MadBlock---NEW SCREENSHOT---

Shawnathan · Sat 27/12/2003 08:56:39

This is my first game, it's called MadBlock. You are "Chet Newport". Your 1971 RV Stalls in a creepy neighborhood in Anywhere, West Virginia. You look around in the almost abandoned block for some one to help you fix your RV but all you find are flesh eating zombies running about!

You basicly solve puzzles while chopping up zombies with a self-modified weed eater.( Chainsaws are too origial lol.)

here's a screen shot of inside Chet's RV (hopfully I posted the screenshot OK.)

Shawnathan · Sat 27/12/2003 09:03:10

oh yea, I'm new at drawing on the computer(I usually sketch on paper.) If there's anything I screwed up on give me a few pointers, thanx.

(COOL! I used the post screen shot correctly!)

evilspacefart · Sat 27/12/2003 12:14:12

good luck on your game.

Alexis Vale · Sat 27/12/2003 14:54:14

This is really cool. At some points the perspective seems a bit off, but you'll have t ask DarthMandarb about that. The coloring is really nice. The shading is good, but what about the other curtain and the shelf? So...when might this game be done? This background has me excited.

Ishmael · Sat 27/12/2003 15:25:16

hey, get this game done, ok?

Harvester · Sat 27/12/2003 20:21:01

The idea sounds decent enough (I LOVE flesh-eating zombies!). Don't screw it up, y'hear?

Shawnathan · Sun 28/12/2003 02:07:19

Thanks for the pointers, yea, my perspective is a little off! I'll have to pay more attention to that. Flesh eating zombies ARE the best!

here's the character names that will be in the game

Chet- Main character- high school drop out who is traveling to his new job in Florida.

Harry- Crazy Veitnam veteran who thinks the zombies are Vietnamese soldiers that are after him.

Cheyrl- just your normal, everyday chick in the neighborhood who unwittingly broke a seal causeing the dead to walk and eat pedestrians.

Lloyd- Zombie who doesn't eat the living, but eats the DEAD!

Here's a couple more backrounds (I SHOULD have a demo up in a few days.)

piraatlife4me · Sun 28/12/2003 02:24:56

This is going to be awesome!!!
I love it already! An Adventure game with zombies and chainsaws has got to be good. And I am also diggin on the art style! Please keep me posted!

Darth Mandarb · Sun 28/12/2003 05:06:55

This looks pretty cool!

The only real problem I have with the perspective (on the RV interior shot) is the shelf. The window looks like it's off ... but I don't think it is. I think the shelf makes it look like the window is outta perspective.

Just fix the angle of the shelf and I think it'll be on!

DEMO DEMO DEMO

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Shawnathan · Sun 28/12/2003 15:27:40

Thanks for the help, i'll fix it, I'll have a Demo up in about 2 days, but it will be short though.

Shawnathan · Mon 05/01/2004 02:57:21

Here is a new Screen shot of Madblock, a demo should be out in about 24 hours.

ScottDoom · Mon 05/01/2004 03:41:06

That looks pretty good, but I think it'd be better if you manually shaded instead of using a lighting effect. It's almost as bad as a l3n5 fl4r3!!!!11oen

If you're too lazy to manually shade, at least use a gradient over it on a higher layer, and then lower the opacity. That's how I shade sometimes.

Jockstrap · Fri 23/01/2004 13:49:36

What happened to the demo being released in 24 hours? You said that on the 5th of January. I want my Zombies! Now! NOW! NOW! NOW! NOW! NOW!

- hey that reminds me of that song from the Simpons: "I wanna go to mount splashmore, take me take me take me take me now, NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!!!" .....sorry everyone....

Sam. · Fri 23/01/2004 17:11:04

looks cool! do you have a different way of measuing hours or something? what is l3n5 fl4r3!!!!11oen i have heard it tossed around and the meaning has always illuded me

ScottDoom · Sat 24/01/2004 00:16:06

A " l3n5 fl4r3!!!!11oen" is a lens flare, or a rendering of a light that most "advanced" image editors can render. New artists usually use them to render suns, or other light sources.

It looks something like this:

Shawnathan · Tue 10/02/2004 17:54:35

Hey! Sorry about the demo. I, truthfully, did'nt think anyone cared for the game. A few people did'nt care for the lighting effect I put in the game, and I have a BIG problem...I can't take off the lightening effect. I have already savethe rooms with the effect, so I kinda gave up on it. I'm also having trouble on how to make "MadBlock" a half puzzle and half arcade. I don't think AGS can do that. Or can it

If there is a way, can someone tell me?

I can have demo up in a little while if you don't mind the lighting effect. But I can't put any Zombies in it for now because I don't know how to insert a arcade game with a puzzle game. Sorry.

I will continue to work on it though.

Here's a new background, im still new here so give me some pointers if it does'nt look right! Thanx!

Squinky · Tue 10/02/2004 18:05:51

You can make arcade/adventure in ags. It's not too hard really. It just depends on how much work you wanna do and what your really trying to achieve in the first place. But, if your new to scripting, I'd say go with straight adventure, people round here ussaully like that better anyway..

M · Tue 10/02/2004 19:13:20

Quote from: Squinky on Tue 10/02/2004 18:05:51
I'd say go with straight adventure, people round here ussaully like that better anyway..

says the guy who won an AGS Award for his shooter game

Game's looking good by the way. Looking forward to the finished thing.

Shawnathan · Wed 11/02/2004 01:20:12

Sorry man, im going to have to stall on this one. Until I can figure out how to combine arcade into puzzle, this one isn't coming out anytime soon. I'm just going to make some simple games. As soon as I get more practice on AGS, i'll continue MadBlock.

Snake n' Bake · Wed 11/02/2004 03:27:47

How the fuck'd I miss this one??

Man, lately AGS Land has turned into ZOMBIEVILLE@@!
I"m loving all these zombie games coming out! Makes me wanna work on Evil Night...
This isn't gonna slap the cat's ass, it's gonna drill the cat's ass!
I love it! You're graphics are good and the story sounds good.

Finish it NOW, Assnut!

--Snake

MadBlock---NEW SCREENSHOT---

Snake n' Bake