Wandering Adventures presents:
Chronicles of the Red Knight
Story:
the jester has opened the red book (good or evil?), and now tells the story of a red knight.
he needs to escape his current predicament, and fulfill his purpose.
Hallway of Adventures (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=729) is a short prequel to this game.
About:
a 320x200 2d adventure game.
this will be a very violent game, although, not much worse than games like doom1+2. however, due the the mental/psychological themes of the game, i would advise people only older than 18 to play it once its done. when the game is done i will do a re-assessment, and maybe change the age rating.
Progress: 30%
Story: 100%
Graphics: 25%
Animation: 25%
Scripting: 30%
Music: 10%
Screenies:
(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8194/screenie2za4.png)
(http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8338/screenie1dg7.png)
Ps, I'm juggling this game with two other games, so even though updates might be few, progress is being made.
OK! Mordalles is not dead! YAY!!!!!!!!
I'm proud to be the first to post in this incredible thread.
I know that you will finish it as you have finished all games you have started before (at least the announced once, cause I'm not in your mind... ;D)
This looks fantastic, the screenies are indeed great! Your art is imporving game by game, and after playing the hallway of advetures I can say that your tale telling skills are also improving greatly.
I humbly sallute you, take my hat to a guy that's been making games from the moment he steped here, in comparison to me who still can't make 1 room games, and wish you all the best.
Please do keep this thread updated, even if you don't visit the forums much.
Nikolas
thanks for the motivation and great comments, nikolas. ;D
yodaman, notice age restriction. ;)
Looks awesome, Mordy :D.
Looks really nice :) I had also liked Hallway of Adventurers, too.
Please upload some real png files instead of just renaming a bmp file to png. Those screenies are helluva slow to load.
Yeah it looks nice. But of course graphics don't mean everything in adventure games. I hope the story, playability, puzzles etc. will be as good. Good luck!
I downloaded the screenshot and it looks cool. Waht are the psychological/mental themes in the game? Why is it for 18+ anyhoo?
Quote from: yodaman11111 on Tue 20/06/2006 18:38:54
I downloaded the screenshot and it looks cool. Waht are the psychological/mental themes in the game? Why is it for 18+ anyhoo?
I imagine it has to do with whatever's blurred out in the second screenshot. ;)
Lookin' good, Mordalles! I really enjoyed Hallway of Adventures and can't wait to hear the rest of the story.
This is looking very spiffy, and the mention of "mental/psychological" themes intrigues me ^_^. Good luck, Mordalles!
thanks for the nice comments.
i can't really elaborate on the content of the game. :-X it's one of those stories where you can't reveal too much, otherwise it would ruin the whole idea of the game. :-\
having said that, i don't think the game will be too popular due to the content. :-\
i added a few sprites.
Hope that this one doesn't get deleted after its been out a while... ;)
Quote from: SSH on Wed 21/06/2006 17:24:10
Hope that this one doesn't get deleted after its been out a while... ;)
haha, no. ;D i was getting sick of mordy.
Quote from: Afflict on Thu 27/07/2006 16:04:17
Have you even seen played Mordalles's other games? shame on you, yous hould know beter...
No matter if the author of a game was the Pope himself the graphics wouldn't still effect other techincal gameplay elements.
And I didn't like The Hallway that much, for the matter*. It looked damn nice, but the playability wasn't top notch. No offence, just how I saw it.
* In this context; The game was techincally not polished, as it crashed with the push of a button. Also, the puzzles fought against my logic. As a whole, it's a good game when small detail put aside.
Quote from: Ishmael on Thu 27/07/2006 16:23:54
No matter if the author of a game was the Pope himself the graphics wouldn't still effect other techincal gameplay elements.
Is the Pope AGSholic? ;D
But seriously, Mordalles is a storytelling genius. He's not the "I'll just release something" kind of guy, so we can be sure that this game will rock. ;)
However, I wonder if there will be humour in the game, or if it will be entirely on the "dark side".
Though I generally dislike dark stuff, I'm very much looking forward to this! Keep up the good work, man! 8)
[Pop]
This post has not been edited yet!
Once it has the word [pop] will have a meaning ;D
As for the game, it still looks very nice, still want to play it (I'm one of the Mordy followers :D). Graphics isn't everything, no doubt about it. Problem solved [pop]
I'll go hide once more [pop]
This thread should be an add for those 'uneatable things' that once you pop, you can't stop
:P
Wow,
I hadn't seen this thread before but this looks like it will be an awesome game. The graphics are of an extremely high quality (not surprising, given what I've seen of Mordalles' work in various sprite jams!) and capture a perfect mood of Warcraft-style menace and grunge. The story sounds intriguing too.
I look forward to playing this game when it's finished! Best of luck Mordalles.
You didn't give us much info, Mordalles, but, at this stage, the concept looks very promising. And the screenies are pro stuff.
I've played Hallway of Adventures and I love the story-within-a-story concept... especially when each story is a completely different game. I also like the sudden jump from the surreal, â€stitched†world of Hallway to the mental/psychological themes without damaging the flow of narration.
Can't wait to play your game.
Jee whillickers, is this gonna be swell!
Wow, another great game by Mordalles ;D
Please finish it, it looks awesome!!
Can't wait to play
Another game that looks most promising.... I will definitly add to my must d/l list when it is completed. I have been around the AGS forums for quite a long time now and have finally decide to become vocal. I hope that nobody minds. I have downloaded and played a lot of AGS games and have found that mordalles projects are usually of the highest quality. This game looks no different. Also, how did you come up with 23% of the game done apposed to saying a nice round number like 25%??? lol
Thewalrus
Goo, goo, ga, joob!!!
Quote from: thewalrus on Wed 02/08/2006 16:35:39
Also, how did you come up with 23% of the game done apposed to saying a nice round number like 25%??? lol
Maybe he has 100 BGs, and he's done the 23??? :=
And as not to get Darth too angry:
Mordalles: UPDATE! WE WANT AN UPDATE!
thanks for the positive feedback, everyone! ;D
the 23% is due to the fact that I'm almost finished with act 1, out of 4 acts. ;D
I'm now busy with the last few animations of act 1. i think i wrote too much animation into the game, its taking forever. ;D
again, some of you might be disappointed by the game's content. so i apologise in advance. ;D
Quick update:
I am now almost finished with act 1 of COTRK. only 2 more animations to go.
In other news, here is a 2 in 1 screenshot of a secret project I'm working on as a fun-on-the-side-game when I need a break from COTRK. I'm trying a simplified Future Wars style. :-\ ;D just cause i like future wars graphics so much.
(http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3/prev1.p)
Damn you and your talent, Moralles ;D
Darn! I just played and beat Hallway, I wanna see what the red book had to offer! I can't wait to play Chronicles of the Red Knight when it is finished.
thanks, guys! ;D
Minor update:
welcome to poolie who is doing the music for this game!
Looking good cant wait that new project also looks so GOOD!
Looks gritty :P
Nice looking game. I have to tell you something, I've seen your signiture some time ago, and I noticed the part with the man having a red eye and a dungeon in the background, and was searching your profile for the game :D but I could'nt find it. Now I just stumble on to this topic and see the screenies. Looking good, can't wait to play it. ;D
thanks cluey and mykayel. ;D
Update:
I have now finished act 1 of the game, as well as the whole gui and interface, titles and logo's and opening cutscene. ;D
the last 2 months were spent just animating. afflict joined the team and is helping me with the huge amount of animation in the game. he is helping with animating the some of the wireframes, which i then paintover.
so, now the whole process will repeat itself as act 2 will commence.
I'm setting back the planned release date to somewhere mid 2007, just because animation itself it taking ages. ;D
Could we...maybe... have a smalle peak on 1 animation or something? Sounds like you and Afflict are doing a great job! :D
sure. this animation is already shaded in the game, but i can't remembered where i saved the shaded gif, so please excuse the unshadedness of it. ;D
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5estvj0.gif)
this one was done by me. thanks for bigbrother giving me great animation tips on it as well!
and here is a sprite out of a cutscene:
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165nny0.gif)
Very neat animation! Looking forward to your game, Mordalles.
looking good, keep it up :)
thanks, fovmester and svartberg. :D
minor update:
i just wanted to say that about half of act 2's backgrounds are done.
i've also decided to change the background style completely (yet still using the current backgrounds, just manipulating them a bit) to make it add a bit more to the story than it does currently.
Quote from: Mordalles on Sun 15/10/2006 18:33:14
minor update:
i just wanted to say that about half of act 2's backgrounds are done.
i've also decided to change the background style completely (yet still using the current backgrounds, just manipulating them a bit) to make it add a bit more to the story than it does currently.
Hmm, cryptic... :)