[COMPLETED] UNGA needs MUMBA - a prehistoric graphic adventure

[Knoodn]

L.E.M. studios
presents



UNGA needs MUMBA
an old school point and click adventure game with 10 playable rooms in a resolution of 320x240 pixels

STORY

UNGA is one of these ordinary stone-age hunters. He comes home from a hard hunting day with nothing but this small rat-like animal - not enough for his wife NONGA. She wants to eat mammoth meat. So UNGA has to hunt again.
A simple task? Can YOU help him?
It's not that easy...


SCREENSHOTS

home sweet home



carry around nice things



Can these guys help UNGA?

Update 02/02/11

After long nights of hard work a lot of dialogs are written, some neat animations are finished and only one background is missing.
That means one step closer to the end result, but still a lot to do.

talk to SHAMAN

Update 07/04/11

I have finished the first play through version of the game. There are still three puzzels to work out the details.


Update 23/08/11

Nearly finished:
All puzzles are implemented.
All Backgrounds are done.
And with the help of CaptainD (thank you, old chap!) all the dialogues are written.

Here is a last picture:


Beware of this guy!

PROGRESS

Story ............................. 100%
Puzzles/Dialogs ............. 101%
Backgrounds ................. 100%
Sprites ........................... 101%
Scripting ........................ 101%
Sound/Music .................. 101%
Voice Acting ................... 101%

[cianty]

Very nice! I like that style of yours.

[david]

very nice, lovely graphics 

[Bulbapuck]

I like your style! Itt's very charming

[mode7]

Looks great. I just love the big sprites and the clean room design! Looking forward to play it

[Snake]

I agree with all the above! This is looking great  

[personal_gripe]Will you be fixing the resolution so it really IS 320x240? The font clearly shows it is in a higher resolution. Personally, hence the brackets, I hate it when people mix and match resolutions - it just ain't natural![/personal_gripe]

[Sslaxx]

If that's what I think it is, heh, nice reference to Ice Age!

[Fitz]

I really like the character design! And that's one hot prehistoric mama. That sexy unibrow...  :

[Knoodn]

Thank you for your nice words, guys.

@Snake: In fact the engine runs in a resolution of 640x480, but all the graphics are the same 320x240 resolution. Only the fonts are displayed in a higher res - just to make them more readable.

@Sslaxx: But in the end of this game the mammoth will die - if UNGA is successful.

@Fitz: There will be more hot prehistoric mamas!


small update: finished one more puzzle chain last night, hooray!!

[arj0n]

Looks just awesome!

[Chicky]

Ugg. Uggwow! Ugg.

[Knoodn]

Hello guys,

after long nights of hard work a lot of dialogs are written, some neat animations are finished and only one background is missing.
That means one step closer to the end result, but still a lot to do.

See the first post for a new screenshot.

[Monsieur OUXX]

Love the huge characters.

[Knoodn]

Update 07/04/11

I have finished the first play through version of the game. There are still three puzzels to work out the details.

[CaptainD]

HELP WANTED - DIALOGUE WRITER

If someone is interested, please PM me.

Did you get my PM?  Haven't got a reply yet.

[Atelier]

Sweet. This theme is criminally underused!

[Chicky]

This looks so good, not a clue why there are only a few comments!

[Matti]

I thought I commented on this one, but obviously I didn't  :

I like the style too and I'm looking forward to playing this.

Sweet. This theme is criminally underused!

Indeed. I'm playing with the idea of a game in a stoneage setting myself for quite some time now, but I never got around to actually designing anything..

[Kristof]

Very funny characters, great style! I am waiting anxiously to hunt down that mammoth

[Knoodn]

Hey guys,

thank you for your nice comments.
After a long time of hard work, here is an update:

Update 23/08/11

Nearly finished:
All puzzles are implemented.
All Backgrounds are done.
And with the help of CaptainD (thank you, old chap!) all the dialogues are written.

Here is a last picture:


Beware of this guy!

[CaptainD]

Ah, that guy's not really so bad... 

Glad to see the game's nearing full release.

[Knoodn]

It's a while since the last update, so here are the news:

The game is finished and will be shown exclusively at the Adventure-X.

And now you ask: "Exclusively"?

And I say: Yes!

The full release will be in Q1 2012 as a talkie version, on which I'm working at the moment.

If you can't wait till next year to play this, get your chance and visit the Adventure-X this weekend.

[m0ds]

Good stuff man, but you're not aiming to have it out in time for this years awards?  :'( Whatever, can't wait!!

[cat]

Too bad it won't make it for the awards. Great game (I was in the lucky position to test it) with cool graphics and amazing soundtrack. Definitely looking forward to the talkie version.

[m0ds]

How is finishing up the talkie going sir? Any news It was good to see this at AdventureX! As you may know two of the voice actors were there!

[Knoodn]

<hmpf>
Semi-bad news.
All the lines I got from the voice actors are in the game, and they sound great!

So far so good, but here are the bad news: the cast for the main character jumped off after he finished 1/3 of his work.

Currently, I'm looking for a new one.
If someone is interested, please send me a PM.
There are 750 lines to act. Mostly short sentences.


This is how I imagine the voice:
- British accent
- natural deep
- morose/grumpy

Also I'm looking for one female voice for a strict, a bit hoity-toity woman (68 lines).



Apart from that everything is finished and I polished the whole thing.
Many thanks to all the testers, voice actors and of course to you, kind sir m0ds, for everything - the great music, the chance to participate on AdventureX and the laugh I had, when I edited your voice files .

[m0ds]

If someone is interested, please send me a PM.
There are 750 lines to act. Mostly short sentences.

D'oh! Hope someone comes forward for you soon! Aaaask Ronko and Brakk to help you And thank you for the update

[CaptainD]

Ah rats.  As you know I would offer to voice the character for you, but my voice is not naturally deep enough for it.  (Could I sound like a hoity-toity woman?  Hmm... maybe, if someone was stepping on my toe.  Perhaps better to let someone else do it...)

[Spectreincarnate]

Also I'm looking for one female voice for a strict, a bit hoity-toity woman (68 lines).

Hello, I would like to try the woman's part. I haven't done any VAing since Apprentice, though, so I might need a little instruction on how best to record.

Thank you!

[Knoodn]

The last two voice acting parts are filled. Hurray! I think it will be worth all the trouble in the end.

A release in the near future seems possible.

[Ben X]

I'm proud to announce that I will be providing the voice for Unga!

The stuff I've recorded so far works well with the character's look and with the other actors' (excellent) work, so I'm happy with how it's going so far.

The game itself is great - fun and inventive with great production values and presentation, and I'm looking forward to being a part of the final product!

[m0ds]

 :o

Awesome!!!

[arj0n]

Looking forward to replay the game, now with voices 

[Ryan Timothy B]

Excellent! I've always wondered what the Ben sounds like. Hopefully there will be a lot of grunting and "Ungh" sounds.

Tino, if you ever need an additional beta tester, I'd gladly offer my services.

[Azure]

Yay, I'm looking forward to this so much 

[Knoodn]

Thank you all for your comments.

BTW Ben doesn't sound like I had imagined him from "BTDT" and "TGP". In fact, he is the perfect voice for Unga.

@Ryan: I'll keep this in mind.

[Knoodn]

Update:
The work on the voice acting comes along very well. Ben does a great job.
At the moment I'm editing the last 300 lines of voice.
Therefore about 70% of voice acting is in the game now and I think I can finish all of it the next week.

If everything goes well, a release around the beginning of spring seems to be very possible.

[Ben X]

Update:
The work on the voice acting comes along very well. Ben does a great job.

Thanks Tino! I'm pretty happy with how my stuff went. Hopefully it'll stand up to the rest of the acting and other production values, which are all superb.

[m0ds]

On the edge of my seat  Good luck!

[Knoodn]

coming very soon...

[m0ds]

coming very soon...

Spoiler

I've been lucky to try the release candidate so recently heard the voice work you did Mr bbX1138!!! And all the others haha cat, azure...hmm maybe Tabata too? And the Konk dude mr captain PC game reviews lol Brillz!

[close]

Thanks Tino for all your hard work making it...and for allowing me to work on it musically since Mittens Ireland! Jumm jumm!

[arj0n]

Spoiler

I've been lucky to try the release candidate so recently heard the voice work you did Mr bbX1138!!! And all the others haha cat, azure...hmm maybe Tabata too? And the Konk dude mr captain PC game reviews lol Brillz!

[close]

Thanks Tino for all your hard work making it...and for allowing me to work on it musically since Mittens Ireland! Jumm jumm!

Spoiler

I've been lucky too to test RC1 version and I totally agree: bbX1138 voice is awesome! The other voices are very very well done too.

[close]

[CaptainD]

True story about the voicing for Konk... I originally wanted to aim for Michael Caine, but in the end it was more like Ron Weasly!  :o Since it seemed to fit okay I stuck with it. 

[Tabata]

Sorry m0ds,
but I think I missed a chance to jump in and slap my voice to your ears

A stone age - female would have been "my size" I think 
... but maybe someday ...
(sooner or later)   

[Knoodn]

Thank you for your kind words guys, and thank you for everything you did to help me.
It was a pleasure to work with everyone involved into this project.

There are a lot of great and talented people around this forums!