The Inventory 13 - Special issue on independent developers

[dimidimidimi]

The 13th issue of the PDF magazine for adventure games, The Inventory, is released and is ready for download from the front page of www.justadventure.com

The 13th issue is dedicated to independent adventures and you will get the chance to read reviews of:

- The Apprentice
- The Adventures of JP & Cosmo
- Patrimonium
- Out of Order

You also get to read an article by Mark Lovegrove on cancellations and how can independent developers deal with them.

You will also get the chance to read interviews with the newly founded White Birds Productions (formed by the people who worked for Syberia) and an interview with Dreamcatcher Europe.

Feel free to add your comments/suggestions on the latest issue.

[jetxl]

yay!
Reading.

http://www.justadventure.com/TheInventory/inv13.zip    2MB

[Nacho]

Wow! JP and Cosmo adventures and the Apprentice! Downloading... Keep on the goofd work!

[big brother]

A few notes on Apprentice 2...

Contrary to what the website formerly said, we are not using the exact same GUI that the first game used. We have modified it so you can cycle through actions and a few other things. There was a tech demo up on the Critic's Lounge a while ago.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I would really like some input on these issues-

Do you think that Pib should be able to store two items per page in the item book? Would this improve the gameplay?

Do you think that Pib leans left rather oddly during his forward walking loop? Are his legs odd-looking in the side walking loop?

Thanks in advance.

[Bernie]

When I played Apprentice I, I didn't really notice anything wrong with Pib's walkcycle, it looked nice and smooth, no compaints there.
I've also played the demo with the new interface, and it really was much easier to use.
About the inventory items - it depends on how many items there are in Apprentice 2. The amount in Apprentice 1 worked fine for only two items per page.

Anyway, great magazine, lots of stuff to read, yay!