Limbo The Adventure Game

ManicMatt · Mon 01/01/2007 23:23:13

COMPLETED GAMES THREAD
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=51701.0

Limbo is now in the bug-testing stages, so I now present to you in the meantime with..

A trailer showing the game in action!
http://youtu.be/p_Te1-T029c

Introducing...

Matt Barker's

"Hello there, I'm death. One day I was busy reaping souls and taking them to their suitable afterlife, be it Heaven, Hell, or the inbetween place known as the Neitherworld. However not so long ago an evil being with a ridiculous and overly long name decided to start stealing souls for their own purposes! This is, naturally, really screwing up my filing system in my office. The latest victim to lose their soul is a man only known as Agent Brent.

If Agent Brent dies now, without a soul, he will cease to exist! His goal is to reclaim his soul from the hideous soul stealer who dwells in the plane of existence known as Limbo!

This baby shouldn't have stolen that candy just before he died! Hell hath no mercy!

The trees are surprisingly friendly considering humans like to chop them up.

Shopkeeper: "I found some used chewing gum on the floor yesterday and it still had some flavour!"
Brent: "How did you know it had flavour.. nevermind, I think I know the answer to that."

UPDATE: Wow, 2007 I started on this. Before, y'know, a different game called Limbo came out. So now it's called "Limbo the adventure game" because I can't picture it being called anything else. I had my heart set on that name from the start! Anyway, the game is nearing completion! I just need to do more voice acting and then test the hell out of it and I think I'm done! Whew!

Here are the statistics for how this game is coming along:

Backgrounds: 100%
Never thought I'd see the day.
Characters: 100%
Many zany and weird characters to meet!
Interactions: 100%
There is a lot of this. Mostly for the details.
Puzzles: 100%
Hopefully not too hard or too easy..
Music: 100%
All done!
Speech: 60% 400 out of 503 main character's lines done... then the rest of the cast. Less lines though!

Gord10 · Mon 01/01/2007 23:30:00

Looks interesting. Good luck

deletethisprofile · Mon 01/01/2007 23:49:15

Looking good, Matt-man! 8)
I hope this game will be more puzzlely
and more lengthier than your last splendid attempt.

esper · Tue 02/01/2007 00:28:51

Looks very nice, the first shot especially. It seems as though you're really giving the graphics more detail than in Secrets, but I hope the story and humor quality will be intact. I'm eagerly awaiting the call to beta test it! YAY!

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Tue 02/01/2007 10:43:18

Quotequality over quantity

Quotecram the game with loads of interactions

Quoteshelves in the second screenshot will be packed with things to look at

Yeah, I know what you mean, but it still looks a bit funny.

vict0r · Wed 03/01/2007 23:14:36

This looks like it's going to be a really cool game mate!

I really liked "Secrets", and I'm really looking forward to this. Your gfx has absolutely improved, but I hope the gameplay don't suffer for that part.

You think this will be longer or shorter than Secrets?

ManicMatt · Wed 03/01/2007 23:48:41

I have to confess I'm losing motivation to continue now. Maybe my expectations were too high, but the very few comments on here are by people I consider friends on AGS, except for one (Bet you can guess who, too), which makes me feel like there is little interest in my game. I regret posting my game in here now..

Anyway, hopefully I'll get over it and stop being so petty, and continue on the game soon......

Well the game is shorter than Secrets as I said, but there will be more things to do in the game world. And the puzzles are actually planned before I've even made the background and any characters relating to it, where as in Secrets I was making them up as I went along.

There are more animations for the main character too. I drew him actually crouching for example, rather than just using photoshop to bend legs and knees like I did with Secrets.

Chicky · Thu 04/01/2007 00:42:46

Looks cool! Look forward to playing.

*edit* after reading your post before mine i would just like to say that i check out a hell of a lot of GIP threads and rarely bother to reply but this one really caught my eye! And today was the first time i had seen the thread.

so carry on and finish it and if you ever need inspiration then just give me a shout. I'm quite often out of mind if you catch my drift.

floorboards · Thu 04/01/2007 00:48:26

Quote from: ManicMatt on Wed 03/01/2007 23:48:41
I have to confess I'm losing motivation to continue now. Maybe my expectations were too high, but the very few comments on here are by people I consider friends on AGS, except for one (Bet you can guess who, too), which makes me feel like there is little interest in my game. I regret posting my game in here now..

I'm impressed that you have the balls to do a game entirely by yourself. I'd love to, but I'm not confident enough with my graphics/animation to do something. I'll hopefully start off as a writer-for-hire and build my way up to having a team of artists/animators to work with

Of course, while I'm doing that, you'll be working on fully fledged projects of your own... so good luck, and keep going!

Da_Elf · Thu 04/01/2007 00:57:08

yeah. looks cool. and as he says. it does take balls. im trying to do mine by myself and i wish i could get an animator to help me out with my asterix game. i like your style, i remember the .... creature you have in that image from when you posted him back in the critics area.

auriond · Thu 04/01/2007 02:10:40

I really like the concept, and the evil being with the ridiculous and overly long name cracks me up. XD

I'm excited that you say the game will be really detailed with little touches and interactions

I love those types.

ManicMatt · Thu 04/01/2007 02:12:54

Okay, now I'm glad i bitched!

I decided to comment on "I want to die" and found it really hard to think of something to say. But I came up with something anyway. This tells me a little something here. But I think even if one says any old crap it's nice to see some feedback!

Quote from: Chicky on Thu 04/01/2007 00:42:46
so carry on and finish it and if you ever need inspiration then just give me a shout.

Thanks!

I appreciate your support.

Floorboards: Yeah, I could never make a game in the style of Shivah, as I can't do low-res OR hi-res serious sprites! Still, my humour is my strong point really, so doing comical games is for the best. Some people who can't draw will work around it, by taking photos and using them, or finding a graphics artist.

Da-Elf: I hope you find someone for your game, as that looks most promising!

auriond: Hehe, thanks! Expect jokes such as that in the game!

*ManicMatt gets his motivation back*

The Ivy · Thu 04/01/2007 02:19:57

Nice to see someone else going with the "death is kind of cute" theme. :-, Good luck with this, I'll certainly play it when it's done. I'd probably play it for the voice acting alone, that was the best part of Secrets.

auriond · Thu 04/01/2007 02:58:18

I'm glad you got your motivation back, Matt.

This game is too cute not to finish just because you didn't get enough comments! And you're right, every little bit counts when you're embarking on projects like this.

Steel Drummer · Thu 04/01/2007 03:16:21

Looks like another good game from ManicMatt. Do you need voice actors? I might be willing to give it a shot.

Peder 🚀 · Thu 04/01/2007 07:15:20

This is looking good Matt!!!!

Keep up the good work and get this game finished!

Peder Johnsen.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Thu 04/01/2007 08:01:54

Hey, I hope my comment didn't contribute to that black moment of desperation...

...then again, I guess it did, a bit. I'm very sorry, I really didn't mean it that way. It struck me funny, and I wanted to point it out. I certainly wasn't implying anything about the amount of quality OR quantity in your game - I can't tell anything like that from a couple of screenies, anyway. Glad to see you're back to track, and again I'm REALLY sorry if I helped contribute to your moment of doubt.

Nikolas · Thu 04/01/2007 10:44:13

A friend here!

You know...

Being away from home as it happens in holidays, does mean difficulties in the internet... So... Sorry for not posting earlier.

Graphics looks WAY better than secrets! And the story looks ultra cool as well!

Did you expect to fill 3 pages in a couple of pages??? Comon! get real!

ManicMatt · Thu 04/01/2007 12:35:46

The Ivy: I concur! It's a shame there isn't a "best speech" award in the AGS awards! Closest thing would be "use of sound" I guess. I can't wait to do the voices myself! But I'm leaving it till last due to the non-linear-ish nature of the rooms. (Like in "Sydney finds employment" really, which is also probably about the same length as this one will be.)

Auriond: Thanks again! "Cute", hehe!

Steel Drummer: Cheers for the offer, but I'm keeping other actors to a minimum. Having things recorded elsewhere sounds noticably different, and makes it inconsistent. Plus I love doing the voices myself!

Folks:

I will need a female actor however, for any female parts, but they'll need to be able to record with a good microphone. I was playing some AGS game recently, and one voice was obviously done over the phone! That ruined the atmosphere. Anyway, PM me if you're interested!

Peder:

Rui: Um, well I appreciated that you posted, but you didn't say anything about the game, just a comment on my admittedly funny sentencing. But don't worry about it, I would have gone on a mardy even if you hadn't posted that! Made no difference.

Nikolas: Oh hey Nik! How is the holiday? I wasn't expecting to hear from you yet, so no worries! Cheeky! I wasn't expecting three pages unless my thread was controversial or was for a game with a price tag on it..

Erenan · Sat 06/01/2007 03:21:59

Neat! I want you to finish! Yippee! I like games!

I don't tend to say much in these threads, but know that I think it looks good.