19/05/2011 News:new pics...trailer soon..
Thanks all of you
Overcast
(http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7963/nethan2.jpg)
3 steps away is a horror adventure game with high quality graphics and a touchy story. I can't really give a finishing date yet since there is still quite a lot of work to be done and we are all doing it in our spare time. Thank you very much.
Overcast are: Spinnos Manolis (basic member) ( writer ), also 3d modeling, cut scene making, music composing, 3d animation
Giamaios Marinos (basic member) ( lead 3d modeler ) also 3d animation, cut scene making
...and some other friends that they help us with music composing and great ideas for the game
(thanks all of them)
3 Steps Away Storyline:
Our hero Nathan has a serious accident with his car.H e is getting better after 3 weeks in coma and he decide to get some vacations on an island. He's father island after 20 years. ...someone has a job to finish...they was waiting for him a lot ...
3 Steps Away - Work In Progress
- graphics ...
- puzzles ...
- scripting ...
- music/sound ...
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9336/3swoods.png)
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5894/nv4pic.jpg) New pic from the game
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5834/awfuq.jpg)
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/8905/sdae.jpg)
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2450/333333333333f.jpg)
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1593/24193824.jpg) old Nathan model
(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1434/37449062.jpg) new Nathan model
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/6288/amanda111.jpg) Amanda
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7756/amanda112.jpg)
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7706/68040571.jpg)
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/1944/49170878.jpg) Nathan
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9715/woodsscene2.png)
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2907/nekrotafeio21.jpg)
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3796/hwp1.jpg)
(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5315/68299842.jpg)
(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4048/welwl.jpg)
Please review the forum rules and PM me when you're ready to update this thread!
Thanks!
Update is coming ... please do not comment on the rules!
manos461 - I appreciate the effort ... however, that screenshot is not "in game" it is a menu screen! I'm not going to re-lock the thread but, please, update with at least 2 "in game" screenshots (showing backgrounds, guis, characters, cursors, things like that!) Thanks.
Many thanks! Good luck with the game.
Looks pretty cool. But you might want to change the character around as he is almost exactly the default Poser guy.
Looks Great!! Like Darth said, Good Luck with the Game. :)
Wow.
I really hope this doesn't become vapourware like most games like this.
Good luck with the game!
About the hero of the game Nathan..somebody said that its almost like the default guy from the Poser...only the clothes are the same if you take a better look..maybe latter we gonna make some changes (and this part its very easy) but i don't think that is so important.i like those clothes anyway.
Thanks all of you!!!
It is so important for us to see that you like our work!
I promise you that we will give our best to finish this game soon.
Thanks again for your love!
It looks promising ! Nice use of 3d rendering :)
This looks very professional!! And the atmosphere sounds intriguing..
Thanks.Your comments are useful. We need to know what do you think about the game.
It's very hard to say anything about a game, before there was something playable. The graphics look very promising, especially the new screens. This could get a graphical masterpiece, but without seeing characters in movement or having tested the interface I'm careful with my comments.
Those screen shots look very professional and cool but I would change the main character.
It looks like he has breasts, and I only saw something like that to work on Fight Club and it was a secondary character!
Btw Mano welcome to AGS, and as i've seen you're greek and probably supporting AEK (nekrotafeio21?)
Quote from: miguel on Sun 21/06/2009 00:51:15
Those screen shots look very professional and cool but I would change the main character.
It looks like he has breasts, and I only saw something like that to work on Fight Club and it was a secondary character!
What do you have against breasts, Miguel? This is a hero of an adventure game not a skinny fashion model.
Against...Breasts? Me?
Those are just muscles, never seen a bodybuilder or similar (not saying that this character is a body builder, just that you can see those things pretty clear there). Though, as somebody also suggested, a bit more chlothes to give character would be a good thing.
I like the graphics, have a kind of early 3d arts look to them, but not that bad, those exteriors of the beach are really nice. But the thing that bothers me are those planks inside the shed, the texture obviously repeats on each plank, just isn't on the level with other backgrounds.
** cough cough ** this is not the critics lounge guys! If he needs/wants help with the graphics he can post in there!
soon we will have some new pics..menu icons...changes of Nathan and some news about the music and the sound track of the game
Thanks to every one!
I think the graphics are very spectacular! This guy's boobs don't bother me in the slightest:) Although he could do with a but more character- so far he looks like a typical tough guy who's more capable of beating someone up than solving puzzles:) I could not identify myself with this Arnie type of guy, really. Also, pay attention to the story. This sounds dangerously like Silent Hill 2(and I say this knowing that my game gets compared to it a lot as well)- a man receives a letter from his dead wife saying that "she sees that place in her restless dreams..." you know the rest. Don't make the same mistake, mate!
Hi Grim reaper,
you have to be sure that this game has nothing to do with sillent hill.I have only wright a very brief story and maybe you are right many people gonna compare it with other games.
''3 steps away'' its something different from the others.i wrote a whole mythology for the game called ''souls of the planet'' and also has to do with good and bad spirits and no zompies .
I will update soon the page with the more things about the story.
Thanks a lot
Thank you all because with every comment you make we try to correct the mistakes and do better this game but also to solve some wrong conclusions that you have to get an accurate picture of the game.
Thanks again everyone!
Quote from: manos461 on Thu 25/06/2009 23:03:07
Hi Grim reaper,
you have to be sure that this game has nothing to do with sillent hill.I have only wright a very brief story and maybe you are right many people gonna compare it with other games.
''3 steps away'' its something different from the others.i wrote a whole mythology for the game called ''souls of the planet'' and also has to do with good and bad spirits and no zompies .
I will update soon the page with the more things about the story.
Thanks a lot
Fair enough:) The title itself is very good- "3 Steps Away" sounds very interesting and promising. Just make sure you don't overdo on the whole "mythology factor", the way Graham Masterton often does. Don't get into "800 years ago this was an ancient burial ground, so of course it's haunted" thing, that would be me advice to you. Sometimes saying less, is more, especially in the horror genre. You don't always have to explain everything. Also, it wouldn't be a bad idea to get inspiration from Silent Hill, just have to be careful not to rip off the letter from behind the grave thing, because in my opinion no one can beat that particular letter I mentioned in my earlier post...:)
Good luck!
Thanks a lot about your advice Grim
i preciate!
we have a new member in the team.Adrei is the main composer.
Quote from: manos461 on Sat 27/06/2009 18:04:20
we have a new member in the team.Adrei is the main composer.
Haha! Thank you, ummm, but my name is Andrei not Adrei :D
No worries. I just hope you guys will like how the music blends into the game.
I'm always up for horror games, and this one looks very good. The story sounds interesting so far- reading the summary I want to know more. Of course it's very difficult not to fall back on cliches in these kinds of games, but as long as you keep the story somewhat logical and still suspenseful I'm sure I will like it.
Hope you'll finish it, and soon!
i tried to make a nice scenario but i think the best part of the game it's the end...if you combine different parts of the game you will see that it's very smart the end.
friends of mine they like it a lot.
i will put some thinks about the scenario tonight but not much..
thanks a lot everyone!
This looks pretty interesting. I'll be keeping an eye on this. :)
News about the game..
we start to make a small adventure game maybe a small trilogy...but now we trying to make something better..we try to make a normal horror adv game.that means we have to make a lot of changes.we keep up the good work.we promise you that you will see a nice atmoshere and a unique End.
We are just people that love adventure games!
Thanks a lot and have a nice summer!
overcast
News:
A lot of changes for "3 steps away" the last days. We deside to change the game from 3rd person to first person adventure. We want to make it as realistic as we can. Make it 1st person mean that we have to change all the cameras from the begining and a lot of details to scenario but keeping the main scenario. We already start the make over of the game making it more detailed and with better atmosphere. We try to make something realy good and this is the reason for the changes we made. ...more news soon...
Thanks all of you
Overcast
great news
carry on ;D
Go Greek Team go!!
Oh wow... I'm speechless. ;D
News and new Pics
Somethings up with Nathan's hair, but on the other hand the new backgrounds look awesome.
thanks a lot anian!
Great update on this. I see great atmosphere coming up! Is the game freeware? Also, are there gonna be any action sequences?
Quote from: Grim on Fri 26/06/2009 08:08:34
--Just make sure you don't overdo on the whole "mythology factor", the way Graham Masterton often does. Don't get into "800 years ago this was an ancient burial ground, so of course it's haunted" thing, that would be me advice to you. Sometimes saying less, is more, especially in the horror genre. You don't always have to explain everything. Also, it wouldn't be a bad idea to get inspiration from Silent Hill, just have to be careful not to rip off the letter from behind the grave thing, because in my opinion no one can beat that particular letter I mentioned in my earlier post...:)
Good luck!
It's funny that you mentioned old burial grounds and Silent Hill, because in an official Silent Hill magazine it was mentioned in an interview with the creators that Silent Hill was built on an "ancient red Indian burial ground" :P
But yeah that bit was never actually mentioned in any of the games.
This game looks great, keep up the good work!
Ooh, this looks so spooky. ;D
I love that church, and the well & rocks - so much texture!
I'm really looking forward to this. :D
He has my name and hair!
New shots look awesome!
Dear Dualnames,
we are trying to make a full adventure game so maybe it's not gonna be free, but don't worry about the cost
it's not gonna be expensive.We will fix a price that everyone can pay. The only reason is that we have to pay some programs that we use and some gameboxes we want to make for the this and maybe some new pc's to help us to make our work faster.But nothing is for sure we have to talk again and again all the members about that.
Now about the action sequence. The in game thing is clear adventure but there are action cut scenes that complete every big pazl..for example ....if you try to escape from something you have to solve some pazls or to find a some items,when everything it's done there is a nice cut scene that complete tha part or the chapter.
Personally i think that way it's very cool. i hope to like it..i am waiting for your opinion...
Hi Chicky, or i must say hi Nathan???!!! haha..So that game it's for you man..
Hi again we are back we will put some pics with Nathan in action..
We just want to know what do you expect from this game???
what do you thing about it when you look at the pictures???
Personally I'm thinking why is he running around in super-tight boxers?
I can hardly believe the excellent quality :o
- and I would like to shudder with (new) Nathan together very much (a really crisp little guy ;D)!
How far is your progress with this game?
Will you make a trailer?
The BGs are pretty good you definitely know your way around in vue. I'd be interested to see how the character sprites will fit in there. You should at least render them in vue too - it looks so much better than the poser render.
Glad to see this game is still alive! See there's a ship in the game and title screen (ghost ship?), will there be any pirates?
Quote from: Tabata on Sun 20/03/2011 21:36:50
I can hardly believe the excellent quality :o
- and I would like to shudder with (new) Nathan together very much (a really crisp little guy ;D)!
How far is your progress with this game?
Will you make a trailer?
Thanks a lot Tabata! we are trying to make a good adventure.
Our progress is
Scenario : 100%
Graphics : 20%
Music : 35%
Animation : 20%
Pazzles : 25%
But now we have more spare time so i thing so everything will work faster .The problem was that we change some of the programs that we use before.
Quote from: mode7 on Mon 21/03/2011 11:15:05
The BGs are pretty good you definitely know your way around in vue. I'd be interested to see how the character sprites will fit in there. You should at least render them in vue too - it looks so much better than the poser render.
Hi Mode 7,as far ican see you know a lot about 3d programms.The character sprite is a problem realy,and i thing so it will be better to make the redering with veu.We will see
.We will be in touch because we need persons like you for help.Thanks a lot again.
Quote from: Tabata on Sun 20/03/2011 21:36:50
I can hardly believe the excellent quality :o
- and I would like to shudder with (new) Nathan together very much (a really crisp little guy ;D)!
How far is your progress with this game?
Will you make a trailer?
You asked me about a trailer.Yes i am working on it.I will post one in a month about.
edit by darth - combined
triple post. Please don't double/triple post.
Check out the Models..I hope you like them..
These new pictures are fabulous - I am really jealous about your drawing-skills!
And because you are working on such a high level, please allow me to do a little nitpicking: ;)
Amanda's hair is coming through the cap, but regardless of this, also this new models portrait looks very impressive.
In the pic of her body you need to correct minimum one of the feet (wearing the high-heels, you can't let them both at the same time in position, like if she wears sneakers). So therefore she now won't be able to stand on the ground.
Also the new pics of Nathan look awesome to me.
In the pic of his body the only little thing, which is a bit irritating to me, are his feet. It maybe because of the (not visible) ground, but his feet seem not to stay on the ground and that gives me a feeling, like he is hanging somewhere.
I am eagerly waiting for the trailer, you promised to come up with to watch "my" Nathan in motion ;D
Hi Tabata,
i am very happy cause you like our project,
i am working with the bug of Amandas hat and today i just made the final changes with the Nathan and this is the final model. I hope that you gonna like him.I am waiting for your opinion.About the annimation of character's it's different from those poses so don't worry about it.
This looks AWESOME!!!
Now that that's done, I wish you guys the best of luck.
a new pic from the game...enjoy
Quote from: manos461 on Tue 22/03/2011 10:12:56
...You asked me about a trailer.Yes i am working on it.I will post one in a month about.
Can you define "about a month" a little more precicely, please? ;)
The pose of Nathan looks very natural to me now (http://www.smileygarden.de/smilie/Liebe/liebe2.gif)(and I am impressed of the hands you did for the characters), well done!
new pics...trailer soon...
Chicky: May I ask, after all these years, why as a male you chose Chicky as your alias?
I mean no disrespect btw, I'm simply wearing my curiosity boots today. :P
mY ALIAS IS NOT CHIKY!!!CHIKY IS ANOTHER MEBER OF AGS AND FUN OF THE GAME..MY ALIAS IS MANOS461
@ manos:
I think it was related to reply number 38 ;)
It was, hence the bold text before the question. I see where you got confused though. :)
Sparky.
So, - I hate when people start sentences with "so", but anyway- it's been a while since I posted in this thread and I'm always trying to be supportive of horror games... SO I thought I'd have a little suggestion. I just read the synopsis on the first page of the thread and.. I don't think it gives your game justice, really. There's something there, but obviously english is not your first language and until it gets released with more professional translation, it's a bit all over the place.
I tried to make it better. If you don't like it: throw it away ( more than 3 steps, far far away). You like it- use it.
This is old synopsis:
"Our hero Nathan has a serious accident with his car.H e is getting better after 3 weeks in coma and he decide to get some vacations on an island. He's father island after 20 years. ...someone has a job to finish...they was waiting for him a lot ..."
This one's mine:
"Nathan wakes from a coma, three weeks after a car accident that nearly killed him.
Soon, he fully recovers. With new-gained perspective on life he decides to spend some time with his father, on an island he chose as his home. It's been 20 years since Nathan talked to him. This might be the last chance for them to make peace with each other.
But all that time someone's been waiting for him. Someone with a job to finish... Someone...
...something."