JACK..... a journey into the Ripper murders!

Slasher · Mon 25/08/2014 16:26:39

Running title:

JACK.....
Starring Charles Davenport

An investigative delve into the Ripper murders during 1888.

A mix of fact and fiction make this game one to play.

If you love dark, atmospheric games you'll love this.

You are Charles Davenport investigator of the truth.

After the 5th Ripper murder the police chief calls on your services to help capture the murderer they call the Ripper!

Can you find clues that the police have missed?

Discover a link between all the murdered victims that leads you to the real homicidal killer.

But can you catch him?

Look out for the twist at the end....

Will you catch JACK?

Be very very afraid of the dark....................

Waiting for a background artist to help. Meanwhile I am showing some shots and game mechanics to compensate.

This game is well into production...

16 color
800 x 600
DirectDraw

Please ignore any typos at this stage

Game Progress: 7%

Looking for helpers to help with this project.

slasher

ArgyBoi · Mon 25/08/2014 19:06:59

Wow slasher, you're making games at a furious rate!

Darth Mandarb · Mon 25/08/2014 20:08:21

Quote from: JuaniT on Mon 25/08/2014 19:06:59OFFTOPIC: What happened with Desecration?

No. Please stay on topic. Send off-topic stuff in PMs.

Quote from: slasher on Mon 25/08/2014 16:26:39Mod: Only one screen shot of game as waiting for a background artist to help. Meanwhile I am showing some game mechanics to compensate. I will upload more background shots as soon as I have them. This game is well into production...

I'm going to let it slide this time (given your history and the other material you've provided) but, for future reference, please wait to post until you have the necessary two screenshots.

Grim · Mon 25/08/2014 20:46:21

They all look guilty as fuck to me.

You know, all these years being a horror fan, I never got to know who Jack The Ripper REALLY was.

Perhaps I ought to, when this game is made;)

Slasher · Tue 26/08/2014 14:31:34

A video introduction for JACK... (made on an old pc)
[embed=700,450]http://youtu.be/LQdp7D5bZmU[/embed]

Will be updating first post with more screenshots very soon Darth

Frodo · Wed 27/08/2014 12:45:37

Love those screenshots

Now I wanna catch the Ripper

Slasher · Thu 28/08/2014 09:51:01

Thank you Frodo,

backgrounds are currently being redrawn, so new, improved backgrounds will be shown soon.

NEW: Charles Davenport now has an extra available sense: 'Smell' to sniff out more clues to aid catching the brutal slasher

Keep watching...and beware of JACK

Over 16's only!

Slasher · Fri 05/09/2014 08:48:01

Updates:

New: 'go-to' location (background holding)

This game now comes in two modes: Normal play mode or 'Guess who JACK is' mode:
This is where you draw a grid and try to see if you can guess who the murderer (JACK) is
(this gives you, the player, the opportunity to get more involved as a 'whodunit?').

Progress: Much of the back-end scripting is done.
Overall progress: 8%

Still waiting on Background artists to confirm if jumping on board this crazy train.....

Yours
Jack The Ripper

Dadalus · Sun 07/09/2014 16:24:23

Has this already been solved?

Newspaper Article

Slasher · Tue 09/09/2014 06:46:21

Quote from: Dadalus on Sun 07/09/2014 16:24:23
Has this already been solved?

Newspaper Article

Could be.... but this is 1888 and anything goes

'Catch me if you can.'
Jack the Ripper

Slasher · Wed 10/09/2014 19:12:39

JACK

New screenshot in production (UPDATED Sept 11th).

The 'Sniff' Mode in use:

Progress: On schedule.

All are welcome to join in on the hunt for JACK..

Slasher · Mon 15/09/2014 21:02:39

Hi,

game progressing nicely but in real need of male voices to fill the parts of the suspects.. Come on guys, PM me

New Scene: The Beachcombers' Hut

Jack..............

Slasher · Thu 18/09/2014 20:27:24

Charles Davenport visiting the Police Station in his quest to apprehend Jack:

Progress: On schedule

Thanks to all those offering their voices. More always wanted.

Slasher · Sat 04/10/2014 08:31:27

Screenshots in production.

Charles checking over The Ripper victims murder scenes for clues to The Rippers' identity:

Still plenty of voices required for suspects and others......Please PM.

Game progress: 40%

On schedule.

Frodo · Sat 04/10/2014 22:53:04

Love that gritty art style

Slasher · Sat 18/10/2014 08:14:34

After a disastrous start with Win7 JACK is now back on course.

JACK

SilverSpook · Tue 21/10/2014 04:49:32

Spot-on art style there! And like the innovative extra-detectiv-ish game design conceits like the suspect book, et. al.

I raise my absinthe to you, sir!

Slasher · Mon 27/10/2014 07:54:04

New screenshot in production

Charles investigating in Drury Lane in his search for JACK:

Game progress: 80%

ChestPecRespect · Wed 29/10/2014 16:28:29

Looks good and I am going to play this but I just had to say people might get offended with you using the actual autopsy photos.
You think you should do pixel art versions instead?

edit: *autopsy => crime scene

Slasher · Wed 29/10/2014 17:27:51

Hi ChestPecRespect,

QuoteLooks good and I am going to play this but I just had to say people might get offended with you using the actual autopsy photos.
You think you should do pixel art versions instead?

Why should they get offended and why should I not use actual photos? I could pixel art them, but why?

Are you offended?

Chicky · Wed 29/10/2014 18:47:53

I think ChestPecRespect's point is based on the assumption that most players don't want to look at photos of dead people!

That said, it looks like you have a very complex game here Slasher, I love the whodunit idea and the attention to historical details really make the project stand out.

Maybe the deceased could be represented by a gravestone with the victims name and date of birth/death engraved?

ChestPecRespect · Thu 30/10/2014 02:42:20

Not offended by it exactly and I've seen worse but it is kind of haunting to be seeing actual photos of dead people when you just wanna play a game.
And this is probably pushing it but those victims had families (they're probably someone's great, great, great, great..) and it's kind of disrespectful to be using their faces like that. Only my 2 cents.

Fitz · Thu 30/10/2014 05:42:49

As haunting as these images might be, it's a game about Jack the Ripper. Not exactly a rom-com -- so I see no reason to sugar-coat it, either. Plus, Slasher didn't pull these photos off of some snuff database on Darknet or TOR, post-mortem pics of the victims are on Wikipedia for everyone to see. Hell, I've seen evening news show worse. Do I need to see pictures of a reporter or social worker about to be butchered by a religious fanatic whenever my homepage pops up? While I'm eating?! No, thank you. So whom do I sue?

Slasher · Thu 13/11/2014 12:07:38

Here is a video of Charles investigating Lord Busby about a card of his found at the murder scene of Mary Ann Nichols:
(Voices not included with this video)

[embed=700,450]http://youtu.be/SUWtZJrrOiI[/embed]

Game progress 90%

On Schedule

Thanks to all those helping produce this game

Cassiebsg · Thu 13/11/2014 16:22:18

This video is private.

Slasher · Thu 13/11/2014 17:54:38

Oooops

should be public now..............

cheers

Cassiebsg · Thu 13/11/2014 18:40:17

Looking great! Love the nose!

Keep up the great work.

Slasher · Sun 16/11/2014 10:29:13

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Thu 13/11/2014 18:40:17
Looking great! Love the nose!
Keep up the great work.

Another sense mode for sniffing out clues

Game progress: The hunt for JACK is almost over... can you identify JACK and then catch JACK?

More Ripper suspect male voices required.. urgently....

Mandle · Sun 16/11/2014 12:16:04

Just watched the video and I must say that I'm way too excited to play this game than I can even manage to type rig...

Slasher · Wed 26/11/2014 08:55:32

JACK is now in the process of being tested.

* Still could do with some male voices.

Police chief
Suspects

Slasher · Sun 15/05/2016 19:08:44

JACK (the Ripper) voiced version is almost completed (after a year!).

Expect release in June