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=== Cancelled projects === Bullfrog cancelled several projects. According to Molyneux, the most common reason games were abandoned in the company's earlier days was because the game testers did not like them. That being the case, his theory was that customers would not either.<ref name="Progress"/> Cancelled games include: * ''Ember'' β Players would have piloted a speeder craft to repair a microprocessor chip, competing against a rival trying to undo the player's repairs.<ref name="Progress"/> * ''Colony'' β An arcade-adventure-puzzle game in which players would have attempted to save the passengers and crew of a cryogenic ship by repairing the cryogenic suspension system, using video cameras to monitor activity on the ship.<ref name="Progress"/> * ''Hell'' β A scrolling shoot 'em up based in the underworld and based on ''[[Joust (video game)|Joust]]''.<ref name="Progress"/> * ''[[The Indestructibles (video game)|The Indestructibles]]'' β Described as "an action-beat-'em-up-strategy-everything game", ''The Indestructibles'' would have involved creating superhumans to defend cities from invaders.<ref name="eurogamer">{{cite web |access-date=3 March 2014 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-18-the-lost-worlds-of-lionhead-and-bullfrog |title=The lost worlds of Lionhead and Bullfrog |website=Eurogamer |date=9 February 2014 |author=Christian Donlan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314161252/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-18-the-lost-worlds-of-lionhead-and-bullfrog |archive-date=14 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Bullfrog95"/> * ''[[Creation (video game)|Creation]]'' β Set in the same reality as ''[[Syndicate (1993 video game)|Syndicate]]'', ''Creation'' would have had the player battling to transform an alien water world.<ref name="eurogamer"/> * ''Void Star'' β This was to be a 3D [[real-time strategy]] game set in space, but was cancelled it was believed that there would be no interest in the concept.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=19 July 2014 |url=http://alextrowers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-ones-that-got-away.html |title=Gameraki: The ones that got away |author=Alex Trowers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729194435/http://alextrowers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-ones-that-got-away.html |archive-date=29 July 2014}}</ref> * ''Theme Resort'', ''Theme Prison'', ''Theme Ski Resort'', and ''Theme Airport'' β These were "talked about" after the release of ''Theme Hospital'' but never materialised due to Mark Webley and Gary Carr leaving for other companies.<ref name="BTSTH">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[GamesTM]] |issue=113 |date=September 2011 |pages=128β131 |title=Behind The Scenes Theme Hospital |issn=1478-5889}}</ref> ''Theme Resort'' was in development (according to Webley, its team were trying to have a trip to [[Club Med]] for research),<ref name="BTSTH"/> and its team joined ''Theme Park World'' after cancellation.<ref name="Legacy"/> Webley stated that Bullfrog intended to explore other possibilities for its ''Designer Series'' (of which ''Theme Park'' and ''Theme Hospital'' are part of),<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |issn=1470-1693 |title=Bullfrog makes designs |issue=7 |date=June 1994 |page=24 |location=Bath |volume=1}}</ref><ref name="Bullfrog95"/> but Electronic Arts had it shut down.<ref name="BTSTH"/> * ''Genesis: The Hand of God'' β Intended to be the next instalment in the ''[[Populous (series)|Populous]]'' series but was cancelled due to similarities to Lionhead's ''[[Black & White (video game)|Black & White]]''.<ref name="DK3Story">{{cite web |author1=Ernest Adams |title=The Story Behind Dungeon Keeper 3 |url=http://www.designersnotebook.com/Online_Articles/Dungeon_Keeper_3/dungeon_keeper_3.htm |website=www.designersnotebook.com |access-date=12 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182930/http://www.designersnotebook.com/Online_Articles/Dungeon_Keeper_3/dungeon_keeper_3.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> * ''[[Dungeon Keeper 3]]'' β Project was cancelled in favour of film franchises such as ''[[Harry Potter (video game series)|Harry Potter]]'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref name="DK3Story"/><ref name="DKMaking">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Retro Gamer]] |publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]] |location=Bournemouth |issn=1742-3155 |title=The Making Of: Dungeon Keeper |pages=64β69 |issue=143}}</ref> Bullfrog also decided to cease developing real-time strategy games.<ref name="Game credits"/> * ''Theme Movie Studio'' β Did not make it past the concept stage.<ref name="Game credits">{{cite web |access-date=18 July 2014 |url=http://www.designersnotebook.com/Game_Credits/game_credits.htm |title=Game credits |author=Ernest Adams |website=www.designersnotebook.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711021232/http://www.designersnotebook.com/Game_Credits/game_credits.htm |archive-date=11 July 2014}}</ref>
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