There are characters like me in every game genre -- characters that were going to appear in a game, but had it unexpectedly cancelled. Some of them hang around their own game, hoping that another company will complete it someday. Others spend their time hanging out in other games, which they can visit with ease. Then there are the ones like me who decide to dedicate their time to keeping this particular little genre running smoothly.
My name is Thalia James. I'm an agent of the 2D Third-Person Adventure branch of the Computer Game Maintenance Squad.
There are many agents in this part of the CGMS, and some of their assignments have turned into adventures of a scale almost as large as an actual adventure game.
And this is just one such adventure...
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After several months of preperation followed by more than a year of work, Adventure: All in the Game, the sequel to Adventure: The Inside Job, (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=1095) is almost complete. I've attempted to improve on some of the original's shortcomings: there are more puzzles, somewhat less linear gameplay and fewer overly long cutscenes. Expect to see many more familiar faces (from the previous game as well as many other classic adventures), glimpse several new ones and (hopefully) save the genre from another looming threat.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s249/Akril15/atij2a.png)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s249/Akril15/atij2b.png)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s249/Akril15/atij2c.png)
The game is pretty close to completion. I just have a few more screens to complete as well as a lot of testing. Hopefully, neither should take horribly long.
UPDATE (4-16-11): Uploaded a quick trailer here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UeNFpsgkIg)
UPDATE (5-23-11): The game is nearing completion -- once I get to the point where I can play through it all the way without stumbling over any glitches, it'll be ready for beta testing.
UPDATE (6-5-11): The game is currently being beta-tested. Here's one additional screenshot:
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s249/Akril15/screenshot4.png)
UPDATE (6-12-11): It's here! Click here to download it (112 MB)! (http://www.mediafire.com/?khuh9hxxr9cvovn)
This is fantastic. ;D
I loved your last game, so I can't wait to play this one. :D
I love how you take old backgrounds\characters, and combine them with your own, to create a completely new game. ;D
WOW ;D A title I've been looking forward to for a veery long time!
Why is the female character being called "James"? ??? :)
Maybe that's not a female character? :=
Quote from: Ouxxey_games on Mon 14/03/2011 08:56:33
Why is the female character being called "James"? ??? :)
Her name is Thalia James - James being her last name. ;)
Quote from: Frodo on Mon 14/03/2011 09:17:58
Her name is Thalia James - James being her last name. ;)
Ah OK :-)
Also, what screenshots should I believe? Screenshots (1) & (3) with really cool and original hi-res graphics, or screenshot (2) with graphics ripped off other games?
Quote from: Frodo on Sun 13/03/2011 19:21:16
This is fantastic. ;D
I loved your last game, so I can't wait to play this one. :D
I love how you take old backgrounds\characters, and combine them with your own, to create a completely new game. ;D
Thank you! I've tried to rely a little less on pre-existing backgrounds and characters for this game (mostly because I already used most of the best ones in its predecessor). It was interesting trying to come up with ways of creating characters and backgrounds just as artistically diverse as the ones from other adventure games.
Quote from: Ouxxey_games on Mon 14/03/2011 10:50:28
Quote from: Frodo on Mon 14/03/2011 09:17:58
Her name is Thalia James - James being her last name. ;)
Ah OK :-)
Also, what screenshots should I believe? Screenshots (1) & (3) with really cool and original hi-res graphics, or screenshot (2) with graphics ripped off other games?
Frodo beat me to the explanation of "James". Yes, the first and third screenshots are both original backgrounds (in fact, so is everything else in the screenshots).
The second screenshot is an interesting one. Technically, it's a background from King's Quest VII, but it's much larger than the one from KQVII, and it's not in the resource files of KQVII, but in the resource files of Torin's Passage! As for the characters, all but three of them are from other games.
Far right in the second screenshot: Is that character from Spy Fox?
Are you going to create another trailer for this game?
Quote from: Akril15I've tried to rely a little less on pre-existing backgrounds and characters for this game (mostly because I already used most of the best ones in its predecessor).
You know, classics like CMI, Torin's Passage, etc. have TONS of cool screens, so there's still plenty of material. And there are new adventures like Whispered Wor(l)d, The Next Big Thing, Kaptain Brawe and semi-adventures like Penny Arcade. Nontheless I'll be excited to see the "games" invented by you.
Glad to see you're making (and even finishing!) a sequel to Thalia's adventures, Akril.
Quote from: Cyrus on Tue 15/03/2011 18:49:41
You know, classics like CMI, Torin's Passage, etc. have TONS of cool screens, so there's still plenty of material. And there are new adventures like Whispered Wor(l)d, The Next Big Thing, Kaptain Brawe and semi-adventures like Penny Arcade. Nontheless I'll be excited to see the "games" invented by you.
The trouble is you usually need to tie each game into the plot somehow.
Quote from: tredlow on Tue 15/03/2011 16:56:58
Far right in the second screenshot: Is that character from Spy Fox?
Yes, it is -- Agent Gracefully from "Some Assembly Required", to be exact. Well spotted!
Quote from: Cyrus on Tue 15/03/2011 18:49:41
Are you going to create another trailer for this game?
Yes, I probably will.
Quote from: Cyrus on Tue 15/03/2011 18:49:41
Quote from: Akril15I've tried to rely a little less on pre-existing backgrounds and characters for this game (mostly because I already used most of the best ones in its predecessor).
You know, classics like CMI, Torin's Passage, etc. have TONS of cool screens, so there's still plenty of material. And there are new adventures like Whispered Wor(l)d, The Next Big Thing, Kaptain Brawe and semi-adventures like Penny Arcade. Nontheless I'll be excited to see the "games" invented by you.
True, there is still a lot of stuff out there. The problem is finding the kind of backgrounds and characters that would fit, since a lot of the backgrounds and characters in Thalia's games are either A) from canceled or obscure games, B) found only in a game's resource files, or C) appear very briefly in their own games. Unfortunately, I used up nearly all of the unused backgrounds in Adventure: The Inside Job, not knowing that I was going to make a sequel. :P
Quote from: Ascovel on Tue 15/03/2011 20:27:34The trouble is you usually need to tie each game into the plot somehow.
That's sometimes true, but not always. A lot of the characters in this new game are just cameos, and a lot of the backgrounds are just there to pad the game out (don't worry, though -- there aren't nearly as many "transitioning" scenes as there were in ATIJ). Still, there are a couple of pre-existing characters whose games were integrated into this game in various ways.
Are you going to use any "new" adventures like the above mentioned Next Big Thing and Kaptain Brawe, A Vampyre Story, etc.?
Quote from: Cyrus on Wed 16/03/2011 08:27:10
Are you going to use any "new" adventures like the above mentioned Next Big Thing and Kaptain Brawe, A Vampyre Story, etc.?
For the time being, I'm trying to limit my scope to older games. (Plus, I think all three of those games feature 3D characters, so they'd be a bit out of the 2D Third-Person Adventure branch's bailiwick. ;) )
Why not use some real abandoned adventures like Warcraft Adventure, Toonstruck 2 (you've used only TS1 in the first game), Curly's Adventure (http://miforum.forumcommunity.net/?t=42144945) or others?
Quote from: Cyrus on Fri 18/03/2011 11:24:05
Why not use some real abandoned adventures like Warcraft Adventure, Toonstruck 2 (you've used only TS1 in the first game), Curly's Adventure (http://miforum.forumcommunity.net/?t=42144945) or others?
Hmm...
I don't think I'm going to say anything about those games right
now (except that I've never heard of Curly's Adventure before).
Bumping this thread to advertise a quick trailer I made for the game, which I added a link to in the first post.
:o Terrific!
By the way, I think you could've used a real adventure game villain as the bad guy in your game. For example, Conroy Bumpus, Bigwig or detective Ryan O'Riley.
Cool trailer! Looks like the game will feature lots of very detailed Thalia animations.
Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been having a few personal issues that have slowed my progress down a lot. Fortunately, the game is very, very close to completion. I've just about reached the point where I'm ready to ask for a couple of beta testers to help me weed out any bugs I might have missed.
In the meantime, here's a list of just a few of the things you can expect in this game:
-A new and improved navigation system
-Dialogue trees
-Highlighting cursors -- always know when your mouse is over a hotspot
-A "Touch" cursor in the inventory window (yes, I've finally figured out how to make it work)
-Audible footsteps
-A more cohesive GUI design scheme
-An Adventure Game Expertise setting! There are lots of references to both well-known and obscure adventure games in Adventure: All in the Game. If you aren't getting most of the references, simply lower this setting and they'll be explained for you.
Ooh looks awesome!! I loved ATIJ. Let me know if you need a beta tester/proofreader.
All right, FamousAdventurer77, I'll keep you in mind! Thanks for the offer.
Don't worry, I'm a thorough tester-- not someone just psyched to play a game prior to its release. Being a gaming dork of 22+ years and a detail-oriented accountant makes for good beta skills.
The game is now complete enough for me to consider it ready for beta-testing. FamousAdventurer77 has volunteered, but if I could have a couple other people offer their help as well, that would be great. PM me if you're interested.
Okay, I think I've got enough beta testers for now. The game's pretty close to release, but there's still a lot of nitpicking that needs to be done first. In the meantime, have another screenshot.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s249/Akril15/screenshot4.png)
Well, folks...it's here.
113 MB in its compressed state and I never could get the icon to show up in WinXP, but it's here.
Download it here. (http://www.mediafire.com/?khuh9hxxr9cvovn)
Hip hip hooray!!! ;D
Yeeh, congrats on releasing this gem!
You should make a post in the Completed Games forum! You'll get more responses there ^_^
Congrats on finishing!!