The Return of Chapter 11 Studios!

[chapter11studios]

OK, so technically we never left, but our website was down for quite some time due to an extensive redesign. Now the site is back and our first adventure game, Rise of the Hidden Sun, is front and center with screenshots, character sketches, and preliminary design stuff!
http://www.chapter11studios.com

And look for lots more content in the coming weeks as well, including a new Adventure Architect column at Adventure Gamers Underground. If you haven't been to the site in a while, come on by and check it out! Oh yeah, we're also still looking for an animator to work on character walkcycles (although I may end up teaching myself the fine art of character animation if the right person doesn't come along to join the team).

Cheers!
Josh

[Privateer Puddin']

i noticed it returned the other day and had a good browse and my expectations for the game increased - i noticed the background thumbnails aren't linked to the full size images?

[chapter11studios]

i noticed the background thumbnails aren't linked to the full size images?

A minor technical glitch that we're working on... plus we have a bunch of new screenshots that we're going to feature soon too!

Actually, here's a sneak peak:
http://www.chapter11studios.com/images/screenshots/screenshot_stonehenge03.jpg

[Privateer Puddin']

that looks fantastic - you sure have a talented bunch of people working on the game - please check your PM

[Darth Mandarb]

Awesome!

I remember seeing these screenies awhile back and was wonderin' where this had gone!

Glad you're back and I look forward to the new screenies and the game!

cheers,
dm

[Squinky]

Definately looks cool...

[jannar85]

Nooooooooooo!!!!!
Lies!!!1

You abandoned us and the game!


.....hmmmmm.... actually.... you were gone, I think...

Nice screenies though

Oh, and wb

[DoorKnobHandle]

NICE screen!

How do you make them?

[jannar]

How do you make them?

Actually, he don't.

[DoorKnobHandle]

ok, i mean how do they make them!

sry for this crappy question. I know the answers: paintshop pro, adobe photoshop ...

HEY! I still use paint! [The only reason: Can't pay so much for professional tools!]

[Vel]

Now that's a pleasant thing to hear!

[chapter11studios]

How do you make them?

It's a collaborative process. I draw the layout of each screen with pencil and paper, i.e. where everything goes, what all the movable/removable objects are, spatial relationships between everything, etc., and establish the general look of each screen. Then I hand it off to one of our background artists, who takes the layout and draws a snazzier version in pencil and scans it into PhotoShop (although Paint Shop Pro works just as well for our purposes). Then, using the scanned penciled version, our colorist adds different layers of color until we get the results you see on the website.

[Flippy_D]

I'm probably being a bit unfeeling here, because I am geniunely pleased to see more details on this project, but... "Rise of the Hidden Sun"? Maybe it's just my personal taste but it seems a little kinda pseudo-mystically clichéd for a Western. More like an Indiana Jones title (but then again, there's alot of exploring and such, so the Western backdrop might be just incidental). I'm sure I'll play the game, but I was just curious as to the origins and support, gamewise, of the title.


PS: Do I get props for using the phrase pseudo-mystically clichéd?

[chapter11studios]

Maybe it's just my personal taste but it seems a little kinda pseudo-mystically clichéd for a Western. More like an Indiana Jones title (but then again, there's alot of exploring and such, so the Western backdrop might be just incidental). I'm sure I'll play the game, but I was just curious as to the origins and support, gamewise, of the title. PS: Do I get props for using the phrase pseudo-mystically clichéd?

I'll give you props for using the é character. I can never figure out how to make those. As for the title, it actually is pseudo-mystical in nature and is very much inspired by Indiana Jones et al. If you have the time and the patience, you might be interested in reading through my design journal, the first installment of which can be found here: http://www.adventuregamers.com/display.php?id=142 Somewhere around entry number three or four I mention the title for the first time and descibe how it came about. But to really get the right background you should read through at the least the first five or six installments.

-Josh

[Privateer Puddin']

ctrl alt letter éóá

[Flippy_D]

Puddin'

I'll give you props for using the é character. I can never figure out how to make those....

He used it in reply. Unless he copied and pasted, of course.

That's like that joke. You hold your arm out a little and say "my arm is killing me, I can only raise it this high", then you raise it a bit and say "yesterday I could raise it this high", raise it a bit, repeat, until you're waving your arm about all over the place and if they still haven't twigged, smack 'em in the face.

[cpage]

A while ago I noticed this on your page
http://www.chapter11studios.com/images/jake_in_color.gif
I just wanted to say I really liked the color choices for that and I was just wondering who did that?

[Privateer Puddin']

Puddin'

I'll give you props for using the é character. I can never figure out how to make those....

He used it in reply. Unless he copied and pasted, of course.

Surely he copied and pasted as he says "I can never figure out how to make those"

[Las Naranjas]

Maybe custard, you should accept Flippy educat-ional experience.

[Flippy_D]

I sense hositility.

I just meant that he might have been being a bit snide in reply for a laugh, is all.