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In 1695, Tew and his fellow pirates pursued a Mughal ship. His ship, The Amity, attacked the ship, the Fateh Muhammed. Tew was disemboweled by a cannon shot, and died instantly. Or did he?
Present day. Private Detective James Labbett takes a missing persons case, which unexpectedly leads to an adventure of discovering the truth of what happened to the pirate Thomas Tew, but he isn't the only one who has an interest..
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The main character:
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The game is now released! Woohoo!
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TRAILER!!
https://youtu.be/OE5JMHicnDE
PROGRESS:
Story - 100%
Graphics - 100%
Scripting - 100%
Sound/Music - 100%
Speech - 100%
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I fully approve of the absolutely abominable additional alliteration! :-D
Ha, yeah I like it, although I'm thinking about just calling it Trails and Traces, should people think the game is just about a tomb?
Looking forward to see more of this :) Keep us posted and good luck with the development!
Quote from: ManicMatt on Sat 16/06/2018 10:12:13
Ha, yeah I like it, although I'm thinking about just calling it Trails and Traces, should people think the game is just about a tomb?
"Trails and Traces" sounds more like a game series to me, with "The Tomb of Thomas Tew" sounding like the actual game name. But that could be just me! (Reminds me of "Secret Files:" as a series of games.)
Would people think the game is only about a tomb, or that it's an important part of the plot? Do people think Broken Sword is ONLY about a broken sword? In that sense I wouldn't worry about it too much, just go with your gut instinct.
LostTrainDude: Thanks! I sure will! :)
Captain D: Yeah, It's like Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars kind of title. I might stick to the full name come putting it on steam or making a Facebook page, but I'll keep it to the main title on this thread.
Looking good! You say a "shortish" game but, yeah, it sounds like the kind of thing you could continue as a series if enough interest grows. So maybe keep that series-sounding name IMO.
I really like the look of this. Finally an Uncharted game without all that boring combat and endless climbing :)
How much real and actual history are you planning inject into this? And "Trails and Traces" is a great name.
Mandle: To be fair, that was my intention, even if the first one didn't have a subtitle and the second one did. I chose a name that was vague but also about following clues. It wasn't easy coming up with an original name!
Hobo: Thanks, and yeah SO much climbing in Uncharted 4! I wanted to do semi historical like in Broken Sword, but wasn't sure what subject matter to go for, until I was in a supermarket and from afar a magazine had the names PIRATES ablazoned across it, and I took it to be a sign! I looked into different pirates to find something I could use, and that Thomas Tew had a place in New Rhode Island gave me some ideas for locations. So yeah it's a mixture of genuine and made up.
Quote from: CaptainD on Sat 16/06/2018 11:48:52
Do people think Broken Sword is ONLY about a broken sword?
For years i thought Broken Sword is a middle age game, similar to King's Quest and even thought it is same with King's Quest (laugh)
Anyway, looks good Matt. Keep up the good work.
Quote from: horusr on Wed 20/06/2018 11:08:01
Quote from: CaptainD on Sat 16/06/2018 11:48:52
Do people think Broken Sword is ONLY about a broken sword?
For years i thought Broken Sword is a middle age game, similar to King's Quest and even thought it is same with King's Quest (laugh)
Don't ruin what I thought was a perfectly valid point! :-D
I changed my title logo to something that may not be pixel art, but sure as hell looks better!
Thanks Horusr! Haha I never thought of it like that with Broken Sword. I guess like with odd band names, you just get used to hearing them.
Here is a gif showing another character, Will Clements, whose son has gone missing shortly after returning from an archaeological dig.
(https://i.imgur.com/bjrOTVf.gif)
I'm currently drawing all the backgrounds for the game. This will take a while..
I have created a Facebook page, so you can keep notified of things like when it gets a Steam page and so on. Link on first post.
Just a small update. I'm still drawing backgrounds, but I am about roughly 70% through doing those! If I ever make another adventure game, I am going for a lower resolution! I will share a new background when I get to drawing characters and so on, so it's a more interesting reveal.
Here is the chap who went missing, has anyone seen him?
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Love all the little details you're putting into this Matt, that shop background is really neat. Keep it up!
Thanks Chicky! Those magazines took hours to draw but was worth it!
I've updated a screenshot in the original post to show some action.
Here is a character that still needs a name!
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Mister Wobbly?
Good luck!
Fidgetin Frank! Boy he really needs to pee!
Seriously though the artwork is brilliant, good luck with the project.
He looks like a Ray to me. Not 100% sure why but he does.
Ray Loretto.
Thanks all! Especially appreciate the art compliment, I don't get many of those!
I'm going with Frank Loretto! Very mobster sounding!
I don't think I've said, all my backgrounds are done, but I still need to draw more characters and objects. I've done those for the first 'chapter' if you like, so I'm now doing all the object and hotspot descriptions, and so on, to finish off that chapter before moving on. (Although still with no music or sound)
Go to America and visit a pirate museum!
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Go to England and visit a record store that just so happens to only stock music I love!
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Looking good and containing the obligatory blue cup - nice! :grin:
Hehe well spotted! I wanted to have him drinking from a cup, so the type of cup and colour was an obvious choice!
I should point out the majority of backgrounds in my game do not contain tills, I just like these places the most!
A trailer is now up to see my game in action! It was really hard not to spoil too much, while showing off some cool bits. The game will be out soon!
https://youtu.be/OE5JMHicnDE
Dude that is an AWESOME trailer! 8-)
Can't wait to play that. It seems right up my alley.
Nice trailer. Your pixel credit card readers are scarily accurate. Also, love the album covers, especially Garbage :cheesy:
You might want to reverse the direction of the birds flying, or flip the sprite. They fly with the head of the V at the front.
CaptainD: Wow thanks! I'm not experienced in making trailers so I guess a did a decent job!
Creamy: Thank you! The game even let's you go down an alley!
Stupot: Cheers! Haha yes I really like little detailed stuff. Nice spot on the Garbage cd, has to be my favourite album of theirs. I flipped the birds and they looked like they were flying backwards lol. Nevermind eh not a huge deal. Ironically I recall looking images up to check, i must have seen small images and assumed they were flying right, not left!
Dude, this looks really cool. I love it.
Thanks Squinky, long time no read, good to see you!
Little update: All going well, Trails and Traces should see its release on Itch.io next week!
The game is now released. Announcement to be posted in the completed game section!
Game Link:
https://becausebecause.itch.io/trails-and-traces-the-tomb-of-thomas-tew (https://becausebecause.itch.io/trails-and-traces-the-tomb-of-thomas-tew)
Nice! Congrats on the release! (nod)
Thanks!
I thought I'd better reply before this thread gets locked down for all eternity!
Congrats on the release!