Adventure Game Studio

STORY:

The Barbarian accepts an urgent quest to battle an approaching menace.
The Robot takes a critical path to investigate a threatening phenomenon.

Two worlds collide.


FEATURES:

• Two playable characters
• Multiple multiple endings
• Pointing and clicking the old-school way (with verbs and inventory)
• Retro style graphics and audio
• Some fun

SCREENSHOTS:

(https://i.gjcdn.net/public-data/games/12/16/784016/screenshots/bvr-barbarian-unwc3sst.png)(https://i.gjcdn.net/public-data/games/12/16/784016/screenshots/bvr-robot-swttgats.png)
          The BARBARIAN and the ROBOT.

(https://i.gjcdn.net/public-data/games/12/16/784016/screenshots/bvr-screen-barbarian-jss3hrng.png)
Receive the King's orders.

(https://i.gjcdn.net/public-data/games/12/16/784016/screenshots/bvr-screen-robot-wvqikjbs.png)
Process instructions from the Supercomputer.


TEAM:

Story, writing, art .......... Tino Bensing
Writing, consulting ....... Morgan Willcock
Music ................................. Florian Stracker


PROGRESS:

Story ................ 100%
Puzzles ............ 100%
Writing ............. 100%
Scripting .......... 99,99%
Graphics .......... 100%
Music ................ 100%
Voice Acting ... 100%


Planned release: mid 2024 - early 2025

Lovely C64 palette, keep working on it!

Looks great! I immediately recognized the style of Zak Repixeled.  :-D

It's so great to see this project going well! It's been a been a burden on my conscience ever since I volunteered to help, but had to let it go due to health problems. (Though I think you were lucky to get Morgan on the team instead of me.)

Looking great! I like the idea for the story. :)

Thank you all for your kind comments.

@bicilotti - Well spotted. Some good old C64 games are a major inspiration for me.

@The Last To Know - Thanks, and you're absolutely right, Zak repixeled has had a significant impact on this game.

@heltenjon - I really appreciated your offer of help back then, and I hope you are back in good health again.
As soon as the project is ready for testing, I'd love to hear from you if you're interested.
And yes, Morgan is doing a great job and I'm very happy he's helping me.

@Rik_Vargard - Thank you.

Tino!!!!!!

Wow this is a blast from the past, can't remember when I did some testing of this game (and apologies if I was supposed to have done more  :-[ (. Glad to see you've still been working on this.

Greetings adventurers,

here is a short update.

So far all the puzzles have been worked in and the graphics are almost finished.
A few pieces of music are still missing and a few dialogues are also still being reworked – but everything is progressing very well.


PROGRESS:

Story ............ 100%
Puzzles ........ 100%
Writing ......... 92%
Scripting ...... 94%
Graphics ....... 96%
Music ............. 76%

Hello out there,

The next milestone has been reached. The game as such is finished.
Both the Barbarian and the Robot can make their way through their world.

What it needs now is a proper test phase.
I'm looking for a handful of testers - if you're interested, just send me a PM.


The statistics now look as follows:

PROGRESS:

Story ............ 100%
Puzzles ........ 100%
Writing ......... 100%
Scripting ...... 99%
Graphics ....... 99%
Music ............. 100%

Quick Update:

Maybe a little plotiure here and there, but the game is finished. Hooray!
At the moment I am working on additional things like the manual etc.

As the game is to be released with voice over, I am still looking for talented actors.
If you are intereseted please have a look at the Help Wanted Post (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/recruitment/ags-help-wanted-looking-for-voice-actors-retro-adventure-game/new/#new).

Late 2024 update:

Unfortunately, I was unable to meet my target release date at the end of 2024.

But ... now all speaking roles are cast and about 80% of all lines have already been added to the game.

I think there will be a final round of testing by the mid/end of January.
If anyone is interested, please feel free to PM me.

All in all, I'm aiming for a February 2025 release.

That said, I wish everyone a good start to the new year.


PROGRESS:

Story ................ 100%
Puzzles ............ 100%
Writing ............ 100%
Scripting .......... 99,8%
Graphics .......... 99,7%
Music ................ 100%
Voice Acting ... 80%

Hooray, it's done!

All the voice files have been edited and added to the game.

I'm starting a final test round - if you're interested, please drop me a message.
If there are no serious bugs, nothing stands in the way of a release in the next few weeks.


PROGRESS:

Story ................ 100%
Puzzles ............ 100%
Writing ............. 100%
Scripting .......... 99,9%
Graphics .......... 99,8%
Music ................ 100%
Voice Acting ... 100%

Oooh, I can't wait!  :-D

Quick News:

I'm still putting the finishing touches on the game and if nothing serious comes up, I'll release it tomorrow, Sunday the 2nd of March.
Keep your eyes peeled!


PROGRESS:

Story ................ 100%
Puzzles ............ 100%
Writing ............. 100%
Scripting .......... 99,99%
Graphics .......... 100%
Music ................ 100%
Voice Acting ... 100%

The game has been released and can be found here:

BARBARIAN vs. ROBOT (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2831/)