Lord of Kings: Quest of Destiny (!DEMO RELEASED!)

[Sinister]

Im starting a game called Lord of Kings; Quest of Destiny.

Now this game is intended to feel like a Sierra Title. Why? Why not, i've always loved Sierra of old. Infact i've loved King Quest Series since... hell since i can remember having a PC. This is why also this game will be quite a lot like KQ.

So, before all of you burn me for not being original :P, i give you the starting story.

"A war that took place long ago, when two realms fought each other for longer than anyone can remember. The bloodshed would seem to never end. These were the feuding realms of Saville and Nursia.

But as Nursia pushed foward with the brutal tactics of King Mustafa's General, Sein... Soon the Realm of Saville was crushed.

Victory was claimed and Mustafa came to receive the formal surrender of King Alonso, lord of the fallen realm. But to his horrendous surprise, all the court of Saville was brutally killed under the sword of General Sein. As Mustafa was about to return to his realm, his wife, Soraide.. found in the throne of Alonso, a child, a baby boy... heir of Alonso..., Diego.

And so Soraide took young Diego back with her to Nursia, with the idea of razing the boy with her daughter of same age, but Soraide fell great ill, and soon passed, and Diego was left alone.

King Mustafa, gave Diego to his brother Ali, who razed Diego well.

Diego, soon grew to become a man and also grew to love a woman, princess of Nursia, Mustafa's only child, Zamira. Because of this love, Diego is forced into exile, and after his departure King Mustafa is murdered, leaving General Sein in power and Ali in prison blamed for the death of Mustafa.

Now, Diego learns of such deeds, and also hears the news of Sein wanting to take his place as King rightfully by marrying.. the Princess of Nursia.. Zamira.

what shall Destiny prepare for Diego and us all?"

Sounds complicated and long, yes could be.

But since it is my first proyect i will attempt to try and make it what a decent game should be (by first AGS game standards).

Let the official news of my game development become official!!!

please tell me what you think, also i need ideas for puzzles, remember its a desert realm based game.

p.s

dont think the game is on paper i started it about a month ago, but i didnt want to annouce it ;), and i feel its in a pretty good solid starting stage i just need ideas and chat to give me feedback.

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[CoffeeBob]

The second pic looks like Prince of Persia 2.

[YOke]

Oooooh!
Indeed you ARE an aspiring game creator.

Looking forward to seeing more of your game! Best of luck!

BTW: Is the game inpired by Spanish history in any way?

[Inkoddi]

the second pic IS from prince of persia 2, except that it's in a desert instead of a dock

[The Subliminal Messenger]

Sounds pretty good, I like the style. I suppose Diego won't be welcomed in the land, after being exiled, so I guess he'll be sneaking around alot. That should make for some good puzzles.

I do recommend changing the main character though, he doesn't fit in with the desert scenery, being King Graham and all.

All in all, looks great, I look forward to seeing more.

[Sinister]

Yes, some graphics where pulled from Prince of Persia, i felt that pulling graphics, isnt too bad a crime. Gives the feel of something already seen but different. Besides most of them have extensive edits.

about the Graham, graphic... hum i kinda wanted people to know it was Graham   only changed in certain ways.. such as diferent color hair and clothes (so it was intended).. besides (he might be related to the Daventry Royal family.....kidding). I know he doesnt fit in.. thats kinda what i wanted. Its a constant reminder that he's an outsider.

now, regarding if he's hated,.. well.. yes and NO!..

people in the realm are friendly towards him, after all he's almost the figure of their prince. Most of them feel bad for him. Even some of the outside guards...

but once you reach the castle... THE STORY CHANGES... get ready to sneak around and use covert tactics.

If the game is influenced by Spanish history.. (yeah sort of) but it is not mentioned as the realms and world are fictional. (like KQ)

remember... all, its a small game project. So its not gonna be nearly as big as a Sierra Game. After all i am working.. solo.

Now, im open to many ideas.. such as puzzles. I need puzzles (not too complicated) for the Castle, and some for the outside world.

the game features:

12 outside environments, 6 are plain desert.
i have about 5 inner town environments, and im still waiting for castle environments about 12. and maybe 5 underground environments.

12 refer to the overall small world.
5 are mostly shops or misc.
and 5 are tunnels towards castle.
the rest is pure castle.

although i might add more, i think this is a good starting basis.
so you can give me puzzles based on those environments.

[Sinister]

I've just started the new site for my little company. A&A Games.

So now, the site is official for the game, LOK: QOD...

take a peak!

http://www.freewebs.com/aa_games/

[CoffeeBob]

the second pic IS from prince of persia 2, except that it's in a desert instead of a dock

I knew I recognized it! BTW, That guy in your avatar is familiar somehow... What was the name...

[Sinister]

The name is...

Hollywood Hulk Hogan, (when he was a heel wrestler)... Known World Wide as Hulk Hogan, the most famous wrestler of all time.

[Chicky]

yey wrestling *sigh* :p

GAME SOUND GOOD BTW, the edited POP bg fits the style nicely

-OSC

[Kinoko]

Someone didn't recognise Hulk Hogan? Heathen! ^_^

Looks like a good game, I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. I always love games done in good ol' Sierra fashion.

[Sinister]

So far some rather nice NPC's have been added, although i cant say i got exactly what i wanted i believe its good.

Does anyone have a suggestion about a good puzzle, or desert mythology...

[QUEVALORD]

The game looks good, and the story seems pretty good. I think I can help you with the desert mythology, I did a game a while ago, and half of it was in the desert:
1) Something with arabians guys, and camels, lots of camels...
2) How about a Genie? They're in the desert, and they are mythology...
3) Some giant bug, that crawls under the sand, looking for flesh, may be yours... yes, yours seems fine...
4) A puzzle may happen in an oasis
5) Something borrowed from the Egyptian culture may work, have you seen Star Gate?
6) Mirages are the ultimate puzzle in Adventures

That's all, I can think more if you want to, just tell me

Don't thank me! I'm just the messenger between the ideologic realm, and the reality (just kidding! ;-)

[BerserkerTails]

For music, you're going to need lots of arabian-type music. I don't know if you know anything about music, but if you have a composer, he should so alot of things in harmonic-minor keys, as they are very desert/arabic sounding.

[Hollister Man]

Ya'll know there's deserts elsewhere but Arabia, don't you?  lol  I think Sinister's going for a more "Spanish arabia" feel.  I think it could be pulled off, but it'll be fun.

Don't botch it and I think the graphic stealing will be fine.  Its no worse than using the default Roger or Ego sprites.  

Keep us posted, and don't make it too short.  If you have to, make it in chapters, so the plot has time to develop.  With the AGS file functions you could make an export-import option to import your inventory etc. from episode to episode.

[Sinister]

hmm yes, i've already incorporated a Genie into the story. The other ideas are good,.. i like this mirrage puzzle idea, but im thinking on how could it work?...

regarding the "Spanish Arabia theme..".. its kinda true, but it can be considered that he's in a more arabian country, since the two realms are seperated by a sea. Although its not really important since im not using real-world places.. so i could do anything..

About the arabian themes, yes i want to use them, but im also using some generic music and it looks and feels good.

About making it in chapters, thats what i was thinking not chapters, but a KingQuest.. (crap i forgot the word).. SAGA!.. yes im thinking of making a SAGA, so there will be a LOK II, and maybe many more, but for my first proyect i think this game size is decent.

[Peter Thomas]

When I opened this thread I thought the title read : Lord of the RINGS!

And I was thinking: "Why has nobody flamed this fool for trying to re-do a game done 10 million times?!"

But since I have realised it's lord of KINGS, I admit that it looks brilliant!

Don't botch it and I think the graphic stealing will be fine. Its no worse than using the default Roger or Ego sprites

But........ but......... but I like Roger.....  

You say it as though it's WRONG to use a pre-maid character with strange hair and eyes and walk-cycle and a pink shirt!

[remixor]

the second pic IS from prince of persia 2, except that it's in a desert instead of a dock

I knew I recognized it! BTW, That guy in your avatar is familiar somehow... What was the name...

Neverhood?

[Sinister]

Well, some recent news on the Game. I was frustrated because the game was crashing too often. So i found out that what was making it crash was the NPC codes, so their gone for the time being.

The puzzles for the game are about 60% complete, for the entire outdoor world, 3 main puzzles, such as mirrage.... linked with an oasis and that in turn linked with a genie. (all on paper ofcourse) currently working on the first puzzle.

An old fortune teller, is also included... now what we need are ideas for Castle related puzzles. So fire away!!!

[Sinister]

Here are some other screenshots showing the game's progress.

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