East Path Association

Background: East Path was originally a development studio of Future Computers, the Australian media company. As FC was bought by Active Systems in 2002, East Path (also known as EPA) became the wholly owned subsidiary of AGS. Later AGS reduced the stack to minority interest.

1st Logo

(1999 - 2002)

Logo: There is a brown shape with EAST pATH written over it, and the black-green circle above p. It has the Future Computers byline.

FX/SFX: None, the logo is static.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: No more common. The only game released by EPA with the logo was P.I.G. Swarm Forces.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo

(2002 - 2010)

Nickname: "The Caravan"

Logo: We see the clode-up of camel head. He raises the head and snorts. While the camera zooms out, we see the caravan moving through desert, and then it becomes small and clears out in distance, as we zoom into three palms. There is a name below.

FX/SFX: The caravan animation, made in CGI.

Music/Sounds: The sounds of caravan, camels snorting and other, later rising to a tune with some drumbeats and violin.

Availability: Rare, appeared on several games.

Scare Factor: Low, due to the darkness.

3rd Logo

(2010 - )

Logo: We see a man leading the camel caravan. The picture slowly zooms out, revealing the whole moving procession and the sun setting. We can see the name below in the black box, and one more byline in italics: The East Path, Melbourne, Australia.

FX/SFX: Great CGI animation of the caravan.

Music/Sounds: A soft violin tune.

Availability: The first and only appearance so far was on Return to Elderwoood.

Scare Factor: None.