I think I would second the argument that traditional RTS games are pretty much dead. Age of Empires 4 came and went recently but seemed to largely be a non-event. And we are getting Homeworld 3 and Company of Heroes 3, but those are very non-traditional RTS games in that they have no base building component, or at least past entries didn't. Can't say I've been closely following either's development.
EDIT: I have a vague memory of an RTS being announced within the past two years with a cinematic trailer at E3 or some other gaming show. Might have been ex Blizzard people? And I recall the title being awful and generic and I have therefore forgotten it. Or I could be describing a fever dream I had or something. But I feel like this is a real thing.
@esparado: There are a ton of shooters where you fight zombies so that’s not a ton to go on. One game that comes to mind is Blood by Monolith. Powerslave was an Egyptian themed game from the era that had something of a horror bend to it. Prior to Wolfenstein Carmack made a game called Catacomb that might have had horror monsters in it. Outside of that, dozens of Doom clones and other shovelware inspired by the work of Id and 3D Realms came out in that era. Realm of the Haunting is a horror themed game from a bit later that has elements of first person shooters and point and click adventure games. Killing Time mixed fps gameplay with an FMV narrative. I could go on. If none of these are it you would really need to provide some more details.
Edit: It occurred to me that you are probably talking about Isle of the Dead. If you are, I am so sorry you had to experience that travesty at such a young age.
At this point, without more evidence to go on, I don’t think it’s possible to form a definitive opinion. If she was offered $4000 for playing the leading role in the game that would be a fairly lowball offer. If she asked for six figures and residuals that would be equally as insane for a week of work. That is likely more than all but the leads of each department are making per year, and none of them earn residuals. If she was offered $15,000 plus expenses if she needed to travel I would consider that a decent offer for the amount of work needed. $25,000-$30,000 would have been a generous offer but $15,000 isn’t insane, especially if she has a home studio.
It is also worth noting that this isn’t a performance capture gig. That takes a lot more time, involves a lot of prep work, and holds with it the risk of injury since you are usually doing action scenes for games. Your motion is also then being used by the animation team, meaning your performance is essential to the game functioning. That job could be a six figure job but there are numerous reasons why that is entirely different than VO. With VO I could record for multiple projects a day. I usually don’t need to leave my home. 4 hours of work means I spend maybe 4.5 hours in total on the job plus prep. I don’t have to memorize my lines. I don’t have to do any special training. I just need to warm up my voice and then go.
@azraew: Kururin is also a physical toy that looks much like a pill that is sold in Japan. The game was inspired by that toy, but Nintendo does not own the rights so someone else could have made a version for the PC. Regardless, I agree that whatever you played is either Kururin or a derivative.
@azraew: This very much sounds like a PC ripoff of the Japan only Nintendo series Kururin. Gameplay sounds more or less identical but you play as a rotating stick in Kururin not a rotating pill.
Edit: According to the Wiki it is meant to be a helicopter not a stick. My bad. It looks like a stick and I don’t speak Japanese.
@katkatplqnt: I don’t remember if there were vines, but In The game Gex you play as a Gecko, and it is a 90’s side scrolling platformer that was released on pc.
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