The Darksiders (Changed screenshots)

Cluey · Mon 16/02/2004 12:45:49

Tis a game about death. I.E you die right at the start. You play the unfortunate role of D.I (Detective Inspector) Idalo, who, in his wisdom, gets shot and goes to the netherworld, only when he gets there he sees it's more than just fire and brimstone.
I'd like to thank Proskrito for his great SCUMM templates that make my job (graphics,coding,story, the lot) a LOT easier.
I actually have something to show for it too!!

Office, (lamp needs redoing, looks crap with resize)

Inconspicuous murders await!
All post below may seem irrelevant now!

EDIT: Put up some different pics as I couldnt find the old ones.
EDIT2: The Idalo sprite looks crap, Im working on a new one which you can see later on in the thread:P
Or now:

I also redid the office and corridoors to fit him, but thats for later:P

AGA · Mon 16/02/2004 13:07:42

Seems pretty cool. And any game with swearing in is bound to be good

I take it from the scouser and DI references that you're a Brit, and that the game's characters will be too?

Layabout · Mon 16/02/2004 14:43:25

Wow, this looks great. And I like the direction the plot is going!

Please finish this.

Cluey · Mon 16/02/2004 17:02:19

Well,
I am british, the characters will be British.
But Im not the best a programming, so I'll have to get my mate to help out. but the SCUMM template's helped alot and it looks good.

Lazy Z · Mon 16/02/2004 17:10:14

I really like your are style, and the story sounds very interesting too. Could you perhaps reveal a little more about it?

Cluey · Mon 16/02/2004 20:12:54

Well, without revealing too much, after you die, you go to the netherworld and immediatly begin setting out to try and find out who killed you and why (when you get knocked out you dont usually remember what happened, dying is most likely similar), only discovering that your death was much more than just murder.

As to finishing it quickly, unless I get some help, this will be some time in the works.

P.S Aga, you might be pleased to know that the police chief is going to be a welsh hippy (dont ask).

Tarison · Tue 17/02/2004 06:03:23

This idea interests me, if only because I have a similar, yet different thing in mind.

Cluey · Tue 17/02/2004 15:07:41

In what way?

Cluey · Wed 18/02/2004 20:52:18

*And again...
Anyone wondering who Virgin is, throw a stone, chances are you'll hit something they have ownership rights to.

I dont know the rules on double posting here, but none of my edits were showing up.

Kal-El · Wed 18/02/2004 21:18:54

Hey, this game looks great pal! I love the original-looking graphics. You certainly have a sleek design taste!

Keep up the great work!

Your pal, Daz.

evilspacefart · Thu 19/02/2004 07:03:40

I like detective games with a twist! keep up the good work.

Cluey · Thu 19/02/2004 15:36:31

Erm, the graphical style is like that in Day of The Tentacle, I just applied my own twist to it.
Thanks for all your support!

P.S: I just noticed i spelt "to" wrong on the last screen, it was late, I was tired etc.

Aten · Thu 19/02/2004 20:43:45

Hey,

Im a friend of chris' this game looks great m8, must say thought it really is like indy 4 and the monkey islands. But nice looking graphics I just hope that the game play is just as good.

And dont forget conquer :p

Anyways good luck with it, there just aint enough point and click adventures anymore, especially British ones. WE ROCK. HAHAHA italy we beat you bad.

Dan

Cluey · Fri 20/02/2004 12:33:37

Well, im getting my mate Tim (who's been playing adventure games for a long time) to help me think of some deviously nasty puzzles.

The chances of this, a two man project being as good as any of the games it got it's heritage from is next to none, you can't beat the good ol' Lucasarts games.

Cluey · Thu 25/03/2004 20:40:41

Phew, it's been a while, and almost no progress made, I'm thinking of not using Proskrito's SCUMM template, as I'm not sure how to get the Open, Close, Give etc functions working.
The only real progress I've made is finished all the main chara sprites and a new background.

Cluey · Fri 09/07/2004 20:15:54

Well here I am, on the Darksiders yet again, done a new avatar from my new <dead> chara which gives you a small idea of what he'll look like (just change a few things, like skin/jacket colour and you've got it)
I'm not gonna post up ever new BG I do, but I have done one more which is just the second part of that corridor.

Cluey · Sat 10/07/2004 12:01:20

Sorry, daily transfer limit, is 5mb, and Im using my host for much more than The Darksiders, if something doesn't show up try again later...

Cluey · Sun 11/07/2004 19:14:26

Anyone got an idea where I can get a better Image host,
Im actually thinking of taking the old screens down here as they are now irrelavent...
I have done, but fear not, I'm having an entire Ripway account set aside for DS screenies, so It shouldn't be too much of a prob, hopefully....

Pet Terry · Sun 11/07/2004 21:22:38

This looks and sounds pretty damn intresting. Keep it up, I'll be waiting for the full game.

Cluey · Mon 12/07/2004 15:48:09

you may be waiting for a while, I wanna get a few graphics out of the way before I start <shudder>programming<endshudder> the game, I've said before Im not the best at programming, so I'll get some help off a few friends with "THAT" part!

The Darksiders (Changed screenshots)

Aten