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Right, I checked the vids. Well...vid. I could only get one of 'em playing. Looks cool tho. Would've rocked to have seen that on it's release at the cinema, eh?
Anyway, this entry is titled 'Adventure' because that game title is making me want to do a Graphic Adventure. It just screams of so many story possibilities that a hack 'n' slash just wouldn't do it justice.
Why am I suddenly all about the GA you may wonder. Well I saw a link to a Stargate GA that someone did that blew me away. Check this shit:
http://www.freehare.com/index.php?nav=games&item=review&id=43
I think we can do it easily. Unlike commercial developers we have no time limit so we could make the backgrounds as lavish as we want. (GA's are all about the BGs anyway) Well, that and story. And we've got so many story ideas. It would be a shame to see them all relegated to cutscenes which most people skip anyway.
But the bottom line is, truthfully, I wouldn't play a hack 'n' slash these days unless:
A) I'd made it.
or
B) It was a retro arcade that I felt nostalgically about.
And we want people to play it right? I WOULD play a GA though because nothing in the current trend of gaming has emerged to take it's place. There's a creative vacuum left by the departure of Lucasarts from that genre that needs to be filled. So let us be the ones to fill it muthafuckas!
Or not.
LMK wot u think.:)
Hey! I just had an extra thought!! Voice overs!! Talky adventures mofos! It would rock! I bet Katherine would dig doing a whole game of Alice acting, and we can all do some stuff on it. Anyway, something to think about.
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YES! We were talking about the GA route years ago but were worrying about the animation but it would be miles better for telling the story. Backdrop art would be much more fun to work on than repeating tiles (as in scrolling platformers) and it'd be a blast writing a movie-like script.
ReplyDeleteKatherine and I already played about with some sound samples and voices for characters. We'll get them on the blog somehow so you can listen.
I know there's a GA maker out there but we'd really like to try in Flash as it'll be much better for the portfolios.
Ooh another thought, d'ya remember Sam 'n' Max? It had little bonus games, nothing particularly complex but fun all the same. Whack a rat for example. We could do this but in a more serious puzzle solving capacity. What do you think?
We need to get together with some paper to start writing out ideas for the GA route. Also we can start piecing together a more complete story.
I reckon each of us could take on different areas so that an area has it's own art style. We can get away with it since Eudora is meant to be seeing a twisted version of reality, hence a changing style would actually add to the sense of chaos. Thoughts?
Hurrah!! Agreed, I think a Graphic Adventure would be ace!! I remember talking about the 'Choose your own Adventure' format years ago, but for some reason we moved away from that idea. I reckon our skills are up to it now though (I mean...how many degrees do we need between us!!?? - we've covered all areas!).
ReplyDeleteCheck out this guys flash skills, nice guy we met a coupla years ago and he's done a few point n click adventure style flash games:
http://www.newmedia.lincoln.ac.uk/wsaunders/spooky/index.htm
http://www.will-saunders.com/
The game title definitely sounds like a GA game - fits perfect.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - that was a great game, I remember the bit with the red fez :)) AND I got through it without the help of a walkthrough :P cough...
We've got whole bunch of audio clips for some of the characters. We can upload the MP3s to the Kooji server and link to em here, no probs. Then everyone can point and laugh :D
What else...Oh yeah, interface design...if we're sticking with the GA stle game, then we should think about interfaces that would reflect this...ideas that come to mind are:
* A Book as a nod to the CYOA Books
* Old Victorian photo album
* Eudora's Diary (think of Brian Froud's pressed Faery book - not girly at all - see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-EW1bVyBvM
* Notebook - medical notebook
Gonna make 'Interface Design' as a new post - this comments getting too long.
Agreed about different areas having a different art style. We can share the diff levels/ chapters between us and that way if each chapter looks different this just reflects her mental state.
K, now go look at the post: 'Interface Design' and share thoughts about what you reckon the interface should be :D
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