Heartland Deluxe FINISHED! (Lock me please :D)

[LimpingFish]

"Heartland Deluxe"

A Game by LimpingFish

Thanks to everybody who downloaded my OROW game, Heartland, even though it didn't actually contain that much "game".

Well, that's about to be rectified with the imminent release of Heartland Deluxe, the game Heartland might have been if I'd had more than a week to work on it.

Thanks to Steve McCrea's excellent Panorama Module, Heartland Deluxe now
features a fully rotatable room!


Update (22 Nov 2006): It's finished! See the Completed Games thread  .

Update (18 Nov 2006): It's finished...almost. I'm just waiting on some 2D elements for the intro, but the game itself is done. It will be available to download as soon as I can get it onto the AmericanGirlScouts server.

Minor Update (07 Nov 2006): It's coming, I swear. Any day now. Seriously.

Minor Update (18 Oct 2006): Due to circumstances beyond my control,  the release date of Heartland Deluxe has suffered a slight delay. I hope to have it ready sometime before the end of this month. In the meantime, I've updated the first two screenshots to how they will look in the final release. Thanks for your patience.

Minor Update (19 Sept 2006): I have set myself a target of the 18th October to have HD released. I'll have a better idea after the final update.

Update (12th Sept 2006): Things are moving along nicely. Just some scripting and music needs to be completed, and some minor graphic work.The next update will be the last before release, and will introduce you to some new characters from the game.

Some 640x480 screens below...








Force the lock to find out what's inside Coombs' closet!


The improved tape recorder interactions will allow the player to read at their own speed.

Development Progress (as of 19th Sept 2006):

Story: 100%
Scripting: 100%
Graphics: 98%
Sound/Music: 100%

Expected completion date: November 2006

[Erenan]

Yay! Hooray! Huzzah! Etc.

[Ubel]

Excellent! An announcement! I can't wait for this!!

[Hammerite]

looks excellent

[TheCheese33]

I the regular version before. It was mysterious, and it scared me a lot

Spoiler

When that mysterious figure appeared behind me.

[close]

I thought it was too short, though. Glad to see some length being added to it!

[LimpingFish]

Thanks everyone, for the support.

[ManicMatt]

This is gonna ROCK!!

[Erenan]

I heart Heartland Deluxe.

[LimpingFish]

Bump.

New info in first post. I also replaced the 320x240 screens with 640x480 ones, the games actual resolution.

[Erenan]

Nice! Looks like you're getting very close to the end. I'm looking forward to playing this, as it looks quite excellent.

[InCreator]

Looks good!
And green.
But good.

[thewalrus]

     I have not played the OROW game Heartland.... but being you say that there was not much "game" to play.... I will await the deluxe version.... being I really like the way the game looks. I think the greenish style looks really cool!!!! Keep up the good work...

Thewalrus

Goo, goo, ga, joob!!!!!

[sergiocornaga]

It's brilliant seeing this game developed further. Good luck!

[CosmoQueen]

Ooo another one of those creepy games!! I can't wait for this to come out!

[calacver]

I thought you were gonna win OROW, goodluck with this.

[LimpingFish]

Thanks everyone. Just a quick bump to say that the deadline release date for Heartland Deluxe has been set as 18th October 2006.

Expect the last major update soon...

[CosmoQueen]

YES!!!! I can't wait!!!

[LimpingFish]

Release delay bump.
Info in first post.

[ManicMatt]

That's alright mate, I'm replaying Simon the sorcerer 1 right now!

[thewalrus]

     Well, I hope you do get it out by the end of the month. It really looks quite interesting. So, I am really excited about playing it.
     Matt: Where did you get Simon the Sorcerer 1 to play? Did you buy it or do you know of some place to download it?