Terminal

DalePen · Sun 21/08/2011 16:15:12

Hi everyone,
I am new to AGS and this is my first time posting in the forums so I just wanted to say hello to everyone!
Okay I am currently working on my first game "Terminal" and even though it is still quite a way of completion I thought I
would post some screenshots and info about the game up.

The Story:
The game is set in the United Kingdom in London. Two scientists called Paul & Jan have been developing the worlds first
AI "ZX-1200" and after five years working on the project they are finally near completion and about to switch ZX-1200
on for the first time.
ZX-1200s systems begin powering up but when he wakes up Paul and Jan are nowhere to be found.In fact nobody anywhere is to be found and London is completely deserted! It is now up to ZX to try and find out what happened and why all the humans have disappeared.

Screenshots:

Story 100%
Scripting 40%
Graphics 50%
Sound/Music 40%
Animations 30%

Tabata · Sun 21/08/2011 16:29:31

What a cool first post and what a lovely robo!

Looking forward to your game to play it â€" Good luck with your project!

Zenger · Sun 21/08/2011 21:11:16

Hi DalePen,

Welcome!!!

Your project sounds very interesting and it looks fantastic

, looking forward to seeing more

Regards

Guybrush Nosehair · Sun 21/08/2011 21:16:01

I'm usually completely against the use of photographs as backgrounds in AGS games, but you've somehow managed to do so REALLY well. It totally creates a great atmosphere! This project sounds really exciting, and I'll be sure to follow the progress.

Dualnames · Sun 21/08/2011 23:44:10

Quote from: grim107 on Sun 21/08/2011 21:16:01
I'm usually completely against the use of photographs as backgrounds in AGS games, but you've somehow managed to do so REALLY well. It totally creates a great atmosphere! This project sounds really exciting, and I'll be sure to follow the progress.

Grim107 couldn't have said it better. I was about to go "meh", but this is really interesting. Looking forward to something playable.

DalePen · Mon 22/08/2011 00:13:41

Quote from: grim107 on Sun 21/08/2011 21:16:01
I'm usually completely against the use of photographs as backgrounds in AGS games, but you've somehow managed to do so REALLY well. It totally creates a great atmosphere! This project sounds really exciting, and I'll be sure to follow the progress.

Thanks a lot for the feedback, I appreciate it. Yeah I was actually against using photographs myself at first because I thought characters and objects etc would just stand out way too much and it would just look kinda fake and ruin the atmosphere. So I spent around 2 months through trial and error trying to make the photos look more game like and add to the atmosphere rather than take away from it. I'm really trying to give the game a movie feel especially with the music and sound effects that im working on at the moment.

Calin Leafshade · Mon 22/08/2011 00:19:44

I've been to london. There are almost no fully sentient robots there.

pmartin · Mon 22/08/2011 02:32:43

The photographs looks really great. And you managed to make them fit the game premiss perfectly. The grey colour scheme really helps creating the 'emptiness' feel without looking way too much manipulated.

Great job.

NickyNyce · Mon 22/08/2011 02:40:06

Yeah, It's got a Tommyknockers kinda feel to it.....good luck with it, steering little robots is always fun.

kconan · Mon 22/08/2011 03:12:50

Welcome to the board. Being pro-robot myself, I look forward to seeing what this turns into. Good luck!

m0ds · Tue 23/08/2011 12:19:54

Welcome. Good looking stuff. Are the backgrounds all photos, or some of it 3D renders? Couldn't quite tell with that shot from inside the cinema. I will certainly keep an eye on this.

M

DalePen · Tue 23/08/2011 14:52:47

Quote from: Mods on Tue 23/08/2011 12:19:54
Welcome. Good looking stuff. Are the backgrounds all photos, or some of it 3D renders? Couldn't quite tell with that shot from inside the cinema. I will certainly keep an eye on this.

M

Hi and thanks, they are actually a mixture of both, I start with a basic photograph and then start adding graphics and effects to each shot so when the game is completed im aiming for it to be quite hard to tell that they where originally photos and hopefully give it a kinda unique feel.

CaptainD · Tue 23/08/2011 14:59:06

Looking good!

I was just wondering if the robot's name referenced anything in particular - obviously "ZX" is the CPU range of the dear old Speccy, but does the 1200 refer to anything in particular?

DalePen · Tue 23/08/2011 15:17:59

Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 23/08/2011 14:59:06
Looking good!

I was just wondering if the robot's name referenced anything in particular - obviously "ZX" is the CPU range of the dear old Speccy, but does the 1200 refer to anything in particular?

Well your right! the ZX is the old Speccy and The 1200 is the old Amiga 1200, I just mixed together the names of my 2 favorite computers when I was a kid.....shows how old I am!

CaptainD · Wed 24/08/2011 00:19:45

Ah, I forgot the Amiga 1200... should've realised! :

Remember:
- Being old enough to have owned a 16-bit computer does not make you old
- Being old enough to have owned an 8-bit computer does not make you old
- Having owned a ZX81 when you were a kid does not make you old!

Just for fun, you should include a mini-game based on 3D Monster Maze!

Terminal

m0ds