Crankosaurus Prime and the Blue Crystal Pursuit V1.7: The Fangs...

MiteWiseacreLives! · Tue 02/12/2014 03:32:26

MiteWisacreLives! is pleased to reveal:

Crankosaurus Prime and the Blue Crystal Pursuit V1.7: The Fangs of Fortune

Awoken from his slumber by 3 meddling villains, Crankosaurus Prime must go on an inter-continental journey to retrieve three Blue Crystals stolen from his icy tomb. Crankosaurus will battle through using Brains and Brawn, his super-powers increasing as each Blue Crystal is retrieved! What fiendish plot are the Mad Scientist and his hench-men purposing for the Power of the Crystals...

After a year of production, not including a 6 month hiatus, the complete adventure of Crankosaurus Prime is nearly ready for release! Originally an incomplete MAGS entry, the tale now boasts:
- 11 puzzle filled levels!
- 4 epic'ish Worlds!
- Smash, Push, Special Crystal Attack, Grab and Look At anything that stands in your path!
- Make Things Implode!
- Feel clever as you outsmart your foes at every turn!
- Stomp around as a giant dinosaur!
- Eat farm animals!
- Giggle like a school girl as you enjoy the antics of the cast!
- You will no longer need to see Jurassic World!
- 640 pixels! and also 480 pixels going the other way!
- Stereotypes!
- Roaring!

A few Screen-Shots:

A tasty snack perhaps?

Old friends reunited...

Let the destruction BEGIN !

Mostly down to play-testing, bug fixes, sound effects and some fleshing out of the writing.
This will be my first complete AGS game, oh boy did I learn a lot!
Dec. 4, 2014
- Making some good progress in the sound department, can almost see the finish line

Dec. 7, 2014
- Got lots done over weekend in sound department, also figured out several bugs!
- Into play-testing stage, revealing some areas of opportunity for more interactivity.. the goal is to leave no disappointing interactions in the final release!
*rummages through piles of paper to find something worth sharing*

What is going on here

Dec. 14, 2014
- Lots of progress and refinement in past week.
- Game sent out to outside play-testers, will have to react to feedback.
- Shooting for a release date this week!
- Campaign has adopted catch phrase HOLD ON TO YOUR FOSSILS! :p

Dec. 19, 2014
Progress Report:
- graphics 100% (oh yeah!)
- puzzles 100% (do You have what it takes?)
- scripting 100% (It's got code, lots of code!)
- music/sound 100% (Noises will hit your ears!!)

Release Date: NOW!
What will you play this weekend?

Ponch · Wed 03/12/2014 15:54:08

AGS has long had a noticeable shortage of giant monster detective adventure games. It's about time somebody filled this gap. I look forward to destroying small coastal towns in my hunt for clues. I also plan to exhaust every option on the dialog tree when I question that goat. He knows something. Just look at him! He doesn't want to talk but he's going too. Giant monster detective has ways of making him talk!

CaptainD · Wed 03/12/2014 18:46:28

This looks GREAT!

But... personally, I'm against attacking sheep. Others' opinions will no doubt differ.

Hope you go for a nice 60s Japanese B movie vibe.

Also I appreciate the description of Epic-ish worlds. Too many games promise EPIC and fail to really deliver. I'm reasonably confident your claims of Epicishness will be attained.

miguel · Wed 03/12/2014 20:04:45

The title of the game is epic, the main character size is humongous and the premise of this game is extraordinary in a very particular way. I am sold.

MiteWiseacreLives! · Wed 03/12/2014 21:18:31

Quote from: Ponch on Wed 03/12/2014 15:54:08
AGS has long had a noticeable shortage of giant monster detective adventure games. It's about time somebody filled this gap. I look forward to destroying small coastal towns in my hunt for clues. I also plan to exhaust every option on the dialog tree when I question that goat. He knows something. Just look at him! He doesn't want to talk but he's going too. Giant monster detective has ways of making him talk!

Yes... This game WILL have it all...
Ummm, can anyone help me draw monocles on all my sprites?

Glad you folks are excited! Will have to bust out an extra can of shoe polish and get back to work

Ponch · Wed 03/12/2014 22:00:53

Quote from: CaptainD on Wed 03/12/2014 18:46:28
personally, I'm against attacking sheep. Others' opinions will no doubt differ.

Giant monster detective would never harm a sheep... goats on the other hand...

MiteWiseacreLives! · Thu 04/12/2014 03:46:54

ANY giant monster gumshoe worth his salt will of course quickly deduce that if he eats one of the goats and or sheep, another identical creature will spawn soon after in that very spot. It's guilt free snacking at it's best! Elementary my dear Ponchson, elementary! and neither you worry poor Captain D, for you soon will learn to love the crunchy and delicious treat that are whole sheep!!

miguel · Thu 04/12/2014 09:31:54

Ahhh yes, the good old racist prejudice: it's okay to eat a whole sheep in one bite but the goat is a different story, it's like the goat has feelings, isn't it? No?
And it's funny how people assume that the giant monster detective is a he, I bet some gender issues will arise even before the game is out!

Ponch · Thu 04/12/2014 15:15:52

Cartoon females always have long eyelashes and usually boobs, Miguel. Those are the rules, dude!

MiteWiseacreLives! · Fri 05/12/2014 03:44:16

Quote from: miguel on Thu 04/12/2014 09:31:54
And it's funny how people assume that the giant monster detective is a he, I bet some gender issues will arise even before the game is out!

No, no, no

. Only the more mature, foreword thinking, revolutionary AGS game makers cast a Female in every single game as the protagonist! Clearly I am not in these ranks. At this time, Crankosaurus Prime's gender seems to be indeterminable. For now I will have to focus on making the consumption of Sheep not so darn much fun! Then you, the player (the person pulling the trigger, I might add), might not be so reckless with their furry little lives...

Update:

Progress Report:
- graphics 97%
- puzzles 100%
- scripting 96%
- music/sound 80%
*working away at sound-effects and taking down bugs two-at-a-time

CrashPL · Fri 05/12/2014 10:19:38

Quote from: Ponch on Thu 04/12/2014 15:15:52
Cartoon females always have long eyelashes and usually boobs, Miguel. Those are the rules, dude!

Oh dear! Well, at least we got the eyelashes part right...

As for the game: awesome! The world definitely needs more dinosaur-protagonist adventure games!

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 05/12/2014 13:31:08

Two extremely important things to say : 1) Ponch is funny 2) I love the idea of this game (the scale and the scales)

MiteWiseacreLives! · Fri 05/12/2014 15:14:18

Thanks for the kind words everyone,

Quote
As for the game: awesome! The world definitely needs more dinosaur-protagonist adventure games!

I knew you would have my back, CrashPL

Dinosaurs Unite!
BTW Zniw, is going to be gorgeous. A terrific non-destructive-dinosaur alternative

Ponch · Fri 05/12/2014 16:35:46

Quote from: CrashPL on Fri 05/12/2014 10:19:38
Oh dear! Well, at least we got the eyelashes part right...

You know I'm right. How do you know a cartoon fish is a girl fish? Big eyelashes!

Zniw looks great, by the way.

Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Fri 05/12/2014 13:31:08
Two extremely important things to say : 1) Ponch is remarkably sexy 2) I love the idea of this game (the scale and the scales)

Both of those things are true. Thank you!

There's a lot of buzz in this thread, Mite. When is this game coming out? Soon, I hope! Demand is at an all time high!

miguel · Fri 05/12/2014 17:05:34

But there is something feminine about the monster sprite, I don't know but the pose hints a mother like tenderness about ~~her~~ him.

Ponch · Fri 05/12/2014 19:41:54

It's the giant green badonkadonk. It's quite mesmerizing.

MiteWiseacreLives! · Fri 05/12/2014 23:21:07

Quote from: Ponch link=topic=51355.msg636501993#msg636501993 date=
There's a lot of buzz in this thread, Mite. When is this game coming out? Soon, I hope! Demand is at an all time high!

It's close! It's very close. Down to tinkering and testing. Just give me a few more days

I'll have your money Ponch, I swear!
Also please don't treat my dinosaur like an object, so what if we're "all about that bass"

MiteWiseacreLives! · Mon 08/12/2014 07:50:13

UPDATE: Dec. 7, 2014

Progress Report:
- graphics 99%
- puzzles 100%
- scripting 97%
- music/sound 95%

- Got lots done over weekend in sound department, also figured out several bugs!
- Into play-testing stage, revealing some areas of opportunity for more interactivity.. the goal is to leave no disappointing interactions in the final release!

*rummages through piles of paper to find something worth sharing*

What is going on here

Release Date: Mid - December 2014 *I think?*

Adeel · Mon 08/12/2014 08:44:04

Great! Our very own Mr. MiteWiseacreLives! is back in the action with his Crankosaurus game. This can only mean good things!

Monsieur OUXX · Tue 09/12/2014 10:32:40

Graphics: 99.999999%