Shoot My Valentine

Dualnames · Fri 19/01/2007 23:29:58

By Sho-Ryu-Ken

This game is about a teenager named Jim Nail(Because he NAILS).
Jim is at the age of 16 and he goes on a date with a really good looking girl.
However the date does not go well. He understands that this date was all a set up by his date to laugh at him.
So he starts his plan for revenge.
Just to make it more interesting he is a guitar player

This game features:
Awesome Classic Rock Soundtrack(you know Britney Spears, Madonna, )
Enough Rooms(I think)
Voice Acting(If I find actors)
E.T.C

Game progress Updated 27/1/2007
- graphics 100%
- puzzles 100%
- scripting 100%
- music/sound 100% or 50% if I use speech.

Basically just that.
Places needed:
Beta Testing
Voice Acting

Update
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29/1/2007
Beta Version Now Available
for download.

The link is here.
http://files.filefront.com/BetaVersionrar/;6669835;;/fileinfo.html

Please Do Inform Me if there are any bugs.

(There is no music/sounds or videos at this version.)
Feel free to comment.

UPDATE 2/1/2007

Guys thank you all for our comments.
The problems you mentioned are all fixed.
1)I remade the gui. by pressing f1 you can do about everything.

2)Made sure that there is no pixel hunting.

3)Fixed the stupid meny thing.

4)Remade almost all the background art.

PM me or e-mail me at JustLedZep@mail.gr

Just a room

Check the trailer here.
http://files.filefront.com/Shootwmv/;6669879;;/fileinfo.html

ManicMatt · Fri 19/01/2007 23:44:15

If Darth was here he'd tell you... come on! Have a guess!

I applaud you for making your own graphics, if these are actually your own, and I can live with the doors being at weird angles, but why do the stairs stop short? Did you draw everything seperately first?

What happened to that MI game you're making/stealing?

Shoot my valentine, hehe! Would make a good name for an emo band!

Darth Mandarb · Fri 19/01/2007 23:54:30

It's a good thing I'm in a good mood!

Get another screenshot posted soon ...

Forum Rules ...

[strongbad] The clock is tickin' yo! [/strongbad]

Steel Drummer · Sat 20/01/2007 00:02:41

Classic Rock (Britney Spears, Madonna). Haha, why not Jimi Hendrix or the Beatles.

Dualnames · Sat 20/01/2007 01:35:22

First Darth
Give me a sec

Plus the stair end won't be able to be seen by the user since I won't be scrolling all the room.

And by the way I made those myself
Try and search the whole internet for all I care but those are mine.

Anyway. I remember you had a girl's voice wanna try an audition :

Steel Drummer I'll try and put the best Rock songs
LedZeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
Doors
Cream
Deep Purple
blue Oyster Cult
Pink floyd
Dire Straits.
bla bla

Darth Mandarb · Sat 20/01/2007 01:40:44

If you don't have 2 in-game screenshots you should have waited to post.

When you have another one, PM me (include the screen in the PM) and I'll reopen this thread. In the future, please read the rules before posting.

Thank you drive thru...

** darth turns the key **

I have added the second in-game screenshot ... what resolution are you using? You have three different sized images now.

Da_Elf · Sun 21/01/2007 03:54:56

Quote from: Steel Drummer on Sat 20/01/2007 00:02:41
Classic Rock (Britney Spears, Madonna). Haha, why not Jimi Hendrix or the Beatles.

that one caught me too.....britney??? hahaha

to be honest the 1st onle looks like you might have done it but the second one is blatantly a photoshop filtered photograph. to keep the style of the game concistant you should take that photograph and repaint over it giving it your own touch. Plus as an interiro designer for many years i can say that stairs that go no where and doors that have lost perspective are good selling points in a house

Your backgrounds should be thought of in a functional way. Background design and interior design are not very much different. When designing a spance it has to be funtional.

Dualnames · Mon 22/01/2007 00:11:11

Thanks for the information. Really helpful but since backgrounds have a nasty habit of being a little altered(just a few) when on an Ags game i'll make the programming part first and then see if there are relevant among them(yey nice grammar) or not.
And make the changes needed.

About that repainting , I think that should be the way to make 'em more similar to each other(yey more grammar). Thanks for letting me know anyway.

Thanks again.

Dualnames · Thu 25/01/2007 13:51:58

Two new images
(thanks for the suggestion Darth)

1.A room

2.Corrected a picture

Dualnames · Sat 27/01/2007 22:08:21

GAME FINISHED. Today 27/1/2007
As I promised Tuomas. Before Monday.

By the way, before releasing it I am gonna need Beta Testers or Proof readers.
And I am going to try and find actors for speech.

So contact me if you are interested.

CosmoQueen · Sun 28/01/2007 01:43:55

Hey I'd LOVE to be a beta tester!

Dualnames · Mon 29/01/2007 23:42:05

Update
---------

29/1/2007
Beta Version Now Available
for download.

The link is here.
http://files.filefront.com/BetaVersionrar/;6669835;;/fileinfo.html

Please Do Inform Me if there are any bugs.

(There is no music/sounds or videos at this version.)
Feel free to comment.

TheCheese33 · Tue 30/01/2007 01:13:30

Okay, I'll beta test for you, see if everything is okay. DLing...

EDIT: Download link is kind of slow. You should try something faster, like FileFront. I have an account, so I'll go ahead and make a second link for you.

http://files.filefront.com/Shoot_My_Valentine_Beta_v1/;6643917;;/fileinfo.html

After playing a bit of your game, I have a few early impressions:
1. Clean up some of the buttons and images. Makes it a lot easier on the eyes.
2. Make it easier to save, reload, and exit. I recommend making a small menu when you press esc. It makes the game look better and have a more professional quality to it.
3. Proofread the dialogue. I know this may sound basic, but when you're playing a game, grammar mistakes really get on your nerves. It also makes it have a more professional quality to it if you have good dialogue.

I'll continue to play and see how everything else goes...

UPDATE:

Spoiler

The tape is pretty hard to find. It takes some pixel hunting to find it, and I know from experience that that's not very fun to do.

[close]

Also, you should probably make the Load Game hotspot bigger. I really have to click around to load the game back up.

CosmoQueen · Wed 31/01/2007 08:56:10

I agree with TheCheese about the buttons and images being hard to see and the dialog too. I can barely read the "Pick Up" "Give/ Use" "Talk To" parts. Especially because of the background that's behind it.

And all of the text is very hard to read. Jim's text is too close together and the rest of the text in the game is really fuzzy.

The graphics look really good but it's kinda hard to figure out what some things are because they're fuzzy as well.

And I really can't figure out how to get out of that dang bathroom!!!

TheCheese33 · Thu 01/02/2007 19:00:45

I'm stuck at a part outside:

Spoiler

Where's the garden hose you talk about in your walkthrough? It's nowhere to be found.

[close]

And just out of curiosity, how come your character doesn't use the DOOR to leave his room, and insists of going out the window?

zeblin · Thu 01/02/2007 21:55:14

This story has an interesting premis. I like the way you do the backgrounds, but if you could sharpen them up a bit, that'd be great. Many objects are difficult to see. I like the interface but the flashing arrow is a bit distracting. The English grammer needs a lot of work. I understand what you're saying but the grammer is wrong. I could help you with your english if you'd like.

Mostly, I think you've got a good game here. Good luck with everything...

Dualnames · Fri 02/02/2007 22:19:30

UPDATE 2/1/2007

Guys thank you all for our comments.
The problems you mentioned are all fixed.
1)I remade the gui. by pressing f1 you can do about everything.

2)Made sure that there is no pixel hunting.

3)Fixed the stupid meny thing.

4)Remade almost all the background art.

Responding to quotes:
Zeblin

Thanks alot but this one with the game I have on my disk is very different
About your offer for proofreading, I accept. Let me know if you are still interested. About that flashing arrow I kinda fixed it.

TheCheese33

First, not that I 'm insulting you but from your post it seems that you were skipping all the dialogs.

CosmoQueen

since you beta-tested the game I am wondring you want a part of the glory?
Which means would you like your name at the beta testers part of the credits?

CosmoQueen · Sat 03/02/2007 04:01:18

Hey thanks I would totally appreciate that!

I can't wait to see the finished product! I'm sure it'll be great.

Dualnames · Sat 03/02/2007 04:24:25

Quote from: CosmoQueen on Sat 03/02/2007 04:01:18
Hey thanks I would totally appreciate that!

I can't wait to see the finished product! I'm sure it'll be great.

You've been so kind to me. Thanks. Your good comments make you deserve a spot in my credits..... :'(

No just kidding beta testing my game gives you part in my credits.
I am gonna release it probably tomorrow(this is not an announcement.)
or the dayafter tomorrow. bla bla bla bla

CosmoQueen · Sat 03/02/2007 05:06:51

LOL or the day after that, or the day AFTER the day after that, ect.