be optioned by a movie production company
prior to its public release. Louis Porter Jr. and his company began working on the game in 1998. They had been developing it for six years when Barry Levine's company, Brigade Entertainment, optioned the movie rights for the game.
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
created by Louis Porter Jr. Design. The game is a neo-noir
Neo-noir
Neo-noir is a style often seen in modern motion pictures and other forms that prominently utilize elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in films noir of the 1940s and 1950s.-History:The term Film Noir was coined by...
"role playing game of hyperkinetic action" and was released for sale in 2003. Haven: City of Violence is the first role-playing game ever to be optioned by a movie production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
prior to its public release. Louis Porter Jr. and his company began working on the game in 1998. They had been developing it for six years when Barry Levine's company, Brigade Entertainment, optioned the movie rights for the game.