Henri: Don't drink and drive! Still in the works!

[InCreator]

Okay, I'll collect all my courage now and make finally a public announcement.

story
Big city. 17-year old boy.
Friends. Cars. Street race. Street gangs.
Police.
This all could lead to an adventure.

Street gang, which goes under name "MIR" (Mir stands for "peace" and "world" in Russian language) has tricked local police for years. As Mayor applies more and more pressure to local Police Chief, yet the gang stays uncatchable, situation becomes critical for Chief. Unfortuntely, Henri gets into trouble with the law and becomes a pawn in Chief's grand plan to nail the gang and hide his incompetence....

I don't want to give too much away, since I don't have that much anyway. Stories are my weak side...

Well, for some show, Henri features:

Drama!

Sex!

Violence!

Tricky puzzles!

EDIT: 17th November 2007
I gladly present you this new screen from (hopefully) final portion of the game:


Note that ingame screen might be a bit different, I haven't drawn all interactable objects yet.


EDIT: 25th November 2007

I've chosen two people to help me a bit on puzzles and story. Hopefully, this will speed things a bit up.

EDIT: 3rd December 2007
Good news!

By teaming up with Aussie for ideas, we managed to put together a bit shorter ending and lots of polish, also, managed to straight out alot of the gameplay. It is time to announce that there's very little or none of loose ends on Henri project: it will be finished and this time I know exactly how! Earlier, whole thing was stopped behind not knowing, how it will exactly end, which caused project to be in WIP so long.

Though I have to draw another background (or two), and redo handful of puzzles/dialogs, it will be done and should reach beta in next few months.

Yay! 

EDIT: 3rd December again

G, another helper on story and puzzles bit also posted his ideas. While they were very different from Aussies, there was also some great suggestions, strengthening the plot. It will take some time for me to combine best of their suggestions and even after this, I must actually put them into game. But pace is quick and I hope I'll get this done soon.

[Vel]

That game sounds interesting, and the graphics are truly awesome. Hope you finish this soon!

[AlbinoPanther]

And you done all your graphics in art gem?

[ildu]

Looks and sounds great. What more can I say? Your style is incredible.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Graphics are top-notch, I hope the story will be as good as the visual impression is...

If not, I'll still play it just to see all those great sprites, rooms and animations...

This could be a big one!

[InCreator]

And you done all your graphics in art gem?

Artgem and MSPaint.

[monkey0506]

Your artwork is amazing.  Not that it means anything...but I commend you on an excellent performance.  Especially seeing as you're using ArtGem and Paint.  I haven't really ever used AG, but I find Paint hard to work with.  It doesn't have a lot of the tools I enjoy...Layers...Lasso tool...Transparency.  I really do love my brother for getting that ripped copy of Photoshop 7.0 from my school.  And I would LOVE to see a playable demo soon.  I expect great things from you InCreator.

[Anarcho]

This looks great InCreator.  The graphics are fantastic.  I'm very excited about this.

[InCreator]

Thanks for encouraging replies.

But there will be no demo, It will be ready when it's ready and only demo-like thing is what beta testers get for testing.

An untested game, that is. Beta testers come most likely from here, I hope there's AGSers who want to help me on this (and not just get hands on game first  ).

Also, I definetly need a proofreader once i get whole coding done.

English (originally) and Estonian versions are sure thing, but there's also room for translations... especially since I have to include ä, ö, ü and õ letters to the font for Estonian one. Eh, but that's a dream, gotta finish a game first.

[Kinoko]

Just wanted to chime in - faaaantastic art! This is on my list of games I'm looking forward to ^_^

[Blackthorne]

Yeah, InC, your artwork has always been amazing, and I'm looking forward to this game a lot! Looks and sounds really cool.


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[monkey0506]

I could BETA test.  As long as I don't have to work on a schedule.  I mean, I'm willing to help now, but I can't make promises about what my schedule will be later.

[Kweepa]

Looks great, of course. I admire your dedication to making it a quality product.

Is it a comedy? The title sounds pretty irreverent, but the graphics and plot indicate otherwise. I recommend losing the "Henri 6:" part of the title - since we haven't seen parts 1-5...

I'd love to beta test - your English is excellent but occasionally somewhat unusual

for getting that ripped copy of Photoshop 7.0 from my school

Probably shouldn't be advocating piracy...

[InCreator]

Well, Henri games were first ones I ever made with AGS, just joking about a good friend of mine... I started from AGS version 2.23... DOS, graphical editors and other funny ancient AGS stuff.

So yes, It's a comedy, though I'm releasing it worldwide (first in henri series) and I'm not sure what world finds funny... 

Unfortunately, only 3rd part went public and was recognizable as "game", since others were more like trying-new-engine-out stuff.
Also, it was entirely in Estonian language and since I've been trying to master my drawing style since, I'd be happier if none of AGSers ever see how painfully far I was in 2001...
The game was quite popular in Estonia, actually, and first estonian point'n'click adventure game at all.

Number 6 also means that this is my sixth effort to complete a whole adventure game by my own (Trippin'! and other tries were less or more teamwork), but yes, that sounds reasonable and I lose the number (which means redrawing title screen, ouch!)

About music and testing: There's nothing to test yet! And musician... well, I definetly won't ask anyone to do any work unless I'm totally, 100% positive that it won't be a waste and game WILL be completed. I just pointed out that I will need some people in future. But "future" is all I can say yet.

Because... every bg I draw, every animation I make, injects me wish and hope to continue the project, make it even better, story even more interesting and so on. While I ceased "Trippin'" because it didn't seem perfect enough for me, Henri seems to grow bigger and bigger for same cause. That's good, but I must force myself to finish the game at some point.

[Nethros]

Looks great, Gonna try it out as soon as I see it released!

I love the Violence and Drama backgrounds! The other two are great too! I just like these two better. Hope it all goes well for you, if you ever change your opinion about demos, uhm...yeah...whatever. As I said, Hope it all goes well for you. Have fun making it! Oh and that electricy thing in Drama (I don't know what It's called, but you put cables and stuff in.) looks like the mask from Scream....Spookah!

[Hendroz]

Looks like a promising game!  :o Great graphics and an original idea.

I would like to help you with the music, I can compose anything from metal to classic.
PM me if you're interested.

Maybe I can also give you a few nice ideas for add to the story.

Good luck with your game. 

[MalleTheRedPhoenix]

It looks really good!
I like the graphic of this game.
I can't wait any longer to get this game.

[passer-by]

I like your screenshots, I find they match the story's mood. Can't wait to play it.

[IceMan]

Looks EXCELLENT! - what's really neat is that both the characters and the backgrounds have personality.Ã,  The style and mood of the game is very clear - and I love it!Ã,  8)

[CoffeeBob]

Cruddish custard, that looks splendid! Like IceMan said, the graphics have personality and a one of a kind-style. Great stuff!