The graphics were all hand-drawn and cel-animated and then scanned into the game. It was an adventure game in the same style as Monkey Island and other classic LucasArts and Sierra adventure games.
It was originally announced on March 17, 1997. Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans is the defunct, dark, comical, adventure game that Blizzard began production on soon after Warcraft II was complete, though they kept news of its existence from the public for quite a while.