Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Alice: Asylum - yet another reason to hate EA.
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Cancelled video games. There's such a fascination around them, isn't there? A game you read about, watched trailers on, had anticipation for, only to never see the light of day. What's left is feeling of great disappointment and a feeling of "what if".
For this video, I'm going to cover a cancelled game that's a bit of a unique case. That being Alice: Asylum.
Instead of a game far into development before cancellation, Alice: Asylum never even entered development. Its publisher EA decided to pass on the project. But series creator American McGee and his team put together a crowdfunded design bible to pitch to EA. One that lays out how the game would play, and how the story would unfold.
When I made my video on the American McGee Alice series back in 2022, the Alice: Asylum project was still up in the air. The announcement of the cancellation was in the spring of 2023. It's something I wanted to revisit and go into more detail of what could've been.
This video is going to be a bit different than what I usually do. This will be an image-heavy video going through the design bible. The design bible for Alice: Asylum is well worth a read and as you'll see, some stunning artwork. Its staggering how much love and care emit from these pages, only for EA to pass on it.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Prelude
03:22 - Why a Design Bible for Alice: Asylum?
05:18 - Proposed Presentation & Gameplay of Alice: Asylum
11:41 - Proposed Narrative Experience of Alice: Asylum
01:06:19 - EA Passes on Alice: Asylum
01:12:18 - On the Future of Alice: Asylum
01:13:38 - In Conclusion of Alice: Asylum
01:14:55 - Thanks & Post-Video Q&A
Additional Footage:
• Alan Wake 2
• Alice Otherlands
• Alice: Madness Returns
• American McGee's Alice
• Gears of War: youtube.com/watch?v=pgGcYRuihWs
• Kingdom Hearts: youtu.be/ChvyChvwUII
• Kingdom Hearts 2: youtu.be/8ZyaHpwDOFM
• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
• Perfect Dark Reboot
• PT/Silent Hills
• Resident Evil 1.5
• Silent Hill 2 Remake
• Star Wars: Jedi Survivor - youtube.com/watch?v=tRpn6YMcnZI
• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin: youtube.com/watch?v=IRD6LwPP7ns
• Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans - youtube.com/watch?v=f7JZu__7KTs
• WoolieVersus: A Message to Unofficial Fan Game Creators - youtube.com/watch?v=hqwP6uuYOWo
#americanmcgeesalice #boulderpunch #aliceasylum
Alice: Asylum - yet another reason to hate EA.
Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=BOULDERPUNCH and use my code BOULDERPUNCH to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev.
• PATREON: patreon.com/boulderpunch
• ONE-TIME DONATIONS: ko-fi.com/boulderpunch
• DISCORD: discord.gg/2AfRXbM2hg
Get the Alice Asylum Design Bible Here: patreon.com/posts/alice-asylum-v1-78703655
Cancelled video games. There's such a fascination around them, isn't there? A game you read about, watched trailers on, had anticipation for, only to never see the light of day. What's left is feeling of great disappointment and a feeling of "what if".
For this video, I'm going to cover a cancelled game that's a bit of a unique case. That being Alice: Asylum.
Instead of a game far into development before cancellation, Alice: Asylum never even entered development. Its publisher EA decided to pass on the project. But series creator American McGee and his team put together a crowdfunded design bible to pitch to EA. One that lays out how the game would play, and how the story would unfold.
When I made my video on the American McGee Alice series back in 2022, the Alice: Asylum project was still up in the air. The announcement of the cancellation was in the spring of 2023. It's something I wanted to revisit and go into more detail of what could've been.
This video is going to be a bit different than what I usually do. This will be an image-heavy video going through the design bible. The design bible for Alice: Asylum is well worth a read and as you'll see, some stunning artwork. Its staggering how much love and care emit from these pages, only for EA to pass on it.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Prelude
03:22 - Why a Design Bible for Alice: Asylum?
05:18 - Proposed Presentation & Gameplay of Alice: Asylum
11:41 - Proposed Narrative Experience of Alice: Asylum
01:06:19 - EA Passes on Alice: Asylum
01:12:18 - On the Future of Alice: Asylum
01:13:38 - In Conclusion of Alice: Asylum
01:14:55 - Thanks & Post-Video Q&A
Additional Footage:
• Alan Wake 2
• Alice Otherlands
• Alice: Madness Returns
• American McGee's Alice
• Gears of War: youtube.com/watch?v=pgGcYRuihWs
• Kingdom Hearts: youtu.be/ChvyChvwUII
• Kingdom Hearts 2: youtu.be/8ZyaHpwDOFM
• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
• Perfect Dark Reboot
• PT/Silent Hills
• Resident Evil 1.5
• Silent Hill 2 Remake
• Star Wars: Jedi Survivor - youtube.com/watch?v=tRpn6YMcnZI
• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin: youtube.com/watch?v=IRD6LwPP7ns
• Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans - youtube.com/watch?v=f7JZu__7KTs
• WoolieVersus: A Message to Unofficial Fan Game Creators - youtube.com/watch?v=hqwP6uuYOWo
#americanmcgeesalice #boulderpunch #aliceasylum
